This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:28 a.m. A new startup co-founded by a UCLA alumnus aims to teach students important scientific protocols and techniques through immersion in a virtual reality laboratory. Read more...
Photo: Students use the virtual reality service created by OpenLab. Simone Zamparini, a UCLA alumnus, started OpenLab as an undergraduate. (Courtesy of Simone Zamparini)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is RSV and how is it contributing to a ‘tripledemic’? Read more...
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This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:24 a.m. A UCLA Health study found that certain types of bacteria in the gut microbiome could increase the risk of HIV. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 27 at 10:21 p.m. The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced in November that it will offer two new undergraduate degrees in public health. Read more...
This post was updated Nov. 17 at 8:02 p.m. Around 200 UCLA resident physicians and fellows gathered outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday to demand better working conditions and more equitable pay from UCLA Health. Read more...
Photo: UCLA resident physicians and fellows participated in a Unity Break outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon, demanding better working conditions and fair compensation. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 10:40 p.m. UCLA researchers created a novel and inexpensive method for early cancer detection. In a September study published in Nature Communications, the researchers described how their new method can detect changes in DNA circulating in the blood that are called methylation. Read more...
This post was updated Nov. 17 at 7:17 p.m. A recent UCLA study found that astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease progression and be a potential target for future therapies. Read more...
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