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January 24, 10:23 pm

UCLA Health provides at-home colon cancer screening kits to patients

UCLA Health is collaborating with marketing experts to incentivize patients to screen themselves at home for cancer. Starting in May, UCLA Health, with the help of researchers at the Anderson School of Management, provided custom letters with take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to encourage patients to use them. Read more...

Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) UCLA Health officials collaborated with professors from the Anderson School of Business to create custom letters to increase patient use of take-home colon cancer screening kits.

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January 23, 2:29 am

UCLA researcher finds brain areas linked to thoughts on social identity

A UCLA researcher studying the biological basis for our egocentric tendencies has found that certain areas of the brain prime individuals to think about themselves. Matthew Lieberman, a professor of psychology at UCLA, co-authored a paper with Meghan Meyer from Dartmouth College earlier this month that showed specific brain regions that are activated when people zone out. Read more...

Photo: (Alice Lu/Daily Bruin)

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January 23, 2:23 am

UCLA researchers study herpes virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma

UCLA researchers are studying the structure of a virus that is known to cause cancer. In a study published last week, researchers analyzed the molecular components of herpes virus’ outer protein shell. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers created a 3-D atomic structure of a cancer-causing strain of the herpes virus to find certain proteins to target in antiviral therapies. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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January 20, 6:50 pm

Panel discusses importance of diversity in community of scientists

A panel of environmental science faculty and students said they think getting individuals from diverse backgrounds involved in science will result in more effective research. The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science held its inaugural event Thursday at the Mathematical Sciences Building, where speakers presented their research on various environmental topics and talked about the importance of increasing the diversity of scientists. Read more...

Photo: Speakers at the inaugural event held by the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science presented their research on various environmental topics, and talked about the importance of having more scientists from diverse backgrounds. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)

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January 19, 12:08 am

Program uses travel fees to finance projects combating greenhouse gas

A UCLA program launched this month will use funding from fees levied on business-related air travel to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Campus departments are now required to pay an extra $9 for each business-related domestic round trip and $25 for each international round trip that staff members travel by air. Read more...

Photo: Campus departments are now required to pay an extra $9 for each business-related domestic round trip and $25 for each international round trip for staff members traveling by air, which will finance programs that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emission. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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