Katrine Whiteson, PhD, is on a quest to understand how microbes living in your body influence health and disease.
Diego A. Pizzagalli named founding director of UC Irvine depression research institute
Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D. – a leading researcher into the causes, manifestation and treatment of mood disorders, particularly major depression – has been named the founding director of a transdisciplinary depression research institute at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. The institute is supported by a record $55 million estate gift from philanthropist Audrey Steele Burnand.
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Featuring Aimee Edinger
Professor Aimee Edinger presented at Dunlop School’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecutre on October 12, 2023. This lecture described how natural compounds found in yeast and humans might be leveraged to set up roadblocks that kill drug-resistant tumor cells, tame the obesity epidemic, and help deliver next-generation DNA and RNA medicines.
New Clinical Trial for Pazopanib Offers Hope for HHT Patients
In a groundbreaking development for the treatment of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a rare and life-threatening vascular disorder, nonprofit organization cureHHT has officially launched a Phase II/III clinical trial for the drug pazopanib. This...
Unlocking the Potential of T Cells: A New Breakthrough in Chronic Infections and Cancer
In the fight against chronic viral infections and cancer, the immune system faces formidable challenges. These infections often wear out the immune response, leading to a state of T cell exhaustion. Despite being well-documented, the precise mechanisms driving the...
A dementia caregiver turns to an unconventional method to help her patients
A Minnesota-based chorus offers inspiration for dementia patients and caregivers. For CNN’s Amara Walker and her mother, it’s deeply personal.
Human brains, in and out of skulls, promise to unravel Alzheimer’s mysteries
Why do some brains remain robust as time marches on, while others wither? What can be done to halt deterioration in its tracks, or even better — reverse it?
That’s the mystery that decades of work at UCI and other federal research centers are dedicated to unraveling. Some of the biggest brains in science are devoted to understanding aging, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Climate change increasing frequency of 100-year events – scientist
Climate change is in large parts responsible for this storm, says Professor Kathleen Treseder, from the University of California, Irvine’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department.
KNX Radio Climate Change Interview Featuring Professor Steve Allison
UCs Irvine, Riverside and San Diego are working to find solutions to manage the impacts from climate change with a regional project to reduce risks in California, led by UCI and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Steven Allison.
Sea level rise could drastically erode California beaches by the end of the century
Kathleen Treseder thinks a lot about potential solutions for problems like erosion. She studies and teaches climate change at the University of California, Irvine. She says many of the expensive homes along Orange County’s coastline might withstand waves lapping at their porches, but they could be taken out by a storm surge.