Tag: Davis
UC Davis Study Finds Small RNA Plays Big Role Suppressing Cancer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB) April 02, 2015 The micro RNA miR-22 has long been known for its ability to suppress cancer. However, questions remain about how it achieves this feat. For example, which molecules are regulating miR-22, and which are miR22 targets? Researchers at UC Davis have unraveled some of these relationships, identifying several interactions […]
News: UC Davis Scientists Describe Novel Drug Mechanism That Fights Brain Cancer
Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) March 03, 2015 Findings could lead to better therapies against many hard-to-treat cancers. Researchers at UC Davis have developed and characterized a molecule that interferes with the internal regulation of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct. This novel mechanism was found to be effective against glioma cells – responsible for a […]
UC Davis Study Finds Undocumented Farmworkers Use Medicaid Half as Often as Documented Farmworkers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB) February 27, 2015 Undocumented farmworkers are half as likely as those who are documented to use Medicaid, the federal health insurance program available to low-income individuals and families, according to a new study from UC Davis Health System. The research also shows that the greatest predictor of farmworker use of Medicaid, which […]
UC Davis Study Finds Preeclampsia During Mother’s Pregnancy Associated with Greater Autism Risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB) December 08, 2014 Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were more than twice as likely to have been exposed in utero to preeclampsia, and the likelihood of an autism diagnosis was even greater if the mother experienced more severe disease, a large study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has […]