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May 28, 2025
May 23, 2025 | UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Real-time respiratory monitoring outside the hospital
Makani Sciences is developing a wireless, wearable device that tracks breathing rate and depth continuously.
Turning cancer cells into self-destructing agents
Kopra Bio is developing an immunotherapy platform for glioblastoma that reprograms cancer cells to trigger their own destruction, showing dramatic early results in preclinical models.
Privacy-first health data for faster clinical trials
Lets hospitals and biopharma companies query data inside existing systems—cutting the time and cost.
Non-invasive, sweat-based glucose testing instead of blood
Persperion Diagnostics offers an affordable, user-friendly alternative to traditional glucose monitors
May 21, 2025 | Sheknows
Member, Anamara Ritt-Olson, PhD, comments on cyberbullying leading to PTSD
"It is a lot for anyone to deal with let alone a teen just getting to know who they are"
May 19, 2025 | Fox 5 News
Member, Mahtab Jafari, PharmD, joins Thorne's Scientific Advisory Board
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Founding Director of the UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences
May 19, 2025 | ASBMB Today
Member, Lan Huang, PhD, Crosslinking mass spec to study protein–protein interactions
“We also focus on things like targeting the ubiquitin–proteasome system for cancer treatment.”
May 18, 2025 | Los Angeles Times
Members Andrej Lupták, PhD, and Jennifer Prescher, PhD – Los Angeles Times
Microscopic “lanterns” promise to reveal secrets of viruses and human memory.
May 15, 2025 | Parents
Member, Anamara Ritt-Olson, PhD, quoted in PBS news article about funding cuts
"...the loss of funding puts these early childhood resources in danger and has a dramatic effect on the most vulnerable"