U Magazine

Features:

• The Financial Gut-Punch of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• What The Yeast Can Tell Us
• COVID-19 Tested U.S. Health Systems — And News Habits

The Cutting Edge:

• Ticket to a Longer-Lasting COVID Vaccine?
• Study Spotlights Gaps in Access to Health Care Among State’s LGBTQ+ Community
• Super-Resolution Microscopy Sheds New Light on Process of Embryonic Development
• VR Experiment Offers New Insights into How Neurons Enable Learning
• Gene Therapy Gives New Life to Girl Born with Fatal Immune Disorder
• Researchers Discover an Unexpected Regulator of Heart Repair
• Removing Some Chemical Messengers in the Brain May Ease Opioid Withdrawl
• Stem-Cell Transplantation for Leukemia Puts HIV-1-Positive Woman in Remission

Features:

• Calling out aversive racism in academic medicine
• UCLA In The Time of AIDS: The Long Road
• Fourth and Vaccinated
• COVID-19 Countdown

The Cutting Edge:

• Women Receiving Inadequate Mental Health Care through California’s Public Programs
• Robin the Social Robot Brightens Hospitalized Children’s Experience
• Discrimination Increases Risk for Mental Health Issues in Young Adults
• Children Born with Deadly Immune Disorder Remain Healthy 10 Years Post-Gene Therapy
• An ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Immunotherapy for Cancer
• 102-Year-Old WWII Vet Navigates a New Life with His Hearing Restored
• Study of Mouse Brain could Pave Way to New Treatments for Human Movement Disorders

Features:

• Do We Really Want to Return to Normal?
• High Percentage of California Youth Struggle with Mental Health Issues
• Safe Harbor
• A Tale of Two COVIDs
• A Pioneer, a President and a Legacy
• More Women Embrace “Going Flat” after Mastectomy

Friends:

• A Special Connection Leads to $29 Million Gift to Advance Genomic Medicine
• Medical Student Commits to Increasing Opportunities for Minority Students
• Max Gray Salon Offers Timely Mental Health Tips
• UCLA Donors Join Together to Honor Esteemed Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Establishes Fund to Support Neurological Research at UCLA
• Mother and Daughter Send Health Care Workers Virtual Hugs
• New Endowed Chair Advances Pediatric Orthopaedics

Features:

• “This Is Our Moment”
• Race, Racism and Patient Care
• In the Quiet of the Holiday Season, the City of Angels Burns
• How To Build A Vaccine
• The Day the Vaccine Arrived
• The Art of Sport

The Cutting Edge:

• How Babies Rewire Their Brains to See in 3-D
• A Step Toward Understanding Why COVID-19 Boosts Stroke Risk
• Study Finds More Americans Involuntarily Detained Due to Mental Illness
• Modified Blood Test Could Help Predict Pregnancy Complications
• Study Illuminates Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnant Women
• Virus-mimicking Drug Helps Immune System Target Cunning Cancer Cells
• Reclaiming Her Voice with a Gift of New Lungs
• The Impact of Poverty on Childhood Development Noted in Kids as Young as 5

Friends:

• A Garden of Memories
• UCLA Health Receives $18 Million Gift to Expand Whole-person Care for Patients and Families Facing Cancer
• UCLA Health Operation Mend Receives a Customized Patient Shuttle
• UCLA Kidney Cancer Program Receives Gift for Research on Genetic Forms of Kidney Cancer
• Philanthropic Giving Aids UCLA Clinicians Combating Covid-19
• Lab Party Raises Money for UCLA Neurosurgery
• The Fifth Annual Max Gray Fellows in Mood Disorders Salon

The Cutting Edge:

• Blood Test Identifies Risk of Disease Linked to Stroke and Dementia
• A Step toward Treating Infertility with Lab-grown Eggs and Sperm
• Voice-analysis App Effectively Monitors Patients with Mental Illness
• Cold Plasma Patch Could Enhance Immunotherapy Treatment of Melanoma
• Low-cost Ventilator Prototype Could Provide Support in COVID-19 Pandemic
• Blood-donor “Angels” Save a Child’s Life

