University of California

With a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a new Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, or ACE, will be established at UCLA to study the mechanisms that cause autoimmunity and identify potential cures. Autoimmunity…

Researchers from UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management have developed a method that could eliminate nearly all of the carbon dioxide emitted during the process of cement production, which accounts for about 8% of global atmospheric CO2…

Bolstering UCLA School of Law’s efforts to improve the lives of Native people throughout California and the country, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has awarded a $2.2 million grant to further support the ongoing work of the law…

Imagine a world where your own immune cells are transformed into cancer-fighting superheroes. This is the promise of CAR-T cell therapy, a groundbreaking treatment that’s already saving lives. In this therapy, patients’ own immune cells…

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a new research brief from the Latina Futures 2050 Lab highlights the growing influence of Latina voters in United States politics. Latinas are expected to play a pivotal role in determining the…

A trio of UCLA faculty members are part of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative to develop next-generation batteries. The effort aims to revolutionize grid-scale energy storage in support of sustainable energy sources, such as…

Dr. Donna L. Washington, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Washington is director of the Health Equity-QUERI National Partnered Evaluation Center at the…

For the nation’s public school districts, heightened conflict over culturally divisive topics like efforts to ban books and teaching about race, racism and LBTQ issues has disrupted operations, negatively impacted classrooms and cost…

This year’s Teens and Screens Report from the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA shows that teens — plus the 18- to 24-year-old demographic advertisers predominantly market to — look to media to be entertained and escape…

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed a first-of-its-kind experimental therapy that has the potential to enhance heart repair following a heart attack,…