UCLA ethicists and neuroscientists recently collaborated with other researchers across the country to create a list of principles for ethical invasive brain research. Intracranial research uses invasive techniques inside the skull in order to answer fundamental questions about the brain and help provide treatments to patients with brain disorders that are untreatable with traditional methods, experts said. Read more...

Photo: A computer displays a diagram of the brain that can be found in a textbook. UCLA researchers helped establish a list of ethical principles for the emerging field of intracranial research. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)

This post was updated Feb. 17 at 5:16 p.m. Researchers have created a smart mask that enhances personal protective equipment for health care workers. In a study published Dec. Read more...

Photo: FaceBit (pictured) is a smart mask created by researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University and Georgia Institute of Technology. The mask can monitor the wearer’s heart rate, breathing rate and mask fit. (Photo courtesy of Alex Curtiss, Photo illustration by Victoria Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCLA researchers have developed a way to genetically engineer cells to create a potentially more cost-effective treatment for cancer. In the Nov. 16 study, researchers created a method of growing cancer-fighting cells to refine immunotherapy – an alternative to chemotherapy that helps mobilize the patient’s immune system to kill cancer cells, according to the American Cancer Society. Read more...

Photo: The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA (pictured) is located at the south end of campus. In November 2021, researchers at the center published a study detailing a new, more convenient way to generate cells that help fight cancer. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)