Edward Chiao

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• Guatemalan twins return to UCLA, conditions remain uncertain

  May 23, 2003 at midnight

  Formerly conjoined twins Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa Quiej-Alvarez were flown back to UCLA on Thursday after suffering medical setbacks in Guatemala. The twins, who were once joined at ...

• Professor suggests basin as solution for polluted runoff

  May 6, 2003 at midnight

  Rainstorms are the Pacific Ocean’s worst enemy – thousands of pounds of pollutants are washed into the Pacific Ocean when it rains in Los Angeles. The rainwater that falls from ...

• Separated twin improves to ‘serious’ after surgery

  May 1, 2003 at midnight

  Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez, one of the formerly conjoined twins separated at UCLA last year, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. She was moved out of the intensive ...

• Twin admitted into hospital

  April 29, 2003 at midnight

  Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez, one of the formerly conjoined twins separated at UCLA last year, is in critical condition in a Guatemalan hospital. On April 15, doctors discovered a pump ...

• Virus hits over 13 countries

  April 1, 2003 at midnight

  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a deadly flu-like virus, has spread throughout the world with cases now being reported in over 13 countries. The worldwide epidemic, which is believed to have ...

• Video games have benefits

  March 4, 2003 at midnight

  Avid computer gamers may be pleased to know the countless hours they spend playing computer games can actually help them perform better in school. A study released from the Children’s ...

• Operating-room allies always come in handy during surgery

  Feb. 18, 2003 at midnight

  If there was ever a medical dictionary of bad words, it would have to include the word “Surgery”. Last week, I found myself thinking constantly about the S-word. I was ...

• Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration opens

  Feb. 11, 2003 at midnight

  Monday marked the official opening for the new Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration at UCLA. The joint partnership between UCLA and NASA aims to develop a “lab on a ...

• Online tests help geeks vent repressed emotions

  Feb. 4, 2003 at midnight

  Do you have more than five registered e-mail addresses? How about more than three AIM screen names? Does the acronym “DC” remind you of a steady flow of current instead ...

• Experts discuss impact of genetic research

  Jan. 28, 2003 at midnight

  The social impacts of the genetic revolution are closer than we think, according to the UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics. A handful of genetics experts from around ...