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August 22, 2025
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Professor Xia Yang studies how diet shapes our genes and our health. Her research shows that fructose can alter hundreds of brain genes linked to disease — but omega-3s like DHA may help reverse the damage. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research
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Research powers progress. Your story powers research. 🔆 Share yours: bit.ly/3V4w4Vi #ResearchPowersProgress
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Imagine a day in the life of a Bruin without UCLA’s research breakthroughs, many of which were developed with federal funding. Learn about them at: ucla.edu/research #ResearchPowersProgress
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The summer I stood up for research. ? See how UCLA discoveries change lives and share your story at the link in bio. #ResearchPowersProgress #UCLA
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Aya Barzelay-Wollman's research centers around solving retina degenerative diseases. At UCLA Jules Stein Eye Center, Barzelay-Wollman and her team are tackling the problem of degenerative disease by using regenerative medicine and robotic surgery to provide an effective cure. Learn more at: ucla.edu/research #ResearchP
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Professor Aradhna Tripati and DGSOM's Monique Trinh spoke with What a Day about the wide-ranging impacts of the research suspensions and cuts: bit.ly/4oIT6Pr
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A recently launched data tool by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute helps show how extreme heat and air pollution impact communities differently: lat.ms/4lJdblU
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NBC News highlights how a joint effort between UCLA and USC and other collaborators works to bring more shade around the city: bit.ly/4mrMVNU
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UCLA’s future doctors 🥼💙💛 #BruinProud Advances in patient care. Breakthrough treatments. Training tomorrow’s doctors. It all #StartsInAcademicMedicine. At UCLA, our mission is to deliver leading-edge patient care, research, education, and community engagement. #ResearchPowersProgress #UCLA #medstudent
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UCLA research gave the world the internet. What comes next depends on protecting federal support for discovery. If you’ve been part of or benefited from UCLA research, your voice can help safeguard its future. Submit your story: bit.ly/3V4w4Vi (link in bio) #ResearchPowersProgress #UCLA #Research #Discovery #HigherEd
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Bruin legend @kareemabduljabbar speaks from the heart about UCLA’s impact on his life, career, and health. His story illustrates how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress. Visit our link in bio to show your support by: 1️⃣ Sharing your UCLA research impact story 2️⃣ Pledging to stand up for UCLA and UC #UCLA #Research
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Professor Jun Chen has developed a soft, AI-powered neck patch that helps people speak even without vocal cords. This tiny, wearable device is a major step forward in restoring voice function. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research
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"I have a dear friend who is battling lung cancer — never smoked a day in her life— and is benefiting from a drug that was developed through academics. Eventually this drug will fail, and she will need a second option. And that's precisely where my research comes in. We have made amazing breakthroughs that are tra
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Professor Michael Jung helped develop two FDA-approved drugs — Xtandi and Erleada — that have extended and improved the lives of thousands of men with prostate cancer. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research
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UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress. Hundreds of life-saving and life-changing UCLA research projects are now at risk due to the suspension of federal funding. This suspension isn’t just a loss for the researchers who rely on these grants. It’s a loss for Americans across the nation whose work, health, and future depend
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Professor Aaswath Raman invented a material that cools buildings by releasing heat into the sky with no electricity. His work is an example of how science can solve everyday problems and help protect the planet. Learn about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress at ucla.edu/research
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UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress. Our work aims to solve the real-world challenges that we face today and will face in the future. We’re dedicated to finding both immediate solutions and long-term breakthroughs that lead to human progress. With public funding and support, our investments in discovery yield solutions tha
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UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress. Our work aims to solve the real-world challenges that we face today and will face in the future. We’re dedicated to finding both immediate solutions and long-term breakthroughs that lead to human progress. With public funding and support, our investments in discovery yield solutions th
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Nine UCLA students, including PhD candidate Erin Morrow, are participants in the McClintock Letters campaign — through which graduate students write op-eds in local papers advocating for investment in science. It’s one way UCLA students are helping defend critical federal research funding. Read more: https://ucla
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