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Category Archives: Science & Health
UCLA scientists’ findings on mice may help humans overcome phobias
UCLA scientists have identified a neurochemical mechanism in mice that is involved in helping them overcome fear. The researchers conducted a study on mice, by conditioning them to fear an audio tone. Each time the mice heard the tone, it was accompanied by a shock. However, when the researchers played the tone without the shock, […]
Einstein’s secret FBI file inspires new book
Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, was a wanted man ““ by the FBI. From 1933 to 1955, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI compiled “derogatory information” in an effort to undermine the physicist’s influence and destroy his reputation, according to Fred Jerome, a science journalist and author of a new book titled “The […]
Professor receives patent for neurological treatment
Edward Tobinick, assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA, recently received a patent for his new method for fighting neurological diseases and related disorders. Tobinick’s method uses therapeutic agents produced through recombinant DNA technology that inhibits the action of certain natural molecules in the body, called cytokines. “I believe it’s the future of medicine,” Tobinick […]
HIV/AIDS education program targets youths
There are more effective ways to counter the spread of HIV/AIDS beyond simply preaching abstinence and safe sex, according to UCLA Regents lecturer Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott. Jemmott, director of the Center for Urban Health Research and professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, came to UCLA last Thursday to speak about alternative […]
UCLA astronomers take space-breaking photograph
The center of the galaxy never looked so good. UCLA astronomers and their colleagues recently released the highest-resolution mid-infrared picture ever taken of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The photos reveal details about the bizarre phenomena surrounding a massive black hole in the middle of our galaxy. The team, led by UCLA professor […]
UCLA doctor awarded for arthritis research
Dr. Daniel Furst of the UCLA Division of Rheumatology and Arthritis received the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award for his leadership and involvement in the fight against arthritis. The award was presented to Furst by the Arthritis Foundation at the “Commitment to a Cure” fundraising gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Wednesday evening. The award is […]