Research & Labs

Virus-mimicking drug helps immune system target cunning cancer cells

Want a Second opinion? UCLA Study Demonstrates Doctors can be Influenced by the First Diagnoses – Sometimes Towards Misdiagnosis

You hear that we should get a second opinion a lot, particularly if a test result or medical diagnosis is challenging or unclear....

Want More On-Demand PrEP Options?

This study aims to evaluate the safety, acceptability, and pharmacokinetics of an investigational tenofovir-based rectal douche for HIV prevention.

What exactly is Long COVID? New UCLA research shows the answer depends on whom you ask

UCLA research explains why it is so hard to answer the question: What is Long COVID?

What is ataxia and how does it affect your brain?

Ataxia is defined as an impairment in any coordination of voluntary muscle movement.

What is Clinical Research?

In a medical school setting like UCLA, clinical research plays a crucial role in advancing medical knowledge, improving patient care, and training.

What is Familial Mediterranean Fever? Genetic disorder causes painful inflammation

UCLA Health runs the only clinic in the Western Hemisphere focused on Familial Mediterranean Fever, a rare genetic disorder.

What Is Mohs Surgery?

Mohs surgery is a precision procedure for skin-cancer removal. UCLA dermatologist Dr. Jenny Kim explains Mohs surgery for skin cancer.

What OTC naloxone means for the opioid crisis

What the eyes say about Alzheimer’s disease

With $12 million in federal funding, UCLA to expand reach of its depression treatment

Faculty with the Depression Grand Challenge have created a system for managing mental health that they hope can be scaled and customized...

With $7M grant from NIH, UCLA scientists to study if brain stimulation during sleep can bolster memory

A new study led by UCLA scientists could help answer that question....

Youth Mindful Awareness Program

The Youth Mindful Awareness Program (YMAP) at UCLA is currently recruiting for our Short Survey Study!

‘Bearing witness to daily struggle’ is what drew this doctor to medicine

‘Competitive greatness’ drives 5 years of Parkinson’s research breakthroughs at UCLA

Competitive greatness’ drives 5 years of Parkinson’s research breakthroughs in mitochondrial studies