Features:

• On the Road to Health Care Equality

Friends:

• Golden Visionary Ball Raises More than $1 Million for UCLA Neurosurgery
• Annual UCLA Health System Board Meeting Turns Its Focus to Cardiac Care
• UCLA Operation Mend Cheered on at New York City Veterans Day Parade
• Dr. Hans Gritsch Named Inaugural Chair in Kidney Transplantation
• Nonprofit Heart of the Brain Fuels the Fight against Brain Cancer
• UCLA Supporters Raise Money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Dancing for NED Fundraiser Fights Ovarian Cancer
• David Geffen Adds $46 Million to Landmark Medical Scholarships Program
• Nearly 2,000 Guests Attend Party on the Pier for UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
• The Who and Friends Rock Private Show for UCLA Health and Teen Cancer America

The Cutting Edge:

• Repairing and Reversing Damage Caused by Huntington’s Disease
• Father’s X Chromosome May Yield Clues to Higher Rates of Autoimmune Disease in Women
• Body Image Concerns Are Universal
• A Decade in Review: 7 Exciting Health Care Breakthroughs
• Cells’ Mitochondria Work Much Like Tesla Battery Packs
• Researchers Create Accurate Model of Organ Scarring
• Biomarker Predicts Which Heart-failure Patients at Higher Risk of Death within One-to-three Years
• Targeted Therapy Drug Extends Lives of Women with Aggressive Breast Cancer
• Can a “Battery Leak” Trigger the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes?
• Molecular Changes in Cells of Eye’s Lens Predict Future Cataracts
• UCLA Addresses Increasing Demand with New Master’s in Genetic Counseling
• MRI May Help Doctors Differentiate Causes of Memory Loss

The Cutting Edge:

• The NICU’s Alive with the Sound of Music
• Scientists Create a Renewable Source of Cancer-fighting T Cells
• Fractures, Head Injuries Common in E-scooter Collisions
• Critical New Clues about What Goes Awry in Brains of People with Autism
• Shorter Course of Radiation Therapy Effective in Treating Men with Prostate Cancer
• Study Overturns Dogma of Cancer Metabolism Theory 8 U
• Electrical Activity Early in Fruit Flies’ Brain Development Could Shed Light on How Neurons Wire the Brain

Friends:

• UCLA Celebrates the Philanthropy of Laurie and Steven Gordon
• A Fitting Tribute: The Garry Shandling Learning Studio
• Project to Improve the End-of-Life Experience Marks Its First Anniversary
• UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Celebrates 25 Years
• Philanthropy Advances Stroke Care and Honors Dr. Wally Ghurabi
• Grey Matters Event Sheds Light on Memories
• UCLA Celebrates Lasker Award-recipient Dr. Michael Grunstein
• Epilepsy Foundation Endows Fellowship Program in UCLA Pediatrics
• TEDxUCLA Salon Tackles Depression
• UCLA Cardiovascular Theme Hosts Innovations in Heart and Lung Transplantation Event
• Lunch with the Scientists Celebrates Research Accomplishments
• UCLA Head and Neck Surgery Celebrates Calcaterra Family’s Philanthropy and the Inaugural Calcaterra Chair Holder

The Cutting Edge:

• UCLA Team Helps Create Facility for Ugandan Women Who Suffer Childbirth Injuries
• Aggressive Prostate and Lung Cancers Are Driven by Common Mechanisms
• Behavioral Risk Factors for Depression Vary with Age
• UCLA Scientists Use Stem Cells to Study Genetics of Germ Cell Tumors
• Promising Drug Strategy Could Slow Neurodegeneration
• Two-cells-in-one Combo Could Be Platform to Bolster Leukemia Treatment
• Cancer Treatments May Be Linked to Decline in Cognitive Performance

Friends:

