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Toxic protein assemblies, or “amyloids,” long considered to be key drivers in many neuromuscular diseases, also play a beneficial role in the development of healthy muscle tissue, CU Boulder researchers have found.
University Research | University of Colorado Boulder | The Johns Hopkins University | University of Pennsylvania | University of California, Los AngelesIn 2012, Swahili lecturer Mahiri Mwita approached Princeton University’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) with the idea of starting a project in the Kuria District of Kenya where he grew up. Three years later, a team of Princeton engineering students has helped design and build an award-…
Princeton University | A team of UCLA-led scientists has discovered important clues to what goes wrong in the brains of people with autism — a developmental disorder with no cure and for which scientists have no deep understanding of what causes it.
Autism | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | University of California, Los AngelesUCLA researchers have found that people involved in electric scooter accidents are sometimes injured badly enough — from fractures, dislocated joints and head injuries — to require treatment in an emergency department.
University of California, Los AngelesTulane University assistant professor Damian Murray collaborated on a research project with a group from UCLA to study how falling in love influences the immune system in women.
University Research | Tulane University | University of California, Los AngelesC.L. Max Nikias, president of the University of Southern California, writes in an opinion piece for The Hill "If we do not act to find a way to keep DACA beneficiaries here, we will have wasted the tens of millions of dollars already invested in Dreamers."
Immigration | University of California, Los Angeles | Articles & Op-Eds"In the past 40 years, the U.S. has been the world leader in converting fundamental scientific discoveries into innovative new treatments for life-threatening diseases," writes Shirley Tilghman, president emeritus of Princeton University and a professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs.
Princeton University | Articles & Op-EdsUCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine — turning back the clock on a key component of aging.
University Research | University of California, Los AngelesUCLA is among 12 universities nationally to be awarded a grant from the Association of American Universities to fund workshops on campus over the next year to assess all programs that support and retain undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
University of California, Los Angeles | Press Releases | STEM Initiative Resources | AAU Mini-GrantsUCLA biologists report they have transferred a memory from one marine snail to another, creating an artificial memory, by injecting RNA from one to another.
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