Neurology dept. ranks No. 1 in national
funding
The department of neurology received $23.4 million in research
grants in 2002 from the National Institutes of Health, ranking No.
1 nationwide.
The funding has doubled from the $12.3 million the department
received in 2001.
Current research in the department funded by the NIH includes a
project to create a multidimensional model of a human brain, led by
the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro-imaging.
Other research has explored the neurological effects of
Alzheimer’s disease and strokes.
Jonsson center seeks volunteers to test new
drug
The UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center is seeking volunteers with
untreated HER-2/neu positive advanced breast cancer to participate
in research of an experimental breast cancer drug.
The treatment consists of a first time combination of the drug
Herceptin, which slows the growth of tumor cells, with Avastin, a
drug which blocks the nourishment supply for the tumor.
Researchers expect the treatment, which will not harm healthy
cells, to have fewer side effects than chemotherapy.
Interested volunteers can call (310) 825-8375 or visit
www.cancer.mednet.ucla.edu.
Professor awarded for brain cancer research
Linda Liau, assistant professor of neurosurgery of the UCLA
Jonsson Cancer Center was given the Kimmel Translational Science
Award to further her research of genetic mutations involved in
fatal brain cancers.
Liau will receive $200,000 over the next two years from the
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research.
Reports compiled by Daily Bruin Staff and wire
services.