Natural killer cells show potential to treat COVID-19 symptoms August 13, 2021 | Valerie Elwell After joining a groundbreaking COVID-19 clinical trial, UCI Health patient Michael Nguyen felt better within days of getting natural killer (NK)... Read More Tags clinical trials breakthroughs COVID-19 infections
Bone marrow program marks new era for cancer care August 05, 2021 | Kristina Lindgren A little over a year after performing Orange County’s first adult bone-marrow transplant, the UCI Health Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant... Read More Tags cancer clinical trials breakthroughs transplants
UCI team readies universal coronavirus vaccine prototype for human trials July 02, 2021 | UCI Health UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute scientists have designed a promising vaccine prototype that could prevent all coronavirus strains and... Read More Tags COVID-19 breakthroughs vaccines eye
A better way to treat metastatic spine tumors? June 10, 2021 | UCI Health Radiology researchers at UC Irvine have developed a new therapy called brachytherapy bone cement that irradiates metastatic spine tumors from the... Read More Tags breakthroughs cancer spine
A better fix for brain bleeds UCI Health first in nation to use new device for clot removal March 26, 2021 | UCI Health When retired university president Horace Mitchell, PhD, suffered a subdural hematoma, he was able to get the most advanced care from UCI Health... Read More Tags brain breakthroughs blood
A digital prosthetic eye for the 21st century March 17, 2021 | Valerie Elwell UCI researchers have harnessed digital technology and deep-learning neural networks to develop a next-generation eye prosthetic that can match the... Read More Tags eye breakthroughs patient stories