Male bladder cancer vulnerability could lead to a new treatment approach

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that targeting androgen receptors - a type of protein specific to men - may destroy cancer cells. Focusing on this male protein variant common in malignant bladder tumor cells may serve as a new...
28-Apr-2021 1:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

PsychLight Sensor to Enable Discovery of New Psychiatric Drugs

UC Davis researchers develop PsychLight, a sensor that could be used in discovering new treatments for mental illness, in neuroscience research and to detect drugs of abuse.
28-Apr-2021 12:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New rapid COVID-19 test the result of university-industry partnership

A partnership between UC Davis and Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company, has led to a 20-minute COVID-19 test. The method pairs a mass spectrometer with a powerful machine-learning platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 in...
26-Apr-2021 3:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Is raising the sales age of tobacco reducing youth smoking?

A new study, conducted by three UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, studies young adult smoking trends three years after the start of California’s law raising the sales age of tobacco to 21.
23-Apr-2021 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Catching more breast cancers when mammograms are limited

In one of the largest research projects of its kind, a new study published in JAMA Network Open looks at nearly 900,000 individuals and close to 2 million mammograms to come up with a new way to detect the most breast cancer cases with the fewest...
25-Mar-2021 5:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study finds adolescents with autism may engage neural control systems differently

UC Davis Health researchers studying executive control in adolescents and young adults with autism have published new research that suggests a unique approach, rather than impairment.
12-Mar-2021 12:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

Fragile X premutation registry launches internationally

The UC Davis MIND Institute and the National Fragile X Foundation have launched an international registry of people carrying the fragile X premutation. The goal is to facilitate and encourage research about the genetic condition to improve...
3-Feb-2021 3:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Biomarkers in mother’s plasma could aid in early autism diagnosis and intervention

UC Davis MIND Institute researchers used machine learning to crunch 10,000 autoantibody pattern combinations to identify maternal biomarkers associated with a sub-type of autism. The findings have implications for early diagnosis and intervention.
25-Jan-2021 12:50 PM EST Add to Favorites