Imperial Valley News Center
Tunisia's Presidential Election
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "On behalf of the government and people of the United States, I would like to congratulate President-elect Beji Caid Essebsi on his victory and the Tunisian people on the successful completion of their process to elect a new government under the constitution adopted last January.
Lost memories might be able to be restored
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Combination drug therapy doubles positive effect of treatment for women with advanced breast cancer
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- Written by Reggie Kumar
Los Angeles, California - In a groundbreaking study that offers new hope for women with advanced breast cancer, researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have published final clinical trial results that showed the amount of time women with advanced breast cancer were on treatment without their cancer worsening was effectively doubled when they took the experimental drug palbociclib.
Lens-free microscope can detect cancer at the cellular level
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- Written by Bill Kisliuk
Los Angeles, California - UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical microscopes.
Fowler Museum presents first major U.S. touring exhibition of Emirati contemporary art
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- Written by Rowanne Henry
Los Angeles, California - The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents “Past Forward: Contemporary Art from the Emirates,” the first major touring exhibition of Emirati art. The exhibition was organized by the Meridian International Center and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates and premiered in Washington, D.C., in May 2014.
UCLA engineers first to detect and measure individual DNA molecules using smartphone microscope
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- Written by Shaun Mason
Los Angeles, California - Fluorescence microscopes use technology that enables them to accomplish tasks not easy to achieve with normal light microscopes, including imaging DNA molecules to detect and diagnose cancer, nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, and drug resistance in infectious diseases.
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