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A study co-led by UCLA is the first clinical trial analyzing a targeted therapy specifically developed to treat brain tumors.

A UCLA-led study of hospitalized patients with Medicare also found that costs of care are almost equal.

Lynn Nguyen was inspired to help others by her refugee parents and a doctor who brought comfort to Vietnamese families.

A UCLA-led study could lead to a new strategy for treating the aggressive form of brain cancer.

New research shows that the accuracy of genetically based disease predictions varies from person to person.

The program, housed in the school’s department of biostatistics, is designed for both current professionals and recent college graduates.

A study in mice shows that scarring of collagen pathways prevent stem cells from healing damaged tissue in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The May 4 event raised funds for UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

Back after COVID, the unique partnership has fostered educational, research and cultural opportunities on both sides of the Pacific.

The two-year grants are meant to further scientific understanding of cannabis and inform efforts to shape public policy.

In 2022, she co-founded the student-led Arab Health Organization at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

A new approach developed by UCLA has already improved recruitment for research studies on mental health.

The findings suggest a need for better public health policies aimed at mental health and substance use disorders.

A UCLA-developed technology could also provide a platform for fighting other allergies and autoimmune disorders.

The findings suggest that efforts to encourage vaccination might do well to take advantage of positive feelings between different social groups.

Except among its oldest citizens, the U.S. has higher death rates in all age groups than five high-income European nations.

The newly minted UCLA professor is dedicated to improving testing for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.

Two years after she first joined a UCLA lab, Grace McAuley identified a critical step toward a possible therapy for a rare disease.

A UCLA study suggests emissions from basic American diet are equivalent to driving a car up to 20 miles per day.

The condition, CD3 delta SCID, is caused by a mutation that prevents the production of the CD3 delta protein that is needed for the normal development of T cells

Nearly 180 students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA celebrate Match Day 2023.

In a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research survey, one-third of those with housing affordability issues said they put off medical care in 2021.

The inaugural chair holder is Dr. Beth Karlan, a UCLA professor of obstetrics and gynecology.

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists adapted advanced gene-editing technology to make their observations.

The state grant will help the program expand its coordination with other groups and agencies serving Los Angeles’ unhoused population.