“Primed” stem cells may be better for use in regenerative medicine

Professor Amander Clark and UCLA colleagues find that "naïve" stem cells, commonly used regenerative medicine studies today, are not as stable as "primed" stem cells.
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Don’t use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy

A study led by A. Janet Tomiyama, an assistant professor of Psychology, finds that using BMI to gauge health incorrectly labels more than 54 million Americans as “unhealthy,” even though they are not.
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UCLA study shows anti-bullying program focused on bystanders helps the students who need it most

Jaana Juvonen, professor of Psychology, leads a new study that shows that the most tormented children — can be helped by teaching bystanders to be more supportive
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UCLA psychology study explains when and why bystanders intervene in cyberbullying

UCLA psychologists report people on social media are often unsupportive of cyberbullying victims who have shared highly personal feelings
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When air is polluted, homing pigeons find their way home faster

UCLA scientists find that despite air pollution, racing pigeons on the North China Plain actually flew faster on days when the air quality was worse.
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UCLA scientists collaborate on study offering new understanding of Bluetongue virus that has killed millions of cattle

Hong Zhou, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, collaborated with colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discover the virus’s two-step process for infecting healthy cells.
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Professor Robert Wayne receives UC’s 2016 Research Catalyst Award

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor, Robert Wayne, will lead a collaboration of 5 UC campuses in a DNA-based biodiversity survey across California.
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Is seeing believing? People are surprisingly bad at identifying where sights and sounds originate

UCLA psychologists– with senior author, Ladan Shams, associate professor of Psychology– recently published findings showing that our senses are far from flawless
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UCLA study identifies potential therapeutic targets for metastatic prostate cancer

UCLA researchers, led by Owen Witte– director of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center and professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics– have pinpointed five specific enzymes called protein kinases that play a role when prostate cancer spreads to bone. The discovery could point the way toward new drugs that slow or stop prostate cancer from spreading.
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