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A New Signal for Autism
How UC Irvine research and a father’s story are changing the timeline of care
Jill Kato February 27, 2026
UCI Startup
Is This the Breakthrough Drug Development We’ve Been Waiting For?
Eira Bio is targeting membrane proteins long considered unreachable by antibody drugs.
Jill Kato February 17, 2026
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Can Wearable Tech Finally Get Blood Pressure Right?
Forget the cuff. Vena Vitals’ sticker-like sensor aims to deliver ICU-level data without ever breaking the skin.
Jill Kato February 17, 2026
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Is This the End of Trial-and-Error Medicine?
An organ-on-a-chip that acutely mimics human biology may be the future of drug testing—and a long-overdue update to h...
Jill Kato October 7, 2025
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The Rise of Biotech Beauty
How a UC Irvine visiting Ph.D. student turned a rideshare pitch into a TIME100 company to overhaul the $430B beauty i...
Jill Kato September 10, 2025
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Fueling What’s Next
How FirstElement Fuel founded by UC Irvine alumni built the world’s most extensive hydrogen fueling network—and why t...
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
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What If Batteries Actually Worked the Way We Wanted?
UC Irvine-born startup Enevate is solving EVs’ biggest pain points.
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
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A Surgical Procedure Without the Surgery
UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering Tibor Juhasz spent 25 years perfecting a laser treatm...
Jill Kato June 11, 2025
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Birthing a Star to Save a Planet
Will UC Irvine-based TAE Technologies take nuclear fusion from science fiction to reality and solve the biggest exist...
Jill Kato June 11, 2025
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Breathing Room
UC Irvine Startup Makani Science Has Created the Most Important Medical Device You’ll Never Notice
Jill Kato May 23, 2025