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Dr. Patrick Allard is featured in a UCLA Health article titled “A chemistry test for public safety.” As companies continue to produce new chemical compounds at a rapid clip, toxicologists and state and federal regulators agree that conventional approaches to testing chemical safety have significant limitations.

Dr. Eric Vilain and Dr. Christina Palmer are featured in a UCLA Newsroom piece titled “UCLA opens new program to solve mystery genetic diseases.” People enrolled in the program will undergo an intensive weeklong assessment featuring a clinical evaluation, consultations with specialists and multiple medical tests.

Congratulations to Professor Soraya de Chadarevian, who was awarded an NSF grant for her book project, “Heredity under the Microscope: A History of Human Chromosomes.”

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Patrick Allard, who has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Innovation in Regulatory Science Award, an extremely competitive five-year award!

Hannah Landecker and Martine Lappé have together published an article entitled, “How the Genome Got a Life Span,” in a special issue of New Genetics and Society, a selection of research articles on the topic of “Epigenetics and Society: Potential, Expectations, and Criticisms.”

Gender dysphoric children have not usually become transgender adults. For example, the large majority of gender dysphoric boys studied so far have become young men content to remain male. More than 80% adjusted by adolescence.

UCLA scientists examining causes of human infertility have found that the cells that create eggs or sperm during the prenatal stage of development are vulnerable to damage. The findings advance the understanding of human germ cells, which are responsible for carrying parents’ genes to a child.