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The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge is bolstered by people’s contributions and their commitment to doing good

Members of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force updated faculty and staff on the progress of UCLA Health’s vaccination program and to take questions.

A UCLA research team developed a possible way to impart long-term relief by inducing an active state of immune tolerance.

Leadership made the decision in the best interests of reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Research brief: Scientists have discovered how one of the toxins released by the C. difficile bacterium spurs excessive inflammation in the gut.

Research brief: Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men with the disease.

A UCLA-led study used 3D-printed ‘blood vessels’ to identify a possible link between coronavirus and stroke.

The Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health will conduct interdisciplinary research and collaborate with partners in Los Angeles and beyond.

About 480 health care workers are expected to be vaccinated today.

UCLA leadership, faculty, staff and students displayed the resiliency, creativity and ingenuity that embody our values.

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won a Nobel Prize, we were the No. 1 public university again, faculty carried on with important research and students continued to achieve the amazing.

The two-year online program will be the first of its kind in the University of California system.

Despite the pandemic, UCLA Dentistry students and faculty found a way to continue their mission of promoting oral health in the community.

Kristen Choi says doctors and nurses should be prepared to discuss side effects with patients and reassure them about the vaccine’s safety.

UCLA’s Dr. Arjun Deb said the same model could also help researchers learn more about other similar viruses that might emerge in the future.

Topics will include how the disease affects the body and the status of vaccine research.

“We’re proud to be assisting UCLA, which helps all people with the same high level of care,” said Mark Wittcoff.

UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez and UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna, both 2020 Nobel laureates, will be joined by climate change expert Emily A. Carter.

The new space “will enable the development of a new generation of cellular therapies,” said Dr. Antoni Ribas.

The new method should become the standard of care, say researchers from both universities who validated its effectiveness.

The grant comes from the National Institutes of Health to the UCLA branch of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network.

“It’s too early to declare victory, but it’s looking quite promising at this point,” said UCLA’s Dr. Donald Kohn.

Researchers found striking differences in Californians’ oral health across income, education, employment, immigration status and other categories.

Two UCLA studies reveal how a variety of stressors, both before and during pregnancy, may adversely affect a woman's offspring.

An advance by UCLA researchers could help curb the spread of COVID-19.