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Steinberg: Football, and other contact sports, need to be rethought
In previous columns, I suggested that the increased size, speed and strength of today's NFL players are creating a dramatically more damaging set of collisions. We have known for years of the devastation these collisions cause on every joint in the human...Tags: Roger Goodell, General Practitioners, Epidemics and Plagues, Injuries and Wounds, Concussion
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UCI study finds genetic link to longevity
A UC Irvine researcher has helped uncover a link between a certain genetic variation and longer life. People who live past 90 are significantly more likely to have a dopamine-receptor gene variation named the DRD4 7R allele, according to a UCI and...Tags: Science and Technology, ADHD, Learning Disability, Arts and Culture, Culture
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UCI to open autism treatment center
UC Irvine will use $14.8 million in public-private funding to open an autism research and treatment center, the university announced Thursday. The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Southern California will eventually offer a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Biology, Research, Behavioral Conditions
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Three reasons to ride
For Bob Lee, things comes in threes: three bike rides around the country, three reasons, three generations. Lee, 70, of Barrington, Ill., stopped in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach last week on his way from Vancouver, Canada, to the U.S.-Mexico...
Tags: Charity, Breast Cancer, Mexico, Prostate Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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UCI study homes in on autism treatment
A UC Irvine professor, along with a team of researchers, discovered that a marijuana-like substance naturally released in the brain can treat symptoms of one type of autism, the university recently announced. Cannabinoids released in the brains of mice...Tags: Science and Technology, France, Learning Disability, Behavioral Conditions, Autism
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Seeing the study of stem cells
More than 200 high school students, including those in the Costa Mesa-based Coastline Regional Occupational Program, got an inside look at the stem cell research at UC Irvine. UCI's Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center opened its doors Monday for...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapists
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UCI researchers: Human brains not that dissimilar
A group of UC Irvine scientists have contributed to an international study that could help researchers develop medicines for brain conditions. After studying two-and-a-half male human brains, the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science and the...Tags: Science and Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, University of California, Irvine
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Komen race takes off Sunday
Sol Reyes Roberts is a five-year survivor of breast cancer. But before her diagnosis in January 2007, she had already given back to breast cancer research. She began running in the Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure in 2004 with Latinas...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Human Interest, Road Running, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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UCI researchers' work could help paralyzed patients
Two UC Irvine associate professors have laid the foundation for a treatment that could help people who are paralyzed by spinal cord injuries. Aileen Anderson and Brian Cummings developed a stem cell treatment in collaboration with Northern California-...Tags: StemCells Incorporated, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), University of California, Irvine, Trials
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Bringing passion to medical science
Tucked away in the corner of UC Irvine is a 100,000-square-foot structure against a grassy hill. For those working inside the campus' relatively new addition, the mission is simple: Discover new technologies that help people who suffer from...
Tags: Science and Technology, Breast Cancer, Leukemia, Harvard University, Science
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Volleyball: Remy giving back
The inaugural Heart 2 Heart Volleyball Tournament is an event with an amazing story. Remy Wilson, an incoming Newport Harbor High freshman, has organized the tournament as a vehicle to support a cause that is very important to her: the UCLA Pediatric...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, Ronald Reagan, University of California, Los Angeles
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Former professor claims retaliation in suit against UCI
A former assistant professor at UC Irvine is suing the university, saying she faced retaliation when she flagged data that she claims was falsified by researchers trying to prove a faulty hypothesis, according to her Orange County Superior Court lawsuit....Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Allergies, Orange County Superior Court
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