Online mental health applications can provide supplemental resources for students in need of additional support. If the resources are well-vetted and and backed by scientific research, they can provide important information to students, said Nicole Green, the executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services. Read more...
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UCLA researchers received $5 million to further research on stem-cell based therapies for eye conditions that result in blindness. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded the grant to researchers in the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and the Stein Eye Institute, who have been working to develop a treatment that will generate retinal cells typically lost in blinding eye diseases using stem cells derived from patients’ own skin cells, a university press release announced Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The research team behind the study is led by Steven Schwartz, an ophthalmologist at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA researchers discovered how to transform normal cells into cancer cells, allowing for the development of therapies against aggressive forms of cancer. In a study published Thursday, UCLA researchers in the lab of Owen Witte, professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, discovered how to manipulate the genes in normal prostate and lung cells to turn them into an aggressive form of cancer. Read more...
Photo: Jung Wook Park in the Witte lab, where he conducts experiments on healthy human cells. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health received $2 million to fund student scholarships. The gift from philanthropists Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw will fund the creation of the Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship, which will help incoming students finance their tuition and living costs. Read more...
Photo: A $2 million gift from philanthropists Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw will fund the creation of the Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship, which will help incoming students finance their tuition and living costs. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California system was one of two universities in the nation to receive an award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency last week for its efforts to expand renewable sources of energy. Read more...
Photo: Last year, solar-powered chargers were added to umbrellas at popular study spot Kerckhoff Patio. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Where did dogs come from? Read more...
Photo: Humans and dogs have been shown to improve one another’s mental health. According to a report in the journal Science, when dogs and humans lock eyes, their brains release oxytocin, the “love hormone” most commonly associated with maternal bonding. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA professor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine on Monday. Linda Liau, the chair of neurosurgery in the David Geffen School of Medicine, was elected to the academy for her achievements in studying the immunology of brain tumors and designing clinical trials of vaccines for glioblastomas, according to the National Academy of Medicine website. Read more...
Photo: Linda Liau is the second woman in America and the first Asian-American woman to lead an academic department of neurosurgery, and is part of the six percent of licensed neurosurgeons in the United States who are female. (Photo illustration courtesy of UCLA Health)
