A UCLA research team has developed a new stem cell gene therapy to treat babies with diminished immune systems. Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, or bubble baby disease, is an immune system defect caused by the lack of adenosine deaminase, an enzyme found in white blood cells. Read more...
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April 12, 11:33 pm
UCLA lab researches new potential treatment for bubble baby disease
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April 12, 1:25 am
Watermark senior residents speak on adverse effects of eviction notice
This post was updated on April 13 at 10 p.m. When Emiel Meisel and his wife settled in Westwood in 2014, he thought their journeys had come to a close. Read more...
Photo: Ruth Frank (left) and her daughter Carol Frank (right) are pictured in Ruth’s apartment in the Watermark at Westwood. Ruth Frank, who lives in The Watermark at Westwood, met her late husband at UCLA. Jeannine Frank, her other daughter, lived in the same building that her mother lives in now as a student at UCLA. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 12, 1:23 am
State bill would require UC to cover and provide medication abortions
A state legislator proposed a law that would require public universities to cover medication abortions under student health insurance plans and provide them at student health centers. Read more...
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April 12, 1:23 am
Student-run organization helps immigrants get access to legal services
The day after President Donald Trump announced his executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, more than 200 law students mobilized to protest and volunteer at the Los Angeles International Airport. Read more...
Photo: A group of UCLA law students is working to help defend immigrants in the current political climate, continuing the efforts of a mobilization that took place four months ago. (Courtesy of Sasha Novis)
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April 9, 8:54 pm
UCLA hosts forum to discuss global refugee issues, potential solutions
International and domestic government officials discussed how to solve the global refugee crisis at a day-long forum at the UCLA Faculty Center on Friday. Several UCLA centers organized the Global Refugee Crisis Conference, including the Center for the Study of International Migration, the Center for European and Russian Studies, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the UCLA International Institute. Read more...
Photo: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees, shared his thoughts on how to alleviate the international refugee crisis at a UCLA conference Friday. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
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April 9, 10:53 am
Students find ways to outrun fatigue as Dance Marathon paces through night
This post was updated April 9 at 11:25 a.m. Exhausted dancers looked for ways to relieve their aching feet as Dance Marathon entered the early hours of Sunday morning. Read more...
Photo: Dance Marathon participants try to take the weight off their feet as they dance and stand for pediatric AIDS. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 8, 8:52 pm
Dance Marathon creates increasing hope for cure for pediatric AIDS
HIV is not a death sentence anymore, an HIV-positive speaker at this year’s Dance Marathon said. In the last few decades, researchers have made progress in treatment and prevention of HIV. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Grace Aldrovandi spoke about the progress made in research and treatment of pediatric AIDS during an address to participants at Dance Marathon. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)