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May 23, 2021 | UCLA-led team develops potential treatment for children with rare immune disease
A UCLA-led research team developed a potential treatment for a rare, life-threatening immune disease in children using genetically modified stem cells. UCLA-led team develops potential treatment for children with rare immune disease by...
May 11, 2021 | Gene therapy offers potential cure to children born without an immune system
An experimental form of gene therapy developed by a team of researchers from UCLA and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has successfully treated 48 of 50 children born with a rare and deadly inherited disorder that leaves them without an immune system.[xyz-ips...
May 4, 2021 | Remembering philanthropist and center benefactor Eli Broad
Eli Broad, entrepreneur, philanthropist and transformative champion of science, education and the arts, passed away on April 30, 2021 at the age of 87. Remembering philanthropist and center benefactor Eli Broad The entrepreneur,...
May 4, 2021 | Researchers identify potential combination therapy for aggressive lung cancer
A new study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a novel combination therapy to potentially help overcome resistance to immunotherapy in people diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. The combination approach uses immune...
April 26, 2021 | Dr. Donald Kohn honored with career achievement award
As COVID-19 inoculation efforts continue to ramp up in the U.S. and around the world, two leaders at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA recently took stock of the unprecedented success of vaccine design efforts, as well as the challenges ahead. [xyz-ips...
April 19, 2021 | Team led by UCLA professor wins $7.5 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE
A group of UCLA engineers has become the first university team to win the grand prize in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE global competition. By mitigating the carbon footprint of concrete, the team’s invention could eventually be a major step in the global battle against...
April 8, 2021 | CNSI experts examine COVID-19 vaccine efforts
As COVID-19 inoculation efforts continue to ramp up in the U.S. and around the world, two leaders at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA recently took stock of the unprecedented success of vaccine design efforts, as well as the challenges ahead. [xyz-ips...
March 31, 2021 | Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
A UCLA-led study in the journal Nature reports on the first-ever determination of the 3D atomic structure of an amorphous solid — in this case, a material called metallic glass. Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic...
March 30, 2021 | UC group launches clinical trial using CRISPR to correct sickle cell disease gene defect
Scientists at UCLA, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patients’...
March 30, 2021 | Merck KGaA’s ATR Inhibitor Shows Promise in Both Cancer and COVID-19
A research collaboration among UCLA investigators and Merck KGaA, has pointed to the drug as showing promise for COVID-19. It is also being touted for its unusually broad effect in treating a range of cancers. Merck KGaA's ATR Inhibitor...
March 26, 2021 | ONO Joins the University of California Drug Discovery Consortium
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; President, Representative Director, Gyo Sagara; “ONO”) announced that it has joined the University of California Drug Discovery Consortium (Irvine, CA, U.S.; “UC DDC”). ONO Joins the University...
March 26, 2021 | Object classification through a single-pixel detector
UCLA researchers have reported a new, single-pixel machine vision framework that provides a solution to mitigate the shortcomings and inefficiencies of traditional machine vision systems. Object classification through a single-pixel...