March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026 —
Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Andrew D. Chisholm, Farinaz Koushanfar, Albert P. Pisano, Ravi Ramamoorthi, JoAnn Trejo, Emily Troemel, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Sheng Zhong.
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026 —
A single receptor in blood vessels can trigger either harmful inflammation or protective healing, but scientists have struggled to understand how this is possible. UC San Diego research has now answered this outstanding question.
March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026 —
By utilizing long-read sequencing, an emerging technique that reads large sections of the genome at once, scientists at UC San Diego have revealed new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder.
March 5, 2026
March 5, 2026 —
A new discovery from UC San Diego researchers could enable easier treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer, the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
March 4, 2026
March 4, 2026 —
With up to $25 million from Cancer Grand Challenges, an international team led by UC San Diego professor Ludmil Alexandrov will unlock the secrets of DNA's "fingerprints."
February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026 —
Six professors from the University of California San Diego have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of their outstanding achievements in innovation, from controlling populations of disease-spreading insects to turning smartphones into health monitors.
February 11, 2026
February 11, 2026 —
UC San Diego study reveals that toxin‑related chronic rhinosinusitis shows a two‑fold rise in sinus mast cells, pointing to a new therapeutic target for veterans and others exposed to smoke airway risk factor.
February 9, 2026
February 9, 2026 —
UC San Diego researchers have harnessed the body's immune response to a common virus to shrink pancreatic tumors, offering hope for a new cancer treatment approach.
February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 —
By mapping the varied states of our body's immune cells, UC San Diego researchers are working to empower the next generation of cancer immunotherapies.
January 13, 2026
January 13, 2026 —
Over the last decade, the Mentor Clinician Program Program at the UC San Diego School of Medicine has quietly transformed how tomorrow’s physicians learn, grow and connect with their patients.
