Irvine, Calif. — UC Irvine researchers will collaborate with Ambry Genetics and PacBio to study the underlying biology of Mendelian rare diseases. Mendelian disorders — which include cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other conditions — are caused by mutations on a single gene and often run in families. “There…
UC Davis Medical Center has been named one of “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals” by Newsweek magazine and a global market research and consumer data firm.
The UC Davis family medicine residency program collaborates with CommuniCare+OLE to start a new training site to care for underserved patients in West Sacramento.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using an innovative surgical approach to remove an acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing, benign brain tumor, improved hearing preservation and quality of life for patients while also presenting excellent facial nerve...
Cases of pertussis, widely known as “whooping cough,” have been on the rise globally, with more than 590 people reporting the illness in California in 2024.
IN THE NEWS: Recently published research documents a sad reversal in a decades-long decline in child deaths in the United States. A study published May 4 in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that such deaths are not only increasing, but also that Black and Native American youths…
