Since UCLA was designated a smoke-free campus, tobacco use has shown mixed signs of abating. The University of California instated the UC Smoke & Tobacco Free Policy to eliminate all use of tobacco products on campus in 2014. Read more...
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May 22, 9:34 am
Cannabis kingdom: Stirring the pot
Rodrigo Aranda was cleaning out the trash in his car when he found the bag of marijuana. Aranda had always refrained from doing drugs, even though his friends did, because he had been too busy with schoolwork. Read more...
Photo: Christian Kramme, a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, medicates himself with a one-to-one strain of cannabis. He has used cannabis for several years to treat issues like lack of appetite under the medical marijuana program in California. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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May 22, 9:17 am
Cannabis kingdom
Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect on Jan. 1, 2018, anyone 21 or older, including UCLA students, will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Read more...
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May 18, 10:54 pm
UCLA oceanographers embark on voyage to study Gulf of Mexico currents
A team of UCLA oceanographers towed a small boat to Louisiana to study water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. UCLA, with a consortium of institutions, studied how oceanic currents move oil in areas affected by the 2010 BP oil spill, the world’s largest accidental marine oil spill. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and other institutions studied how oil moves in water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. Their experiment looked at what processes cause oil to accumulate in the ocean. (Courtesy of Lucia Bertero)
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May 18, 10:52 pm
Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski appointed inaugural chair in surgery at UCLA
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA appointed an inaugural chair in surgery Thursday. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, a professor of surgery, pathology and laboratory medicine, will serve as the first Paul I. Read more...
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May 15, 8:00 pm
Research Recap: Breastmilk benefits, UC Drug Discovery Consortium and selfish genes
May 8 UCLA researchers publish a study in JAMA Pediatrics about the transfer of beneficial bacteria through breastmilk in 107 mother-infant pairs. Gut bacteria in the intestinal tract help digest food and condition the immune system for bacterial exposure. Read more...
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May 14, 11:23 pm
UCLA research helps expand use of drug to treat liver cancer
UCLA researchers helped test the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat liver cancer in 10 years. They found through clinical trials that the drug, regorafenib, increased overall liver cancer patient survival period from a median of 7.8 months to 10.6 months. Read more...
Photo: The Food and Drug Administration approved the expansion of the use of regorafenib to treat advanced liver cancer April 27 with the help of a UCLA-led research. (Daily Bruin file photo)