Virus Has the Potential To Stop Acne
A new study reports that P. acnes phages, a family of viruses that live on human skin and naturally prey on the bacteria that cause…
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Chemical Lift-Off Lithography Patterns Biomolecules at High Resolution
Using chemically treated stamps to remove molecules already in place on gold substrates, scientists have created a new process called chemical lift-off lithography (CLL) that…
UCLA Study Shows How a Common Gene Mutation Affects Kids with ASD
A new study from UCLA scientists reveals how a mutation in the MET receptor tyrosine kinase gene affects kids with autism spectrum disorders, showing for…
SOLITAIRE Dramatically Outperforms Standard Brain Clot Removal Tool
A newly published study details the findings from a clinical study involving 113 stroke patients at 18 hospitals in which the FDA approved SOLITAIRE Flow…
UCLA Cardiologists Complete Their First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Cardiologists at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center have completed their first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a new minimally invasive procedure that doesn’t require incisions…
Meditation Reduces Loneliness and Expression of Inflammatory Genes
Using 40 adults between the ages of 55 and 85, a newly published study from UCLA scientists found that a two-month program of mindfulness-based…
Blocking Ephrin-A5 May Improve Stroke Recovery
In a mouse model, researchers at UCLA showed that growth of new connections between the brain’s neurons and functional recovery may be achieved by blocking…
Plate Tectonics Discovered on Mars
While analyzing roughly 100 satellite images from NASA’s THEMIS spacecraft and the HIRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, UCLA scientist An Yin discovered that…
Fluoxetine (Prozac) Shows Promise as an Antiviral Agent
Published in early July in the journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a new study from UCLA scientists found that fluoxetine, commonly known as Prozac,…
Many Nature Reserves Struggling to Sustain Their Original Biodiversity
A new study from a team of international scientists found that deforestation is advancing rapidly in tropical nations and most reserves are losing some or…
Highly Transparent Polymer Solar Cell Produces Energy by Absorbing Near-Infrared Light
Using a photoactive plastic that converts infrared light into an electrical current, scientists developed a new kind of polymer solar cell that produces energy by…
Hubble Spots the Earliest Spiral Galaxy Ever Seen
While using the Hubble Space Telescope to take pictures and study very distant galaxies in the early universe, astronomers discovered a spiral galaxy that is…
New Optical Microscope Improves Cancer Cell Detection
Using advanced microfluidics and real-time image processing to classify cells in blood samples, a new optical microscope developed by UCLA engineers is roughly 100 times…
Single Cancer Cells Often Split into Three or More Daughter Cells
A newly published study from Bioengineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science describes the effects of confined mechanical environments on…
p65 Protein and Its Interaction With Telomerase RNA
Using both X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, UCLA biochemists have examined the structure of p65 protein and its interaction with telomerase RNA. University…
Immune System Inflammation Triggers Macrophages in ALS Patients
While working with patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers at UCLA found that inflammation instigated by the immune system in ALS can trigger macrophages to…
Nanoscale Molecular Cages May Aid in Drug and Vaccine Delivery
Biochemists at UCLA used computer models to identify proteins that could be combined to form tiny molecular cages that are hundreds of times smaller than…
UCLA Health System’s Face Transplantation Program is Seeking Patients for Clinical Trials
Now offering the first face transplantation program in western US, the UCLA Health System is currently seeking patients willing to participate in a face-transplant clinical…