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- Finding ways to improve the survival for men with advanced prostate cancer
UCLA researchers have discovered genetic similarities between the adult stem cells responsible for maintaining and repairing epithelial tissues — which line all of the organs and cavities inside the body — and the cells that drive aggressive epithelial cancers.
September 20, 2018 7:00 AM
detail - Researchers find adult stem cell characteristics in aggressive cancers from different tissues
UCLA researchers have discovered genetic similarities between the adult stem cells responsible for maintaining and repairing epithelial tissues — which line all of the organs and cavities inside the body — and the cells that drive aggressive epithelial cancers.
September 18, 2018 10:00 AM
detail - Acclaimed specialist in big data and cancer joins David Geffen School of Medicine
Internationally acclaimed cancer genomics researcher Dr. Paul C. Boutros will join the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in key leadership roles within the school and at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
September 17, 2018 1:00 PM
detail - UCLA researchers develop mechanism for characterizing function of rare tumor cells
UCLA researchers have created a quick and effective mechanism to measure how rare cancer cells perform functions that drive the disease, such as producing proteins that degrade tissue.
September 17, 2018 12:00 PM
detail - Changes in the architecture around cancer cells can fuel their spread
UCLA researchers have found that the extracellular matrix, the dense network of proteins and carbohydrates that surround a cell, can influence how cells move within the body by regulating their sugar consumption.
September 07, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - $3.2 million NIH grant aims to correct diagnostic errors for breast cancer
In a new UCLA-led study, funded by a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, researchers will examine how perception and cognition interact in the interpretation of breast biopsy images. The aim is to improve physicians’ diagnostic skills and accuracy.
September 06, 2018 12:00 PM
detail - Five facts about ovarian cancer to share with friends, family
A better way of diagnosing and treating ovarian cancer is on the horizon. Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh, a UCLA professor in obstetrics and gynecology and member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is convinced of it.
August 31, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - Combination approach shows promise for beating advanced melanoma
A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could help some people with advanced melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, live longer.
August 27, 2018 3:08 PM
detail - Cancer researcher receives $100,000 award to study gene therapies
Paul Weiss and the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital have been awarded a $100,000 St. Baldrick’s Foundation pediatric cancer research grant.
August 20, 2018 9:47 AM
detail - UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and Fielding School of Public Health scientists to partner with community health centers to study comparative-effectiveness of various strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening
UCLA researcher, Dr. Roshan Bastani will lead a three-year, $910,000 research study awarded by the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program to implement and evaluate a program designed to increase colorectal cancer screening among underserved populations.
August 20, 2018 8:00 AM
detail - UCLA research reveals key difference in how stem cells act when stressed versus when at rest
UCLA researchers have discovered an important distinction in how blood-forming stem cells are supported by their micro-environments during rest and after injury.
August 09, 2018 9:30 AM
detail - UCLA awarded $9.3 million to help provide prostate cancer treatment in the community
Members of the UCLA urology department have received $9.3 million of funding from the state of California to help combat the financial burden of cancer treatment for men diagnosed with prostate cancer, one of the most common cancers in American men.
August 08, 2018 10:00 AM
detail - UCLA Health joins nationwide clinical trial for acute myeloid leukemia
UCLA Health has joined an important national clinical trial that uses genetic testing to match people who have acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, with new therapies.
August 07, 2018 3:00 PM
detail - How nature helps empower people going through cancer treatment
The new mindfulness workshop — called Tree of Life Fulfillment — is offered specifically through the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, at the UCLA Hematology Oncology office in Encino.
July 30, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - UCLA scientist receives CIRM Discovery Grant to develop a cellular therapy for cancer using blood stem cells
Lili Yang has received a Quest Discovery Program award totaling approximately $1.4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell agency.
July 23, 2018 6:00 AM
detail - Antibody identifier could speed development of therapies for cancer, other diseases
A research team led by a UCLA bioengineer has developed a model to predict the extent to which new laboratory-designed antibodies will be able to combat specific human diseases.
July 09, 2018 10:00 AM
detail - Carnegie Corporation names two UCLA professors “Great Immigrants”
The Carnegie Corporation of New York named two UCLA professors, Dr. Antoni Ribas and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, “Great Immigrants” as part of a selected group of naturalized citizens who have made notable contributions to the progress of American society.
June 28, 2018 10:00 AM
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