Research & Labs

Finding a way to halt memory loss

Dr. Itzhak Fried, UCLA Health’s director of Epilepsy Surgery, has received a $7 million grant to advance the study of electrical stimulation during sleep to imp

Researchers receive grant to study equitable distribution of COVID therapies

A research team led by Dr. John Mafi was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Commonwealth Fund to study the equitable distribution and effects of FDA-au...

New UCLA center promotes reproductive science and sexual health

A new center at UCLA will bring together students, scientists, educators and physicians across a wide range of disciplines.

What OTC naloxone means for the opioid crisis

Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, UCLA study finds

Native Americans have the highest rates of mortality from deaths of despair, but this data is largely missing from mainstream discussion

UCLA scientists receive $6.9M in CIRM grants to develop novel stem-cell based therapies

Researchers received more than $6.9 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

UCLA researchers identify possible approach to prevent cancer from evolving to resist treatment

Commonly used antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B reduce immune cells’ energy production

Commonly used antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B reduce immune cells’ energy production

Commonly used antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B reduce immune cells’ energy production

For patients with localized prostate cancer, MRI-guided radiotherapy promotes better quality of life

Classification System for Reporting on Skin Biopsies of Melanocytic Lesions

International group updates a classification system that makes skin biopsy pathology reports easier for patients and medical teams to understand

MRI-guided radiotherapy produces fewer side effects and better quality of life for patients with localized prostate cancer

For men who undergo radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer, the precise targeting capabilities of MRI guidance resulted in fewer toxicities and be...

Tiny implantable device designed by UCLA scientists helps kill cancer

A therapeutic sponge the size of a pencil eraser boosted the body’s tumor-fighting response in mice and kept the cancer from returning.

UCLA AIDS researchers receive $3 million in grants toward ending HIV in vulnerable populations

The UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the UCLA-Charles R....

The AVID college prep program leads to lower substance use, better health behaviors among high school students, UCLA-led research suggests

The findings suggest that "academic tracking," the practice of separating high and low performing students into different classes, reinforces risky so...