UCLA Researchers Develop Smart Stent to Track Blood Flow in Real Time
Apr 14, 2026 UCLA Samueli Newsroom A multidisciplinary UCLA research team has developed a battery-free, magnetoelastic smart stent designed to track blood flow continuously after angioplasty, potentially enabling earlier detection of complications. The researchers...
Nasim Annabi, Jun Chen Named AIMBE Fellows for Medical and Biological Engineering Advances
May 11, 2026 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Two UCLA Samueli School of Engineering faculty members — Nasim Annabi and Jun Chen — have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows. The honor recognizes the top 2% of medical...
Gilead bets $1.68B upfront on UCLA Bioengineering Alumni’s Ouro Medicines’ autoimmune program, with Galapagos expected to pitch in
Gilead Sciences is set to enter the T cell engager space in an unusual — perhaps even unprecedented — deal arrangement that involves the pharma budgeting about $1.68 billion upfront to buy Ouro Medicines and for Galapagos to do early work on the candidate. While the...
Implantable “Charging Station” Boosts Fight Against Cancer
Mar 17, 2026 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment by harnessing the body’s own immune system to fight disease. But many engineered immune cells lose strength quickly after they enter the body, especially inside tumors that actively...
Incoming UCLA Engineering Faculty Member Mohamad Abedi Awarded Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grant for Cancer Immunotherapy Research
Mohamad Abedi, an incoming assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a 2026 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grant to support his research developing next-generation immunotherapies for cancer. Abedi’s research...
Mineral sunscreen that reduces white cast developed by UCLA researchers
Denise Heady February 3, 2026 Key takeaways Mineral sunscreen formulas with zinc oxide often leave a white, chalky cast. The new study, led by UCLA researchers, found that a simple change in the shape of zinc oxide particles could address this drawback. Instead of...
COVID-19 Viral Fragments Shown to Target and Kill Specific Immune Cells in UCLA-Led Study
Jan 25, 2026 Originally posted on UCLA Newsroom Key takeaways A UCLA-led research team demonstrated that when human immune enzymes break up the spike protein of the virus behind COVID-19, some resulting fragments have the ability to punch holes in membranes of human...
Invention of DNA “Page Numbers” Opens Up Vast Possibilities for the Bioeconomy
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding for diverse biological applications, such as proteins that form the building blocks of materials stronger than steel, or personalized cancer...
Bioengineering Doctoral Student Co-Authors AI Heart Model Paper Published in Nature
Bioengineering Doctoral Student Co-Authors AI Heart Model Paper Published in Nature A team including a UCLA bioengineering doctoral student has developed the largest-ever artificial intelligence model for interpreting echocardiograms, ultrasound images of the heart....