The greatly polarized debate over genetically modified foods has labeled the crops as either public health saviors or ecological time bombs. Genetically modifying a food by transplanting foreign DNA has the potential to increase food production and the nutritional value of the food supply. Read more...

Drug improves treatment for juvenile diabetes A new drug, based on the findings of a UCLA study, may help halt the progression of type I diabetes. Read more...

A patient is given a pill to take daily as a painkiller. After a month, the pain is gone. Surprise ““ the pill contained no active ingredients, but was merely a sugar pill. Read more...

It’s been a long week here at UCLA. You got crushed by your statistics midterm, the dorm cafeteria served up mystery meat again, and to top it off, the UCLA basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss to that dreaded school across town. Read more...

From the first day of gross anatomy lab, UCLA medical students are taught to respect the cadavers they are about to dissect. The March 7 arrest of Henry Reid, the director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program, for the alleged selling of donated body parts, has upset many medical students in its contradiction to the principles they are taught. Read more...

Recent popular diets have devised a way to color-code the food pyramid, by encouraging the elimination of white foods ““ those that tend to be high in carbohydrates. Read more...

Ted Ball was once unable to cross the street without running out of breath. But this Saturday, the 61-year-old will tackle the Los Angeles Marathon. The 26.2-mile course has been on his mind since he received a double lung transplant at the UCLA Medical Center in May 2002. Read more...