When Patti Davis’ father announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to America through a letter in 1994, strangers began approaching her in public to share their personal stories and struggles with the disease. Everybody knew who Davis’ father was: Ronald Reagan, a former president of the United States. But in the 10 years her father […]
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UCLA scientists analyze protein deposits in brains of ex-NFL players
UCLA neuroscientists analyzed the brains of 14 ex-NFL players to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain condition found in athletes who suffer from repeated brain injuries. The researchers performed PET brain scans on the former football players after injecting them with the chemical marker FDDNP, which binds to protein deposits normally found […]
Sam Hoff appointed as 2015-2016 editor in chief of Daily Bruin
The UCLA Communications Board appointed Assistant News Editor Sam Hoff as the 2015-2016 editor in chief of the Daily Bruin student newspaper in a meeting Tuesday night. The appointment followed a staff hearing on Thursday, in which staff members voted to endorse Hoff as the next editor in chief from a pool of three candidates. […]
Share the Journey app collects data for breast cancer study
Purple peaks on a virtual graph track Patricia Ganz’s daily exercise levels, rising and falling with the steps her iPhone sensor records each day. But Ganz’s new app isn’t just a pedometer; it allows female Apple users across the United States to log their daily mood swings and sleep habits as part of a mobile-driven […]
Archaeologist Hans Barnard excavates, educates using STEM background
Webs of wire line the walls of UCLA’s Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a brightly lit room stuffed with chemical machines. An archaeologist in a pinstriped lab coat stands in the middle of the room, cradling his homemade Egyptian pot in one hand and test tubes of finely ground pottery in the other. Hans Barnard tilts […]
Bruins make dental procedures affordable for student veterans, foster youth
Brian Lehigh shadowed dentists at a local veteran’s hospital several years ago to explore his future specialties. While volunteering, he met patients who inspired him to mesh his career with veteran’s affairs. “They (had) gone through a lot and (were) in very good spirits,” he said. Despite suffering from ailments such as heart conditions, Type […]
Orthopedic research at UCLA to send rodents to space
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. Dr. Chia Soo turns on a video filled with the faces of injured war veterans. In her office on the edge of South Campus, she talks about the challenges of trying to rebuild […]