News Archive - Scott LaFee

A New Strategy to Transform Liver Cancer Immunotherapy

UC San Diego researchers identify new strategy to improve efficacy of immunotherapy on resistant liver cancers.

Scott Lippman to Launch NCI’s PreCancer Genome Atlas

Scott Lippman, MD, will lead the PreCancer Genome Atlas, an NCI-sponsored effort to map premalignant lesions and how they evolve into invasive cancers.

Havacado or Two. Study Finds Eating Lots of the Fruit Hass Public Health Import

Novel randomized controlled trial found that families with high consumption of avocados experienced reduced caloric intake and an overall healthier diet, without actually changing their diet.

Illuminating Dark Matter in Human DNA

UC San Diego researchers have produced a single-cell chromatin atlas for the human genome. Delineating chromatin regions in cells of different human tissue types would be a major step toward understanding the role of gene regulatory elements (non-coding DNA) in human health or disease.

A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease

Researchers reveal a previously unrealized complexity in cancer development, one that raises concerns and caution about targeting an enzyme popular in oncological treatments.

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

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.

Tumor Reasons Why Cancers Thrive in Chromosomal Chaos

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.

Magnetic Seizure Therapy may be Attractive Alternative to Electricity

In novel study, an international research team investigated whether continued magnetic seizure therapy might effectively prevent the relapse of treatment-resistant depression, compared to what is known about electroconvulsive therapy, the current standard of care.

Genomic Study Revealing Among Diverse Populations with Inherited Retinal Disease

An international team of researchers has broadened and deepened understanding of how inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) affect different populations of people and, in the process, have identified new gene variants that may cause the diseases.

NIH Award Advances the Study of Young and Developing Brains

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at University of California San Diego approximately $30 million over five years to expand and deepen longitudinal studies of the developing brain in children.