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Bioengineering Study Finds Two-Cell Mouse Embryos Already Talking about Their Future
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- Written by Catherine Hockmuth
San Diego, California - Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the earliest stages after fertilization when the embryo has only two to four cells, a discovery that could upend the scientific consensus about when embryonic cells begin differentiating into cell types.
Engineers create ‘superomniphobic’ texture capable of repelling all liquids
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- Written by Matthew Chin
Los Angeles, California - A pair of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created the first surface texture that can repel all liquids, no matter what material the surface is made of.
Scientists discover why some patients respond to a life-saving melanoma drug
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- Written by Reggie Kumar
Los Angeles, California - UCLA researchers have pioneered a new methodology to predict why some patients battling advanced melanoma respond well and others do not to the new breakthrough drug pembrolizumab.
Brain’s reaction to virtual reality should prompt further study
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - UCLA neurophysicists have found that space-mapping neurons in the brain react differently to virtual reality than they do to real-world environments. Their findings could be significant for people who use virtual reality for gaming, military, commercial, scientific or other purposes.
UCLA researchers identify protein key to the development of blood stem cells
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- Written by Peter Bracke
Los Angeles, California - Led by Dr. Hanna Mikkola, a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, UCLA scientists have discovered a protein that is integral to the self-replication of hematopoietic stem cells during human development.
UC Davis awarded $100 million to lead program to predict and prevent pandemic threats
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- Written by Kat Kerlin
Davis, California - The United States Agency for International Development has awarded up to $100 million for the second phase of the PREDICT project based at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. PREDICT is part of the Emerging Pandemic Threats, or EPT, program - an unprecedented international campaign to rapidly detect and respond to emerging viruses such as Ebola and SARS that move among people, wildlife, and livestock.
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