News From Around the System

UC Davis medical school among nation’s best in NIH funding

UC Davis Health — February 24, 2026

The UC Davis School of Medicine is among the nation’s top-NIH funded medical schools, with about $233 in grants, in latest Blue Ridge Institute ranking

Undergraduate student Iliya Voytsyshyn, left, has developed an app to help quantify the growth patterns of neuronal cells in brain organoid models.

Keeping neurons on the right path

UCR Health — February 24, 2026

RNA control is essential for building the brain’s layered structure

New Blood Test Score Detects Hidden Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

UC San Diego Health — February 24, 2026

New blood test score helps detect hidden alcohol-related liver disease early, offering a simple cost-effective tool to guide timely care.

The science of Ramadan fasting

UCR Health — February 23, 2026

UC Riverside’s Dr. Sherif Hassan breaks down the medical benefits and potential risks of fasting

UC Davis Health performs first atrial leadless pacemaker implant in Fontan patients

UC Davis Health — February 23, 2026

UC Davis Health has achieved a medical first that brings new hope to congenital heart patients born with a single ventricle.

‘I feel seen.’ One family shares their autism research experience

UC Davis Health — February 23, 2026

UC Davis’ “From Labs to Lives” effort highlights the human impacts of federally funded scientific research

A boy in a big bird costume in a medical waiting room

Researchers develop new platform to define protein function in extracellular vesicles

UC Davis Health — February 22, 2026

UC Davis has developed a platform to isolate the surface proteins of extracellular vesicles, or EVs. This research is a significant step toward building tools that transform EVs into next-generation drugs for cancer and other diseases.