A study by UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues has found that semaglutide slows down the accumulation of biological aging markers in the DNA of adults with HIV, pointing to the potential of GLP‑1 receptor agonists to help prevent age‑related diseases.
Island Conservation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego monitored data from Ulong Island, Koror Republic of Palau that shows seabirds are returning, nutrients are moving from land to sea, and nearby reefs are beginning to rebound just one year after invasive rats were removed.
A study of sea squirts from researchers at UC San Diego and their collaborators reveals new possibilities for regenerative medicine.
“We used a combination of fundamental physics, nanofabrication and machine learning to make hidden distortions easier to detect and correct,” says Abdoulaye Ndao of UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering and Qualcomm Institute.
U.S. overdose death rates declined between 2023 and 2024, marking the first recorded drop in all four waves of the nation’s overdose crisis. However, overdose deaths involving stimulants without fentanyl, and xylazine-related deaths, continue to rise and racial disparities remain severe.
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Nancy Cartwright, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California San Diego, has been named the 2026 Frontiers of Knowledge Awardee in Humanities for her leading contributions to the philosophy of science and her influential work on evidence-based policy.
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““I think the big question on people’s minds, coming out of COVID, is whether this is the start of another worldwide infectious disease problem that could spread broadly and cause a high number of deaths.” ”
“This is difficult mathematical and computation-focused work, with a potentially huge impact – pun intended.”
“Until recently, wildfire smoke was considered rare for the general population, but in California wildfire smoke is now a chronic problem.”
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