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A collage featuring five of the children who received treatment in a gene therapy clinical trial co-led by UCLA.
Microscopy image of a cortical organoid, a stem cell-derived model that mimics the developing human brain. The circular rosettes are clusters of neural stem cells giving rise to neurons, shown in green.
Noor Nakhaei, Pablo Alvarez, and Brian Kite pose with a large ceremonial check at the UCLA Grad Slam event.
seedlings of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant (some in its natural green color, some genetically modified and in white)
Artistically shot image of a UCLA lab facility with deep blue tones.
An image showing epithelial chromatin variation, with DNA (blue) and histone marker H3K27me3 (yellow) that represses gene activity
Fluorescent imaging of fibrotic kidney scar tissue
Two firefighters put out a blaze.
A graphic image of a DNA double helix.
A graphic illustration of RNA