Features on peer-reviewed research by scientists at University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Alexandra Rogers and Professor Frances Leslie argue that addiction research should also study why most drug users never become addicted, treating resilience as an active brain process.
Professor John Lowengrub's team found that the ion channel PIEZO1 suppresses the leader cells that guide skin cells across a wound, slowing coordinated closure in experiments and simulations.
Professor Stephen Bondy argues that failing mitochondria underlie brain aging by driving chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and disrupted nerve signalling, with changes beginning in mid-life.
