Wednesday, May 6

Docuseries aims to give vital representation to minorities in medicine

UCLA urologist Stanley Frencher’s father was a black doctor, and his babysitters were black medical students. He didn’t realize black men were underrepresented in medicine until he himself went to medical school. Read more...

Photo: Olawale Amubieya, a fellow in the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and a participant in the Black Men in White Coats docuseries, said he thinks students of color should be exposed to medical professions as early as middle or high school. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)




New Westwood boba shop serves matcha-themed drinks, desserts

Students now have an additional boba place to choose from in Westwood Village. Sip, which serves matcha boba and other matcha desserts, opened a new location Friday on Weyburn Avenue. Read more...

Photo: Sip, the newest boba shop in Westwood, offers matcha boba tea and desserts, and serves tea made from handpicked leaves from China, Japan, Taiwan and India. (Manpreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)



UCLA Health certified to offer immune cell modification therapy

UCLA Health has received certification to provide a therapy that genetically modifies patients’ own cells to attack cancer, the university announced Friday. The Food and Drug Administration approved the treatment, marketed as Yescarta, in October for patients with a type of blood cancer called large B cell lymphoma. Read more...

Photo: The treatment is a form of chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy, in which a synthetic gene is added to T cells that recognize infectious substances and mount an immune response. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Campus’ LGBTQ community spotlighted in UCLA Pride Parade 2018

Maria Hammett said she never had a community where she felt accepted as a queer individual until she came to UCLA. “UCLA has been really helpful in me exploring my identity and being my authentic self,” said Hammett, a third-year environmental science student. Read more...

Photo: Around 25 students participated in this year’s UCLA Pride Parade 2018. The event was part of this year’s UCLA Pride Week, a series of events that celebrate the LGBTQ community on campus. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)