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Biodegradable Polymer System Offers New Hope for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.

UC San Diego Faculty Inducted Into Prestigious Biomedical Institution

Three faculty members at the University of California San Diego were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Professors Victor Nizet, Karsten Zengler and Sameer Shah are among the 140 new AIMBE Fellows in the class of 2023. In ad

Center for AIDS Research Receives $15 Million Renewal Grant From NIH

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15.45 million grant to the San Diego Center for AIDS Research at UC San Diego, renewing support that extends back to an original establishing grant in 1994 at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

For the Love of Family

Sydney Brown ‘22 suffered the devastating loss of her mother during her junior year, but still managed to achieve major accomplishments on and off the basketball court, including a nomination for 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Seeing Ryland

For Hillary Whittington '04, facilitating her young son Ryland's gender transition also changed her in ways she could never have imagined.

Dissecting the Circadian Clock in Real Time

Researchers have advanced our understanding of the circadian clock, the biological cycle that synchronizes with light-dark exposure. They recently developed a method to study how the circadian clock synchronizes with the environment in real time, revealing surprises about the clock’s mechanisms.