Biomedical scientist to study how body’s cannabis-like molecules influence obesity
Research is supported by a five-year grant to UC Riverside from the National Institutes of Health
Curbing your enthusiasm for overeating
UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behavior
UCR receives its first cannabis grant
School of Medicine’s Nicholas DiPatrizio will lead a team tasked with assessing the impact of long-term cannabis exposure on metabolic health and disease
A new approach to targeting cancer cells
UC Riverside researchers develop new drugs that target therapeutically relevant protein surfaces
Hope on the horizon for treating stroke
UC Riverside biomedical scientist’s decades-long work moves to clinical trials
Research offers superior therapeutic approach for MS
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. This debilitating condition periodically shutters communication between the brain and other parts of the body, resulting in symptoms that range from numbness and tingling in the arms and legs to blindness and paralysis. While treatments are...
Federal grant will help develop new stroke treatment
The device aims to reduce brain swelling and deliver a neuroprotective drug
UC Riverside researchers find potent chemical agents that can thwart cancer metastasis
Novel agents 135H11 and 135H12 move research closer to drug development
Among body shapes, pears are healthier than apples
Whether we like it or not, everyone accumulates fat. For women, it usually accumulates around the hips, resulting in a pear-shaped look. In men, fat tends to build up around the abdomen, creating an apple shape. As it turns out, it’s healthier to be a pear than an apple. A...