UC Newsroom |

Medical students celebrate Match Day

On March 20, more than 650 UC medical students were among the nearly 17,000 seniors at traditional U.S. medical schools who learned where they were matched for their residencies.
UC San Francisco |

U.S. health secretary lauds promise of ‘precision medicine’

Researchers at UCSF Medical Center may have a potential ally in the White House, as they develop targeted therapies for diseases like cancer.
UCLA |

New method to genetically identify disease markers

Key step toward personalized medicine holds promise for treating many diseases.
UC Merced |

Increased risk from toxoplasmosis

Additional strains of the parasite — and the disease it transmits — prove a greater risk even to those with healthy immune systems.
UC Newsroom |

UC plans to require vaccinations for incoming students

Incoming students will be screened for TB and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough, under a plan set to take effect in 2017.
UC San Diego |

Cancer cell mapping initiative launches

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC San Francisco join forces to determine how all of the components of a cancer cell interact.
UC San Diego |

‘Frontiers of Innovation’ program seeds multidisciplinary projects

Program will help launch seven major projects focused on advancing strategic research goals.
UC San Diego |

Forecasting the flu better

Combo of ‘big’ and traditional data improves power of prediction.
UC San Diego |

Temporary tattoo measures glucose without a needle

Stick-on device takes the pain out of diabetic testing.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Berkeley Lab’s Top 50 game-changing technologies for defeating poverty

Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies produces first-of-its-kind blueprint for sustainable global development.
UC Newsroom |

All UC medical centers designated as Ebola treatment centers

The hospitals were selected by state health officials; all of the facilities received an on-site assessment by CDC Ebola preparedness teams.
UCLA |

Social media-behavioral psychology combo points to more HIV testing

Research suggests a valuable tool in the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.