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Marines to be Briefed at UC San Diego before Leaving for Middle East and North Africa

Officers from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Battalion, 4th Marines will be participating in a pre-deployment educational briefing on Aug. 12, just days before leaving for tours of duty in the Middle East and North Africa.

Health Educator and First Latina Provost at UC San Diego, Faustina Solís, Dies at 90

Faustina Solís—an educator and pioneer in public health and the second provost of the University of California, San Diego’s Thurgood Marshall College—died on August 4 in San Diego, Ca., at age 90.

Simple Math Sheds New Light on a Long-Studied Biological Process

One of the most basic and intensively studied processes in biology—one which has been detailed in biology textbooks for decades—has gained a new level of understanding, thanks to the application of simple math to a problem that scientists never before thought could benefit from mathematics.

Why Don’t We All Get Alzheimer’s Disease?

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine offer an explanation for why we all don't get Alzheimer's disease (AD) - a trick of nature that in most people maintains critical separation between a protein and an enzyme that, when combined, trigger the progressive cell degeneration and death characteristic of AD.

10th Annual Dinner in the Library to Feature Author Jay Parini Sept. 12

The University of California, San Diego’s 10th annual Dinner in the Library will take place Sept. 12 in the university’s iconic Geisel Library building.

Southern California’s First Real-Time MRI-Guided Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer

Neurosurgeons at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are among the first in the world to utilize real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for delivery of gene therapy as a potential treatment for brain tumors.

Statement from UC San Diego Chancellor on Women’s Crew NCAA Infractions

The University of California, San Diego strives to maintain the highest standards in education, research and service. This commitment to excellence includes our athletics programs. We regret that contrary to our expectations, rules violations occurred in our women’s crew program.

UC San Diego’s Corrective/Punitive Actions Regarding the Women’s Crew NCAA Infractions

List of UC San Diego’s Corrective/Punitive Actions with regard to the Women’s Crew NCAA Infractions

Non-Invasive Test Optimizes Colon Cancer Screening Rates

Organized mailing campaigns could substantially increase colorectal cancer screening among uninsured patients, a study published in the August 5 online edition of JAMA Internal Medicine reveals. The research also suggests that a non-invasive colorectal screening approach, such as a fecal immunochemical test might be more effective in promoting participation in potentially life-saving colon cancer screening among underserved populations than a colonoscopy, a more expensive and invasive procedure.

Immune System Molecule Promotes Tumor Resistance to Anti-Angiogenic Therapy

A team of scientists, led by Napoleone Ferrara, MD, has shown for the first time that a signaling protein involved in inflammation also promotes tumor resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy.