A New Frog Species in New York City
UCLA conservation biologist Brad Shaffer and other scientists have resolved a nearly 80-year-old mystery surrounding a group of frogs in and around New York City known for their distinctively odd croak.
‘Treasure in saliva’ may reveal deadly diseases early enough to treat them, UCLA scientists report
UCLA research could lead to a simple saliva test capable of diagnosing — at an early stage — diabetes and cancer, and perhaps neurological disorders and autoimmune diseases.
Peter Narins elected president, International Society for Neuroethology
Professor Peter Narins has been elected president of the International Society for Neuroethology, a post he will hold until 2016.
UCLA research could help improve bladder function among people with spinal cord injuries
New UCLA research addresses a critical health problem for those who are paralyzed
Discovery of heart’s repair process suggests new treatment strategy for heart attack
Findings, from the lab of Dr. Arjun Deb, suggest the possibility of coaxing scar-forming cells in the heart to change their identity into blood vessel-forming cells, which could potentially be used to improve healing after a heart attack.
UCLA Life Scientists receive the elite NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
UCLA Life Scientists Elissa Hallem and Lili Yang are among four scientists from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research that have received the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.
Soon to become a minority in the U.S., whites express declining support for diversity, UCLA psychology study finds
UCLA psychologists find that white Americans may view diversity and multiculturalism more negatively as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation.
UCLA faculty voice: ‘Assisted migration’ may save some species from climate change doom
Humans can help threatened species survive
Man-made evolution is happening, and it’s time to control it
UCLA evolutionary biologist Thomas Smith and colleagues from seven other universities explain that pests and diseases are evolving too quickly, while people and endangered species are evolving too slowly.
UCLA biologists delay the aging process by ‘remote control’
UCLA biologists– David Walker, Matthew Ulgherait, and colleagues– have identified a gene that can slow the aging process throughout the entire body when activated remotely in key organ systems.