Contributed by Hye-Won (Grace) Shin, PhD UCI MIND stands against racism, hate and violence. We laud the US Senate overwhelmingly passing the anti-Asian American hate crime bill Thursday, April 22,…
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The post ASK THE DOC: Stem Cell Research For Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders appeared first on UCI MIND.
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Contributed by Stefania Forner, PhD Most cases of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are late-onset and occur sporadically; however, the majority of AD animal models are based on rare genetic mutations, making…
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Thank you for your generous support of UCI MIND for UCI Giving Day. We raised over $18,000 to directly support Alzheimer’s disease research. To learn more about UCI MIND, we…
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UCI Health has received a 14th consecutive “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group’s biannual Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The spring…
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UCI MIND Annual Report 2020: Excellence through Adversity Dear Friend of UCI MIND, The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every facet of life, especially for families enduring Alzheimer’s disease and related…
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An accompanying editorial in JAMA Neurology noted that the study apparently is the first to focus on disparities related to “time to diagnosis and comprehensiveness of evaluation” of dementia. Claudia…
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Elizabeth Vayssie is thriving despite the challenges of becoming Orange County’s first recipient of an implanted heart pump while a pandemic was underway. Today she is celebrating the one-year anniversary of receiving…
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A $5 million gift to the University of California, Irvine from Linda and Mike Mussallem will support integrative cardiology care, training and research in the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute…
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UCI Health has launched an outpatient treatment program to address prolonged COVID-19 symptoms and complications experienced by an estimated 10% to 30% of people long after their initial illness. People…
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UCI Health neuromuscular disorder researchers have been awarded a prestigious $4.2 million grant to study a little understood muscle disorder in aging adults that causes asymmetric muscle weakness and severe disability.…
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Registration is open for the fifth annual UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge — a virtual ride, run, walk event to raise awareness and funds for promising cancer research at the UCI Chao Family…
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Vaccines are here, but as COVID-19 cases continue and variants spread, researchers need easy access to a wide variety of data to better understand the disease. University of California hospitals,…
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Yesterday, March 21st, was World Down Syndrome Day, a dedicated day to advocate for the rights of people with Down syndrome. Did you know that people with Down syndrome are…
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UC Irvine researchers have developed a breakthrough device that prevents injury when kidney stones are treated through the ureter. In a clinical study of 200 kidney stone patients, the force-sensor…
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The UCI professor has dedicated her career to finding answers to a rare genetic disease’s most crucial questions. An estimated 30,000 genes make up the human genome, with an individual’s…
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A new UCI Health study reinforces the principle that “practice makes perfect” when it comes to complex gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Patients whose procedures for gastrointestinal malignancies were performed at a…
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Research aims to gain knowledge for the betterment of humankind. UCI MIND is committed to research to discover solutions for Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. The risk and…
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UCI MIND Director Dr. Josh Grill takes some deep dives into promising findings in clinical trials for medications treating Alzheimer’s disease. Listen to the latest episode of KUCI’s podcast, Ask…
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