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The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is one of the premier research and educational institutions in the nation. Our dedicated faculty is committed to providing excellence in teaching our trainees who are pursuing their careers in medicine and in the biomedical sciences. Our research scientists regularly make important new advances that benefit patients, worldwide, and society, in general.

Computerized tomography

Computerized tomography

1961 - 1963

William Oldendorf establishes the bedrock of computerized tomography.

Tissue matching

Tissue matching

1964

Paul Terasaki develops a tissue test that transforms organ transplantation.

Clinical PET centers

Molecular imaging

1978

Michael Phelps and Edward Hoffman create UCLA’s first clinical PET center.

Foundational Findings: AIDS

AIDS research

1981

UCLA physicians report and describe the first cases of AIDS.

Leukemia treatments

Landmark leukemia drug

1983

Owen Witte pinpoints a genetic target crucial to the development of life-saving drugs.

Genetic basis of disease

Genetic basis of disease

1988

Michael Grunstein demonstrates that histones influence gene expression and disease development.

 aneurysm=

Brain aneurysm treatment

1990

Guido Guglielmi invents detachable coils that stop deadly bleeding from brain aneurysms.

Metabolic diseases: genetic origins

Metabolic genetic origin

1994

Elizabeth Neufeld receives the National Medal of Science for research critical to treating metabolic disorders.

Precision cancer treatment

Precision cancer treatment

1998

Dennis Slamon characterizes an oncogene, the target for a breakthrough breast-cancer therapy.

Molecular signaling

Molecular signaling

1998

Lou Ignarro receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide.

Prostate cancer treatments

Prostate cancer treatment

2004 - 2010

Charles Sawyer and Michael Jung develop a drug to fight castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Amyloid fibers

Alzheimer’s research

2005

David Eisenberg’s model of amyloid fibers opens new avenues for treating neurodegenerative diseases.

Gene therapies

Successful gene therapy

2015

Donald Kohn cures “Bubble Baby” disease using gene therapy.

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