Researchers at the UCLA AIDS Institute and Center for AIDS Research published reports Thursday concluding that intravenous cocaine usage may harm the immune system’s ability to ward off HIV. The study used BLT mice, or mice engineered to have human-like immune systems with fragments of human thymus cells, liver cells and stem cells. Dimitrios Vatakis, […]
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UCLA researchers shine light on artificial solar-cell technology
UCLA chemists published a study Friday about a solar-cell technology they developed using plastic materials. The new system improves how solar cells capture and retain energy from the sun. After absorbing light energy during photosynthesis, plant cells separate positively charged molecules from negatively charged electrons. Like plants, the UCLA solar-cell technology also separates charges for […]
Former professor named interim president of UCLA Hospital System
Professor emeritus James B. Atkinson, who served several leadership positions in the UCLA Health System, has been serving as the interim associate vice chancellor and president of UCLA Hospital System as of May 11, officials announced Tuesday. Atkinson temporarily assumed the position after David Feinberg stepped down from his role on May 1. The university […]
UCLA alum donates $11M for technology management center
The UCLA Anderson School of Management received an $11 million donation from James Easton to promote education in research and technology leadership, officials announced Thursday. The donation will allow the school to officially expand the Easton Technology Leadership Program into a center for the School of Management to develop relationships with technology industries, said Guillaume […]
UCLA cancer center receives $1M donation from Revlon
Revlon donated $1 million to the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, in honor of UCLA women’s cancer researcher Dennis Slamon, Revlon’s CEO Lorenzo Delpani announced in a press release Friday. The money will fund research for potential new therapies and treatments for triple-negative breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer, Slamon said in a statement. […]
Q&A: Professor describes discrepancies found in another Michael LaCour study
Amid the recent controversy surrounding UCLA political science graduate student Michael LaCour, a professor at Emory University reported similar discrepancies for another one of LaCour’s studies. Gregory Martin, as assistant professor in political science, attempted last summer to replicate LaCour’s study “The Echo Chambers are Empty,” which claimed that the vast majority of both conservatives […]
UCLA researchers seek to influence policy change across diverse fields
UCLA professors, students and workers publish many papers and reports each year about research in fields that help shape government policy, health care systems and technology. But the process from publication to policy change is often a slow one. UCLA researchers hope to see changes based on the research they published this year. Jyoti Nanda […]