The grant will be given over a period of five years to Dr. Daniel Geschwind, a professor of neurology, psychiatry and genetics. His lab hopes to find mutations and bio markers that could help diagnose autism.
Category Archives: Science & Health
Psychiatrist Robert Carroll utilizes poetry as therapeutic mechanism
During therapy sessions in a small office south of Wilshire, patients are greeted by classical music, a warm handshake and an important question: Have you ever been moved to write a poem?
Life sciences curricula to be reformed
The UCLA life sciences division is in the midst of reforming its curricula as part of an attempt to make undergraduate requirements for life sciences students more relevant to their field of study.
Ashe About Your Health: Unprescribed stimulants can have negative side effects
Many students have a friend, or a friend of a friend, who has been prescribed Adderall or another stimulant. Patients who take stimulants see numerous improvements in their symptoms, including greater alertness and concentration, and decreased distraction and procrastination. In the college-age group, stimulants (medicines like Adderall and Ritalin) are often prescribed for attention deficit […]
Bruin co-founds company to simplify coding
Setting aside job offers and sleep for the sake of a project they jokingly call their child, a UCLA student and his friend are working to develop their young company.
Professor helps develop ‘artificial retina’
Patients who lost their eyesight over the course of their lifetime can now be treated to partially restore their vision, after the Food and Drug Administration recently cleared an “artificial retina” device. The device, called the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, is designed to help patients who have retinitis pigmentosa and patients who start losing […]
Ashe About Your Health: Don’t Panic
What’s got you stewin’, Bruin?