UCLA doctors were awarded a three-year, $2.5 million grant last month to launch a new geriatric care and training program in conjunction with UC Riverside School of Medicine. Read more...
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August 13, 5:52 pm
UCLA receives $2.5M grant for geriatric care program
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August 11, 11:32 am
UCLA Health faces lawsuit for privacy breach in recent cyber attack
A Los Angeles man filed a class action lawsuit against UCLA Health, alleging the health care provider did not adequately store private medical information of about 4.5 million patients during the recent cyber attack, a law firm announced Tuesday. Read more...
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August 10, 12:05 pm
Theatre of the Oppressed program engages students in dialogue
The young man excels at his work, but he hides a secret that could turn others against him: he lives in the favelas, or urban slums, of a city in Brazil. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students traveled to Brazil as part of a study program and created a Theater of the Oppressed piece about racism in Brazil. (Courtesy of Robert Gordon)
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July 28, 6:02 pm
Top environmental scientist joins UCLA to direct institute
Prominent conservation researcher and scientist Peter Kareiva, who has played roles in developing worldwide conservation programs, is the director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability effective immediately, officials announced Monday. Read more...
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July 28, 5:59 pm
UCLA research center receives $7.4M for gene therapy clinical trials
Officials from a California medical institute unanimously voted Thursday to award $7.4 million to a UCLA center to fund therapy clinical trials for a cure to X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. Read more...
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July 24, 9:43 pm
UCLA researchers discover experimental therapy to treat colon cancer
UCLA scientists discovered an experimental form of therapy with the ability to suppress the development of colon cancer, officials announced Friday. Scientists from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center discovered that patients with ulcerative colitis, who have a higher chance of developing a colon cancer, have high levels of microRNA-214. Read more...
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July 23, 11:59 am
UCLA hospital to test new cleaning system after superbug outbreak
Doctors at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center will be the first to test a new cleaning system for a medical device in the wake of a superbug outbreak late 2014, officials announced on Monday. Read more...
Photo: Doctors at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center will be the first to test a new cleaning system for a medical device in the wake of a superbug outbreak late 2014, officials announced on Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)