UCLA Professor wins Lotus Award for Outstanding Contribution to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Education, Research and Awareness
Coalition Duchenne, a Newport Beach based charity committed to raising awareness about Duchenne muscular dystrophy and funding for research, has awarded UCLA professor, Rachelle Crosbie-Watson with its 2014 Lotus Award..
UCLA Researchers Announce Gene Therapy Cure for 18 ‘Bubble Baby’ Patients
A team led UCLA life scientist, Dr. Donald Kohn, developed the breakthrough that cured 18 children who had adenosine deaminase (ADA)-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Plants have little wiggle room to survive drought
A new study by Scientists at UCLA and China’s Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden will improve predictions of which plant species will survive the increasingly intense droughts associated with global climate change.
A Unique and Key Protein for Blood Stem Cell Development
UCLA scientists, led by Dr. Hanna Mikkola, have discovered a unique protein that is integral to the self-renewal of blood stem cells during human development.
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.