• Innovation and Courage Honored at UCLA Visionary Ball
• $10 Million Gift Advances Programs in Women’s Health
• Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Hosts 19th Annual Party on the Pier
• UCLA Operation Mend Marches Forward
• UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind Celebrates 20 Years of Supporting School Fitness Programs
• UCLA-Weizmann Institute Collaboration Advances Depression Research
• UCLA Urology Honors Two Physicians
• Dr. Anthony C. Arnold Named Inaugural Chair in Neurodegenerative Diseases

The Cutting Edge:

• Rare Surgery Helps to Get LAPD Motorcycle Officer Back on His Bike
• Mirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision-making in Moral Dilemmas
• Deep Brain Waves Occur More Often during Navigation and Memory Formation
• Stem Cells Offer Hope for Hair Growth
• Genomic Blood Test Predicts Post-surgery Survival Rates for Advanced Heart Failure
• Scientists Create Cells that Enable Sense of Touch
• How Diabetes in Pregnancy Affects Baby’s Heart
• Cancer Defense Mechanism Could Be Turned Back to Attack Tumors
• Studying Development of Embryonic Heart Cells in Mice, Scientists Hope to Regenerate Damaged Tissue

Friends:

• The Indelible Mark of the Rosenfeld Family
• An Evening Remembering Leonard Nimoy
• Inaugural C.G. Jung Symposium Explores Trauma and Healing
• UCLA Promotes Empowered Aging with TEDxUCLA Salon
• UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Welcomes New Chair
• Grey Matters: Unveiling Mysteries of Brain Disease
• Golden Portal Fundraiser Recognizes Tenacity

The Cutting Edge:

• Mobile Stroke Unit: Hospital on Wheels
• Sip Black Tea to Drop Pounds
• As Re-hospitalizations Go Down, Mortality Goes Up
• Modified Herpes Virus Shows Promise for Treating Advanced Melanoma
• Weak Burst of Electricity Can Help to Improve Memory
• Heart's Pumping Function Doesn't Indicate Heart Failure Survival Rates
• Biomarkers Could Reveal Undetected Concussions
• Researchers Create Molecule that Could 'Kick and Kill' HIV
• Study Blames Mental Lapses on Sleep-deprived Brain Cells
• Behavioral Therapy Increases Connectivity in Brains of People with OCD

Friends:

• Rides, Games and Laughter on the Pier
• UCLA Health System Board Meeting Features Stroke Care
• UCLA Launches New Mobile Stroke Unit
• UCLA Operation Mend Marks a 10-year Milestone
• Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research
• The Spectacular Sounds of Autism
• Family’s Bravery Leads to Generosity
• A Legacy for Loved Ones

The Cutting Edge:

• Experimental Implant Returns Hand Movement to Quadriplegic
• An Alternative Theory of Tumor Metastasis
• Different Types of Autism-spectrum Disorders Share Abnormal Pattern of Brain Cells
• Combating the Cellular Damage of Aging
• Researchers Uncover How to Prevent Calcification of Heart Tissue
• Giving a Jump-start to the Brain
• UCLA Researchers Develop Open-source Program for Analyzing Thyroid Health
• Cutting-edge Model of Heart Helps Scientists Study New Therapies
• Affordability, Eligibility Biggest Barriers for Californians without Insurance
• Genetic Factors Control Regenerative Properties of Blood-forming Stem Cells
• Brain-wave Measurements Predict Response to Antidepressants

Friends:

• Honoring the Philanthropy of the Manoukians
• UCLA Neurology Celebrates the Silton Family’s Philanthropy and the Inaugural Silton Chair Holder
• Cardiovascular Leadership Sponsors Symposium, Educates the Community
• Honoring Hope and Courage
• Party on the Pier Benefits Children
• UCLA Cancer Researcher Recognized for Exceptional Advancements
• UCLA Health System Board Meeting Delves into Precision Health
• Chairs of Distinction: UCLA Neurologists Named as Wilstein Chairs
• UCLA Launches UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program
• Celebrating UCLA’s Leaders of Tomorrow Scholars
• Class of ’76 Alumni Celebrate 40th Reunion, Raise Money for Medical Scholarships
• Running for Research
• Switzer Prize Will Recognize Excellence in Research
• High School Seniors Honor Loved Ones with Cakes for Cancer