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UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments

October 27, 2021

A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego’s discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson’s symptoms.

UC San Diego Ranked Nation’s No. 6 Best Public University by U.S. News and World Report

October 27, 2021

UC San Diego has been ranked sixth among the nation’s top public colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 Best Global Universities. Released Tuesday, the publication ranked UC San Diego as the No. 21 best university in the world.

Sweet! How Glycogen is Linked to Heat Generation in Fat Cells

October 27, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers, with international colleagues, describe how energy expenditure and heat production are regulated in obesity through a previously unknown cellular pathway.

Same Treatment Tested for Kids with Kawasaki Disease and Rare COVID-19 Reaction

October 26, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine tested the same treatment for kids with Kawasaki disease and rare COVID-19 reaction.

Tumor Reasons Why Cancers Thrive in Chromosomal Chaos

October 26, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes — aneuploidy and unfolded protein response — are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumor survival and growth.

UC San Diego Launches Comprehensive Mobility Services Powered by Ford-owned Spin and TransLoc

October 26, 2021

Spin, a micromobility provider, and TransLoc, a transportation software solutions company, are combining efforts to deliver and integrate sustainable transportation modes, improving how the university’s 75,000 students, faculty and staff move around campus.

$2.1 Million Gift Launches Comprehensive Breast Cancer Database

October 25, 2021

Philanthropists Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $2.1 million to develop and maintain the Dean-Hertzberg Breast Cancer Database System Initiative at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center to support the work of Anne Wallace, MD and her collaborators at Moores Cancer Center.

From College Roommates to Business Partners: The Story Behind UC San Diego’s New Blue Bowl

October 21, 2021

UC San Diego recently welcomed one of its newest dining hot spots Blue Bowl to campus, bringing colorful and customizable superfood bowls to the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood.

New UC San Diego Health Study Addresses Loneliness in Patients with HIV

October 21, 2021

HIV is not what defines Candis Givens. In fact, very few people, including those close to her, know she has the virus. The effectiveness of new HIV treatments makes this possible for the San Diego resident. Unfortunately, so does the fact that very few people are close to her.

Cars, Start Your Engines!

October 21, 2021

On October 23, nine race cars will take to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home to the Indy 500, to await the most famous words in racing: Drivers, start your engines! But at this race, there’s something missing: the drivers.
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