Collaborate Disseminate
Copper is not new to medicine, having been used in infection-fighting nanoparticles and implants, among many other innovations. However, it hasn’t quite been used in the way some chemists from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have achiev… Continue reading Cheap drugs may be within reach thanks to copper chemistry discovery
Immunotherapy is a promising cancer treatment, but it can take too long to administer. In a new study, scientists at UCLA have taken steps towards an “off-the-shelf” therapy that could be mass produced and quickly rolled out to patients with a variety … Continue reading “Off-the-shelf” cancer immunotherapy inches closer with new mouse study
Researchers have identified a previously unknown step in the process by which dietary cholesterol is absorbed from the intestine into the bloodstream. The newfound pathway provides a potential new target for treating high cholesterol.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Key discovery opens new avenue to lowering cholesterol levels
Researchers have used repetitive magnetic stimulation on the brain of a man who’d had a cerebellar stroke 12 years ago, improving his walking speed, balance, and coordination. The innovative treatment could help people whose movement has been impaired … Continue reading Magnetic stimulation improves movement & balance 12 years after stroke
Researchers have mapped the complex nerve pathways that supply brown adipose tissue, otherwise known as ‘brown fat’. It’s the first step in developing a way of stimulating the nerves to burn fat as a novel treatment for obesity and related metabolic co… Continue reading Mapping nerves that supply brown fat a step toward new obesity treatment
Smart textiles and patches are coming in thick and fast, from wound-monitoring and healing bandages, to heartrate-measuring thread woven into fabric. The latest in this burgeoning field of medical therapies is one that impressively keeps an eye on your… Continue reading Self-powering patch can monitor muscle moves and it costs less than $3
Fossilized teeth are most of the remains we have today of the megalodon, which makes it hard to figure out what it looked like or how it lived. But now, scientists have used those teeth to estimate the ancient shark’s body temperature, and found it was… Continue reading Megalodon was warm-blooded – and that might have been its downfall
A new study led by UCLA scientists on how water forms on young exoplanets with hydrogen atmospheres and molten oceans of magma suggests that Earth-like planets may not be as uncommon as once thought and that the presence of water on such planets may be… Continue reading Earth-like exoplanets may be much more common than previously thought
Peanut and tree nut allergies affect around three million Americans, yet there’s only one approved treatment and it only tackles its severity. And despite the amount of research behind finding a way to counter, or cure, this often deadly condition, the… Continue reading First-of-its-kind mRNA treatment could wipe out a peanut allergy
It’s well known that the engine room of cells, the mitochondria, have a key role in fueling cancer growth. Treatments have targeted these microscopic organelles in many ways, including by blocking their food source to inhibit energy production, knockin… Continue reading Insight into tumor cells’ organanization offers hope for new treatment