For those suffering from leukemia, good news regarding the possibility of a new treatment option has recently surfaced from the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. Scientists at the cancer center recently published research regarding an experimental therapy which could help patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia ““ a slow progressing cancer that makes the body produce too many cancerous myeloid white blood cells. Read more...

An unlikely brew of sex-education workers, scientists, performance artists, politicians and concerned citizens from across the globe flooded the streets of Bangkok, Thailand last week in an effort to combat the AIDS epidemic that is plaguing parts of the world. Read more...

California’s state budget is more than 20 days overdue, yet financial analysts and University of California officials are little more than perturbed about the delay. Negotiations over the state budget between the Legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ The loss of classified material at Los Alamos National Laboratory drew the ire and frustration of the UC Board of Regents that said the incident is “totally unacceptable” and called for major reforms at the labs during its bimonthly meeting Thursday. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Though a state budget is two weeks overdue and the University of California will likely absorb over $300 million in budget cuts this year, the university’s top financial official said he was optimistic about the UC’s budget situation during UC Board of Regents’ bimonthly meeting Wednesday. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents decided Wednesday to delay voting on a controversial undergraduate admissions eligibility change in minimum GPA requirements but still voted to stiffen other eligibility standards. Read more...