UCLA is testing wastewater from residential dorms for COVID-19 to improve contact tracing on the Hill. The UCLA Office of Environment, Health & Safety began testing wastewater from De Neve Plaza and Hedrick Summit in January, according to an email from UCLA Housing sent to students living in university housing. Read more...
Photo: UCLA began a wastewater testing program for COVID-19 in some university dorms in January. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The COVID-19 vaccines offer hope for an end to the pandemic, UCLA students and faculty said. With vaccine distribution underway and numerous members of the community continuing to be vaccinated, students and faculty share their hopes for a better future. Read more...
Photo: The COVID-19 vaccines bring hope to the UCLA community. (Alice Zhang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers may have developed a long-term treatment for severe food allergies. The therapy uses nanoparticles to transport particles that cause allergic reactions to the liver, which then prevents the immune system from entering an allergic reaction, according to the team’s research report, which was published in ACS Nano in December. Read more...
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This post was updated Feb. 8 at 12:57 p.m. Editor’s note: The original version of this article’s illustration labeled virus variants based on the countries where they were discovered. Read more...
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Kausalya Kethu turns the decision of whether or not she should return to campus in the fall over and over in her mind. Though others can make the decision to return without a second thought, Kethu can’t – she is immunocompromised. Read more...
Photo: Some immunocompromised students are concerned about their safety for a possible return to campus this fall. (Harold Lee/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers can transfer mitochondria from one cell into another reprogrammable cell at a high rate using a newly developed technology called MitoPunch, according to UCLA research published in late December. Read more...
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A UCLA-led team of researchers found that married mothers who entered the workforce in early to mid-adulthood showed slower rates of memory decline later in life. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers found married mothers who entered the workforce from early to mid-adulthood had slower rates of memory decline. (Illustration by Dani Nalangan/Daily Bruin Contributor)
