October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 —
How fast can you get into the Emergency Room? Thanks to a new mobile app developed by UC San Diego data science undergraduate pair, there's a way to get care more effectively. Their TimER won the annual UC Health Hack, with a mobile application that works even without a smartphone
October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 —
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a new way of re-sensitizing drug-resistant human tumor cells to the potency of DNA-damaging agents, the most widely used group of cancer drugs. In a new study, they describe how a human gene known as Schlafen 11 controls the sensitivity of tumor cells to DDAs. Their research may pave the way to new strategies to overcome chemotherapeutic drug resistance.
October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018 —
UC San Diego and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe have entered into a five-year memo of understanding to promote joint research in the field of biomedicine.
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
Researchers have trained a machine learning algorithm to identify and predict which genes make infectious bacteria resistant to antibiotics. The approach was tested on strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis—the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) in humans. It identified 33 known and 24 new antibiotic resistance genes in these bacteria. The approach could be used to predict resistance in other infection-causing pathogens.
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
In the beginning—and near the end—Steffanie Strathdee’s only goal was to save her husband’s life. In 2016, Tom Patterson lay unresponsive in a coma at the Thornton Intensive Care Unit, part of the Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health. He was stricken by a multidrug-resistant bacteria that had systemically overwhelmed his body, defying all modern antibiotic treatment.
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
“In the past six years, UC San Diego Health has invested more than $1.3 billion dollars in patient care facilities. Its world-class hospitals and clinics are open to you and your family,” said Patty Maysent, CEO, UC San Diego Health. “We now have more doctors and locations to choose from, hopefully close to you.”
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
This year, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation renewed support for the campus UCEM fellowship program, which will offer 18 fellowship awards to incoming graduate students in the Jacobs School of Engineering and Division of Physical Sciences.
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
It is estimated that humans now produce 420 million tons of plastic annually, with a significant portion of that entering our oceans. Because plastic does not break down quickly, it is now considered one of the world’s most significant environmental threats. In an effort to help address the planet’s overage of plastic, UC San Diego recently became the first in the United States to install a road that utilizes recycled plastic.
October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 —
In the summer of 2018, over five weeks in July and August, a group of UC San Diego students got to experience both kinds of accounts, learning directly from native Kumeyaay Indians and also learning from the land, as they gathered data on a prehistoric site at an ancestral Kumeyaay home on the La Posta Reservation.
October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018 —
The mechanism leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to prevent, treat or even cure this condition. With a new $3.3 million grant, University of California School of Medicine researchers hope to create a high resolution reference map of pancreatic cells that will identify molecular changes that arise during type 1 diabetes.
