Combination therapy effective for cancer When paired with chemotherapy, Avastin, a drug that cuts off a tumor’s blood supply, has been found effective in the treatment of colorectal cancer, according to a UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center study. Read more...

A team of UCLA computer science students will head to Sao Paolo, Brazil, in July to participate in the world finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. The team will be representing the United States with its creation, PICKS, a software application for cellular phones that would make it easier for users to find places to eat or shop. Read more...

After graduating from Stanford at age 19 in 1995, Houman Hemmati enrolled at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he now conducts groundbreaking research with pediatric brain tumors. Read more...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UCLA knows its circuits. Teams of UCLA engineering students have spent months and many sleepless nights of algorithm tweaking for complex bundles of circuits and sensors on wheels. Read more...

So you’re sitting in class, thinking you’d rather gouge your eyes out with a pencil than listen to one more second of Professor Bore-ophyll. But it’s only been about 15 minutes since lecture started. Read more...

Combination therapy found effective for breast cancer Two studies conducted by the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center have found that a combination therapy of the drug Herceptin and chemotherapy increases tumor response and decreases the rate of relapse in breast cancer. Read more...

On-campus computer networks are prime targets for infection from worms and viruses because of constant connectivity to the Internet. Approximately 2,300 computers on the campus network were found to harbor a variety of worms, ranging from the annoying to the potentially hazardous, within the past two weeks. Read more...