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The researchers found that an experimental drug called CD532, which changes the structure of a key protein, reduced the size of tumors in mice by 80 percent.

A pop-up exhibit showcasing the 2016 Hollywood Diversity Report published by UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies is traveling across the campus.

Two-thirds of the Californians who didn’t have health insurance in 2014 were actually eligible for coverage, but many did not enroll because of the cost.

People who performed two tasks that combined seeing and hearing frequently show that vision influenced their hearing, and vice versa.

A new study by UCLA scientists shows that a long-held assumption might have actually impeded research on how to repair spinal cord injuries.

Thyrosim can be used by clinicians, researchers and educators to gauge the impacts of thyroid treatments and to develop more effective remedies for thyroid problems.

Technique developed at UCLA automatically readjusts drug-dose combinations to zero in on the most effective ones.

Denisovans, ancient hominids who lived alongside humans and Neanderthals, were first described in 2010 through DNA extracted from remains in a Siberian cave in 2008.

Funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will support work to genetically engineer immune cells to fight cancer.

By temporarily inactivating a part of the brain involved in impulse control, the researchers discovered compelling evidence that humans are predisposed to be generous to others.

The research provides the first evidence that a mother’s cortisol patterns before conception influence the weight of her baby.

More than 1 in 9 people around the world do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and the problem is expected to worsen due in part to climate change.

The animals, which are related to spiders and scorpions, “look terrifying, but are actually delicate, timid and afraid of you,” says UCLA doctoral candidate Kenneth Chapin.

The new building material called CO2NCRETE would be made from carbon captured from power plant smokestacks potentially eliminating a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Discovery is an important step in the effort to better understand and treat aggressive childhood leukemia.

Research provides the first analysis and breakdown of California prediabetes rates by county, age and ethnicity.

A detailed examination of assets and debts by researchers from UCLA, Duke and The New School showed that some racial and ethnic minority populations are extremely vulnerable to even short-term financial disruptions.

The results presented in a new study by researchers at UCLA and in Brazil Zika revealed associations between infection and “grave outcomes” including fetal death, fetal growth restriction and nervous system damage.

In the past six years, more than 140 startup companies have been formed based on UCLA research discoveries, including 27 that were launched in the fiscal year ending in June 2015.

The campus will use its share of the proceeds to support research programs aimed at generating new discoveries that serve the public good, and to support scholarships and fellowships.

A representative of the ArmGenia Research Charitable Trust of Yerevan, Armenia, recently signed an agreement last month with Thomas Coates, director of the Center for World Health at UCLA, to partner on the project.

The findings are particularly important because of the emergence of community-acquired MRSA, which since 2000 has become the most common cause of skin infections.

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles deliver the drug directly to the tumor instead of having it spread through the bloodstream.

In high-cost areas of California, people with incomes much higher than the federal poverty level may still struggle to make ends meet.

A UCLA psychology study concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous, which they may fear threatens their own marriages and their way of life.