Science & Technology

Combining bronchoscopy and surgical platforms through robotic technology allows for quicker diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer patients By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org For the first time, physicians at UC Davis Health performed a robotically-assisted bronchoscopy, a procedure that examines lungs, for diagnosis and treatment of a lung cancer nodule within one operation.  Dr. Chinh […]

Students describe dining common accommodations and offer advice for how peers can support friends with food allergies   By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org   May is Food Allergy Awareness Month, which recognizes a condition that affects around 6-8% of adults in the U.S. and ranges from causing mild hives and itchiness to life-threatening reactions, according […]

Pathogens can attach to microplastics and affect sea life  By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org Microplastics can carry pathogens from land to sea, which can affect wildlife and overall human health, according to a study conducted by UC Davis researchers. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers found that microplastics make it easier for disease-causing pathogens […]

Everly Jacobsen was diagnosed with an abnormally large omphalocele, a birth defect that only affects one in 5000 children   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org   Born in 2020 with her internal organs protruding outside of her abdomen, Everly Jacobsen was diagnosed at UC Davis Health with a birth defect known as omphalocele, a condition […]

UC Davis experts answer questions on autism and the pandemic’s impact   By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org   Since 1998, the UC Davis MIND Institute has been working to improve the lives of people with autism spectrum disorder, especially children and their families. On April 28, three UC Davis experts spoke on the advances that […]

Pluralist is an initiative aimed at recognizing the needs of underserved communities in need of life-saving organ transplant surgeries   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org   According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Black Americans are almost four times more likely and Latino Americans are 1.3 times more likely to experience kidney […]

The universe is expanding faster than models predict; dark matter could be the missing piece   By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org   Our universe grows bigger every second, the space between galaxies stretching for billions of years. A value called the Hubble constant tells us the rate at which this expansion is happening, and, indirectly, […]

The program takes a multidisciplinary approach to make the standard of care more patient-centered   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org   UC Davis Health has recently developed the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program to provide a multidisciplinary approach to treating children with pulmonary hypertension, a condition that can be difficult to diagnose in children.  Dr. Brian […]

A research review discovered multiple positive long-term benefits of self-esteem that varied distinctly from the known negative effects   By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org   In a recent study at the University of Bern and UC Davis, researchers suggested that having high self-esteem can influence people’s lives in a positive manner.  Fascinated by self-esteem as […]

At the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium, researchers around the world collaborated to sequence the gaps left out by the initial human reference genome   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org   The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, an international group of researchers focused on developing the human reference genome, recently filled in the last 8% of genomic DNA that had […]

This study serves a potential model for Alzhiemer’s disease and depression   By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org   According to a study published on April 11 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, rhesus monkeys are able to perceive their own heartbeats. Researchers from the California National Primate Research Center at the UC […]

The study, led by graduate students at UC Davis, looks at gaps in policy geared toward ending human-caused whale mortality   By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org   Whales face a multitude of human-caused threats — from entanglement in crab traps, to marine debris, to increased noise pollution. The Ocean Protection Council plans to mitigate these […]