News From Around the System

Dean Tracy Johnson seeks to diversify the pipeline of future scientists and doctors

The UCLA-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pathways to Success Program has enrolled more than 125 students from underrepresented backgrounds.

UCI Medical Center is the first hospital on the West Coast to use portable MRI technology

UCI Medical Center is the first hospital on the West Coast to offer the Swoop™ Portable MRI System, which can be wheeled to the bedside of patients in critical condition. The portable magnetic resonance imaging device, made by Hyperfine Research, enables clinicians to take neurological images of critically ill patients…

Researchers Expand Clinical Trials Investigating Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19

UC San Diego Health researchers, with collaborators across the country, are conducting a pair of clinical trials to assess whether convalescent plasma therapy can either mitigate symptoms in outpatients with the viral disease or perhaps prevent it after a known exposure.

Genomic Studies Implicate Specific Genes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

After analyzing the genomes of more 250,000 military veterans, researchers have identified 18 specific, fixed positions on chromosomes that appear associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings may point to new therapeutic drug targets.

Researchers Expand Clinical Trials Investigating Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19

It’s hoped the long-used approach, which would use antibody-rich infusions, can either reduce disease symptoms or prevent infections after exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Genomic Studies Implicate Specific Genes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Should we be double masking?

UC Riverside epidemiologist answers this and other questions in Q&A

Nearly half of California adolescents report mental health difficulties

Rates are higher among poor, multiracial, female, gender-nonconforming and foreign-born young people, a UCLA study shows.

Scientists jump-start two people's brains after coma

For patients and their families, this "means the world," said UCLA professor of psychology and neurosurgery Martin Monti.

Two Anti-viral Enzymes Transform Pre-Leukemia Stem Cells into Leukemia

Viral infections and space travel similarly trigger inflammation and the enzymes APOBEC3C and ADAR1; UC San Diego researchers are developing ways to inhibit them as a means to potentially lower cancer risk for both astronauts and people on Earth.