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Jan 31, 2023

The Caris Precision Oncology Alliance Welcomes The UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare, announced today that the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance™ (POA).

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Jan 26, 2023

Psychological and emotional distress among childhood cancer survivors influencing risky lifestyle behaviors

CRCI afflicts survivors with emotional and social dysfunction and this can negatively impact their employment, education and independent living.

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Jan 11, 2023

Two faculty members awarded pilot funding for new projects to confront extremism through community, thriving and wellness

In recognition of their evidence-based research strategies to enhance best practices for community engagement and foster improvements in the aftermath of COVID-19, the UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence has awarded pilot funding to Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and Alana LeBrón, PhD, an assistant professor of health, society, and behavior.

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Nov 17, 2022

Five UCI faculty members make list of world’s top female scientists

Susan O'Brien, Associate Director for Clinical Science for the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center has been included on this list.

From left: Bridget Fortin (Graduate student and co-first author), Sung Kook Chun, PhD (Postdoctoral fellow and co-first author), Selma Masri, PhD, (Principal investigator and corresponding author), and Rachel Fellows, PhD (Postdoctoral fellow and co-first author), all from the UCI School of Medicine Department of Biological Chemistry.

Aug 10, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine

New UCI-led research reveals the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression

UCI researchers have discovered how the circadian clock affects cell growth, metabolism, and genome stability, influencing tumor progression in the intestine.
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Aug 10, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine

New UCI-led study reveals computation-guided approach to suppressing cancer tumor growth

UCI and UCSD researchers have developed a method to identify molecules that restore mutated p53 tumor suppression, showing promise in both lab and animal models.
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Jul 11, 2022

‘A window into the body’

The so-called “diagnostic fluid of the future,” saliva is loaded with DNA, enzymes, hormones, immune system markers and other substances that make it a minimally invasive alternative biospecimen to blood for a dizzying array of medical, nonmedical and even commercial uses.

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Jun 24, 2022

Elizabeth Brem, MD, on Frontline Management of CLL

In the last few years, frontline management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) has undergone a profound paradigm shift.
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Jun 06, 2022

Melanoma researcher covers all the bases

Dr. Anand Ganesan probably won’t be hanging from a ceiling `a la Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, but the UCI Health dermatologist and School of Medicine professor of dermatology and biological sciences does compare part of what he does to a plot device in the 1996 action thriller.

Apr 29, 2022

UCI researchers harness the power of mathematical modeling to understand the effectiveness of aspirin on colorectal cancer prevention

Aspirin can significantly reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer, and this protection can be the result of changed evolutionary processes of cells within patients, according to mathematical models produced by UCI researchers and partners.