Inventing Your Future: Health
A pioneer in genetic research, Professor Michael Pirrung is working on an alternative method for treating diabetes.
In the race to prevent, treat and cure life-threatening diseases, UCR is expanding the frontiers of medical and genomics research. To improve the quality of health for Inland Southern California residents, and to build on its strengths in stem cell, genomics, nanoscience and public health research, UCR is developing a new School of Medicine.
- UCR biochemists have discovered how to grow bone cells on a scaffold out of carbon nanotubes, leading to new treatments for osteoporosis, abnormal bone development, and dental implants.
- Exploring the connection between insulin and wound-healing, UCR faculty are discovering new approaches to treatments for diabetes.
- The prestigious UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences has provided medical training to more than 600 UCR alumni who now serve their communities as physicians, practicing in every area of medicine.
Every day in our labs and classrooms, UCR geneticists, biologists, psychologists, entomologists and engineers are developing new technologies, treatments and pharmaceuticals that will transform the quality of life for millions.
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- UCR School of Medicine
- UCR Biomedical Sciences
- Stem Cell Center
- Health Science Research Institute
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
- Department of Biochemistry
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