A UCLA-led research team has developed a new type of insulin that could prevent low blood sugar in patients with diabetes. Zhen Gu, the study’s principal investigator and a UCLA bioengineering professor, helped develop a new type of insulin, called i-insulin, that automatically responds to changes in blood glucose levels. This could potentially help patients […]
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UCLA health program hosts live reading of ‘James Dean America’
This post was updated June 4 at 12:08 p.m. James Dean might have died in 1955, but he was brought back to life this weekend. On Saturday, the UCLA Center for Health Services and Society hosted a live table read of the screenplay “James Dean America” in collaboration with the Healing and Education through the Arts […]
Rev. Lawson’s class hosts ‘teach-in’ to discuss nonviolence in modern activism
Rev. James Lawson said he thinks more nonviolent activism is necessary to eliminate segregation, hatred, violence and fear in the United States. Lawson was one of the speakers at a “teach-in” organized by students in the course Labor and Workplace Studies M173: “Nonviolence and Social Movements,” which is taught by Lawson, a UCLA lecturer and […]
Research team earns FDA approval for ADHD treatment device
UCLA researchers conducted a clinical trial that led to the approval of the first medical device to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation System on April 19. The system, which uses electrical stimulation to treat ADHD, was developed by NeuroSigma, a California-based […]
Study says aquaculture may be viable source of food, if done in the right areas
Ocean farming may provide a solution for global hunger and climate change, UCLA researchers found. A yearlong study published in the journal Marine Policy by researchers with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA found ocean farming could alleviate a large portion of global hunger, promote biological diversity and minimize the impact of […]
Engineering professor wins $175,000 award for potentially lifesaving research
A UCLA professor earned a National Science Foundation award for research that could improve the technology used in search and rescue missions, according to a university press release Thursday. Achuta Kadambi, an electrical and computer engineering professor, received the foundation’s $175,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative award March 15. If successful, […]
Night market opens up Asian American cultures to UCLA through dance, music
Students enjoyed traditional Asian American foods and cultural activities at a night market in Bruin Plaza. Over a hundred students attended the night market hosted by the Asian Pacific Coalition on Friday, which featured Asian Pacific Islander Desi American cuisine, performances and activity booths. The APC held the market in celebration of Asian Pacific American […]