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UC Riverside’s Karine Le Roch is principal investigator on two NIH grants

UC Riverside evolutionary biologist says increased cancer risk associated with height is due primarily to an increase in the number of body cells

UC Riverside study uses gene-editing tool to disrupt serotonin receptor linked to egg production in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

The device aims to reduce brain swelling and deliver a neuroprotective drug

UC Riverside-led study finds persons with any HPV type, more than one HPV type, or high-risk HPV are more likely to test HIV positive

Partnership provides opportunities for UCR medical students to train at a Riverside clinic focused on AIDS treatment

UC Riverside-led study will concentrate on alcohol use disorders in Pacific Islander young adults

Novel agents 135H11 and 135H12 move research closer to drug development

UC Riverside-led study offers vivid picture of health consequences of life events and chronic strain among foreign-born Mexicans in farm working communities

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...

Substantive dialogue may help, but emotional exchanges likely don't. Research finds that substantive conversation – conversation about news and ideas – is reflective of greater well-being among breast cancer patients.

To encourage subjects to participate in clinical and behavioral HIV studies, researchers often offer incentives such as cash or gift cards. But such remuneration could distort the sampling and end up inadvertently hurting the research findings. Lured by the incentives, participants could easily conceal information about themselves to qualify. Or...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have received a five-year grant of $2.44 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, to investigate the role hormones play in the female mosquito’s ability to use human blood for egg production. Vector mosquitoes need...

Research yields some advice on how to, and how not to, coach children before vaccinations

UC Riverside-led study shows that ‘good inflammation’ promotes axon myelination

A team of researchers led by a University of California, Riverside, scientist has found that various stages of the development of human malaria parasites, including stages involved in malaria transmission, are linked to epigenetic features and how chromatin — the complex of DNA and proteins within the nucleus — is...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu) – The California Wellness Foundation has awarded two grants to the University of California, Riverside totaling $450,000, both of which promise to increase access to higher education and degree completion for underserved populations Of the grant money, $250,000 will go to the Guardian Scholars Program in...

Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team led by Andrew Subica at the University of California, Riverside reports that adolescents have high prevalence of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, and concerning rates of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors. The data show that among U.S...

49 UC Riverside medical students were matched for a residency program, with the majority staying in California

Sponsored by the UC Riverside School of Medicine, free event takes place at the Riverside Convention Center on March 24