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UC Riverside researchers say ‘molecular crowbar’ strategy is a promising method in drug discovery

Nearly 6,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in California in 2021, many due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. To address the crisis, a team of researchers in the School of Medicine, or SOM, at the University of California, Riverside, plans to develop and implement a curriculum that offers education on substance...

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds fathers on unhealthy diets can cause cardiovascular disease in their daughters

An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question

Only half of individuals with social anxiety ever seek treatment, says author Thomas E. Brown

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds primary site of obesity’s effects on reproductive function is the brain

Rewind four years ago when most of this graduating class of collegians were seniors in high school and you’ll be reminded of bittersweet Zoom commencement ceremonies where graduates huddled around a screen to not get their diplomas or shake hands with their principals or hug their classmates. Instead, they sat...

Scott Pegan at UC Riverside shares his thoughts on how safe our milk supply is

Funding from San Manuel Band of Mission Indians grants greater medical access to low-income residents

How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

Dr. Rajesh Gulati at UC Riverside answers some common questions about the virus and its spread

Kaveh Laksari, a UC Riverside assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop predictive models for stroke treatment strategies using data from patient brain scans.

UC Riverside-led study on innate immune system may lead to new treatments for patients with neuroHIV

Project will focus on understanding mechanisms of hyperexcitability and seizures

CCHFV poses a threat to U.S. military personnel and hospital staff as well as residents of a growing number of countries, says UC Riverside biomedical scientist

Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19

$13.7M grant from National Cancer Institute will support several projects on breast and pancreatic cancers

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

Vaccine expert David Lo at UC Riverside says there are no contraindications to taking the flu and COVID vaccines together