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UCLA patient is first to receive successful heart transplant after using experimental 50cc Total Artificial Heart

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Written by Amy Albin

Los Angeles, California - A petite 44-year-old woman has received a successful heart transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, thanks to an experimental Total Artificial Heart designed for smaller patients.

Stem cell gene therapy developed at UCLA holds promise for eliminating HIV infection

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Written by Mirabai Vogt-James

Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research are one step closer to engineering a tool that could one day arm the body’s immune system to fight HIV - and win. The new technique harnesses the regenerative capacity of stem cells to generate an immune response to the virus.

UCLA partners in new Congo Basin Institute - a ‘game-changer’ for environmental protection

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Written by Alison Hewitt

Los Angeles, California - UCLA professor Tom Smith has conducted research in Cameroon for more than 30 years, and preserving and improving the region is more than a career to him. It’s his life’s work, and now he and a major African institute have created an international partnership that could save the Congo rainforest and transform the troubled Congo Basin.

Study reveals bone-building protein’s impact on bone stem cells

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Written by Mirabai Vogt-James

Los Angeles, California - A new study by UCLA researchers shows that administering the protein NELL-1 intravenously stimulates significant bone formation through the regenerative ability of stem cells.

Lyme disease subverts immune system, prevents future protection

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Written by Pat Bailey

Davis, California - The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to trick an animal’s immune system into not launching a full-blown immune response or developing lasting immunity to the disease, report researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Federal program for vaccine-injured children is failing

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Written by Stanford News

Stanford, California - The safety net that Congress created to protect children who suffer from vaccine injury is not working as intended, a Stanford law professor has found.

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