Pictured from left to right: UCLA Mathematics Professor Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Anne Andrews.
“Stress is a silent force impacting human health. In addition to roles in mental health, stress is linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders through chronic inflammation. But while existing stress monitors rely on measurements of heart rate and other nonspecific indicators, UCLA researchers are pioneering an approach to studying stress at its molecular roots.
Supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Simons Foundation, mathematician Andrea Bertozzi and chemist Anne Andrews have developed an innovative machine learning method to identify aptamers—synthetic DNA-based receptors. Their work, recently published in Mathematical Biosciences, is opening new avenues for individuals and healthcare providers to quantify stress to improve health and wellness.”
Read the full UCLA Newsroom article here.
