UCLA researchers develop prototype to more efficiently detect rare cells in blood
A UCLA-led team has made detecting rare cells in blood cheaper and faster. A research team led by Aydogan Ozcan, a UCLA professor who specializes in physical and wave electronics, developed a new prototype version of a cytometer, a device that measures and detects...
Mission Possible: Deep neural nets transform diagnostic imaging
Aydogan Ozcan's UCLA lab is exploring ways that deep neural nets can be used not just to classify images, but to enhance or even reconstruct images 20 May 2019 By Gwen Weerts Technology The human brain is a very skilled classifier. It can quickly categorize Chicago as...
UCLA researchers develop smartphone-based microscope to detect lethal bee parasites
BY TABATHA LEWIS-SIMÓ Posted: February 14, 2019 12:16 am NEWS, SCIENCE & HEALTH Beekeepers will be able to attach a 3D-printed microscope to a smartphone device to view samples of a dead bee's gut tissue. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor) SHARE TWEET UCLA researchers...
Artificial Intelligence Sees More in Microscopy than Humans Do
Deep learning approaches in development by big players in the tech industry can be used by biologists to extract more information from the images they create. May 1, 2019 JEF AKST 1.2K ABOVE: MODIFIED FROM © ISTOCK.COM Six years ago, Steve Finkbeiner of the...
Researchers flip how electrical signals move liquid droplets
The advance – using an electrical push rather than a pull – could lead to more reliable medical diagnostic tools Matthew Chin | August 26, 2019 When medical laboratories analyze blood samples for signs of disease, they sometimes use instruments that rely on a...
Researchers apply fat cells to deliver drug to suppress tumor growth
UCLA research alert POST DATE:September 26, 2019 8:00 AM FACULTY Zhen Gu n a study with mice, researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new mechanism for delivering a drug that can help stop tumors from growing and keep cancer from...
Injectable, Hyaluronic Acid-Based Scaffolds with Macroporous Architecture for Gene Delivery
Authors: Arshia Ehsanipour, Tommy Nguyen, Tasha Aboufadel, Mayilone Sathialingam, Phillip Cox, Weikun Xiao, Christopher M. Walthers, Stephanie K. Seidlits Abstract Introduction Biomaterials can provide localized reservoirs for controlled release of therapeutic...
Two UCLA doctors named to National Academy of Medicine
Enrique Rivero | October 21, 2019 Two UCLA professors, Dr. Denise Aberle and Dr. Carol Mangione, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine. Aberle is a professor of radiology and bioengineering, and vice...
‘Smart’ insulin could prevent hypoglycemia during diabetes treatment
Development by UCLA-led research team works to keep blood sugar at normal levels Matthew Chin | May 16, 2019 UCLA bioengineers and their colleagues have developed a new type of insulin that could help prevent hypoglycemia in people who use the drug to manage diabetes....