A new study spearheaded by a UC Davis researcher examines the global burden of cancer on adolescents and young adults. The findings were published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
UC Davis, the city of Sacramento and Wexford Science and Technology celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking on the Aggie Square project. The project will bring together university research and teaching, industry and the community to create opportunities across the region.
In 2021, the UC Davis School of Medicine scored a record year in NIH research funding with more than $194 million in NIH grants. This placed UC Davis among the nation’s best medical schools, ranking 33rd nationally.
Concussion may have a long-term impact on cognition, a new UCSF-led study finds. Fourteen percent of patients had "poor cognitive outcome" one year post injury, with car collisions being the leading cause of concussion.
In medical school, Nathan Lo thought we could do more to help the 750 million people around the world with or at risk of getting schistosomiasis. This week, he helped World Health Organization rewrite guidelines to treat everyone in affected communities.
UC San Diego Health researchers surveyed and compared early- and late-stage breast and colorectal cancer diagnoses in patients in pre-pandemic 2019 and in 2020, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, discovering fewer of the former and more of the latter as patients delayed care.
Professor Satya Dandekar, an expert in mucosal immunology and viral infections, including HIV/AIDS, has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process.
UC Davis Health’s Chief of Infectious Diseases Stuart Cohen answered some commonly asked questions about the connection between vitamin D levels and COVID-19. A recent study has shown a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity and mortality.
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