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UCI Health Affairs, January 30, 2025

Leading the Charge in Whole-Person Healthcare

“The Robert A. Mah Molecular Innovation Center initiative has a particular focus on developing natural product inspired molecules which are more easily adapted to medicinal chemistry needed to advance molecules to medicines in areas such as non-opioid pain management, cancer treatment and infectious diseases. ” (Jan Hirsch)
UCI News, January 9, 2025

UC Irvine scientists design bioluminescent RNA

“Until now, little was known about how and when RNA does what it does inside cells. It turns out it’s been really quite difficult to know in living cells, and especially in living organisms, when RNA is turned on and where it goes. If you wanted to study the first 30 seconds or the first minute – nobody knows. But we provide a tool. You can now visualize it.” (Andrej Luptak)