UCLA researchers found administering a drug that harnesses the body’s immune system to brain cancer patients both before and after surgery could effectively treat recurrent cancer. Read more...
Photo: Patients who received an immunotherapy drug before and after surgery lived almost twice as long as patients who only received the drug after surgery. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A resident physician, a nonprofit founder and a lawyer debated national health care accessibility with prospective law and medical students at an event Monday. The panelists offered perspectives on the roles of race, poverty and justice in health care access from their respective areas of expertise at the UCLA School of Law event. Read more...
Photo: A resident physician, a nonprofit founder and a litigator analyzed the effects of race, poverty and justice in health care access in their respective areas of expertise at a panel Monday. (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)
UCLA professors are conducting a field research study to examine how wildfire severity affects species native to the Santa Monica Mountains. Brad Shaffer, a distinguished professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Jon Keeley, an adjunct professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, are researching the effect of the Woolsey fire on plant and animal species in the federal parkland of the Santa Monica Mountains. Read more...
Photo: Last November, the Woolsey fire burned over 80 percent of the federal parkland of the Santa Monica Mountains. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA labor advocates and experts analyzed the tactics and impact of the Los Angeles teacher strikes on teacher strikes nationwide Thursday. Thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers went on strike late January demanding smaller class sizes and increased staffing for public schools. Read more...
Photo: Panelists analyzed the tactics and success of the Los Angeles Unified School District strikes on teacher strikes nationwide Thursday. (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board and Services & Enterprises. Read more...
UCLA researchers are developing virtual reality for rats to better understand human spatial perception. Researchers in the lab of Mayank Mehta, a professor of neurology and neurobiology, placed rats in small cylindrical containers and used a projector to simulate a cubical room with distinct visual patterns on each wall. Read more...
Photo: Researchers in the lab of Mayank Mehta, a professor of neurology and neurobiology, placed rats in small cylindrical containers and used a projector to simulate a cubical room with distinct visual patterns on each wall. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
When John Robertson attended his first cardiac surgery conference in Chicago with Gerald Buckberg, he wasn’t expecting to attend a black-tie afterparty. However, Buckberg invited him to the party even though neither of them had appropriate outfits, and spent the evening making sure Robertson felt included by the other surgeons. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Carina Sammartino)
