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Controlling Cholesterol in Microglia Alleviates Chronic Pain, Opioid-Free

May 10, 2021

Using a mouse model, researchers discover pivotal role of cholesterol in chronic pain often caused by chemotherapy, and propose novel therapy.

A Match Made in … the Cloud

May 10, 2021

The San Diego Supercomputer Center and CERN team up and leverage an alliance with Strategic Blue, a UK-based Fintech company that helps organizations optimize procurement of cloud services.

Susan Bukata, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

May 6, 2021

Bukata is only the fourth woman in the U.S. to lead a health system’s orthopedic surgery department.

Blanks for the Memory

May 6, 2021

UC San Diego researchers report that one kind of perceptual learning can occur in memory-impaired persons who do not actually remember what they learned.

Gene Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model Preserves Learning and Memory

May 4, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a key step toward eventually testing the approach in humans with the neurodegenerative disease.

UC San Diego Health is Region’s First to Use Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery

April 29, 2021

Augmented reality headsets give UC San Diego Health spine surgeons “x-ray vision” during procedures for accurate and personalized implant placement, while keeping their eyes on their patients.

Republicans Became More Vaccine Hesitant as the Coronavirus Pandemic Unfolded

April 28, 2021

Individuals who self-identify as Republicans became more skeptical of a potential COVID-19 vaccine and other inoculations, such as the flu shot, over the course of the pandemic, reveals a new study by the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

How SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Human Cells to Evade Immune System

April 28, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2 hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it to establish infection, replicate and cause disease.

Building a Voice Assistant for Older Adults

April 28, 2021

Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego received an Amazon Research Award to develop a voice assistant to better communicate with older adults. Their initial goal is to create a system capable of understanding and answering the medical questions of adults over age 65.

Genetic Changes in Head and Neck Cancer, Immunotherapy Resistance Identified

April 26, 2021

A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, has identified both the genetic abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells into becoming an invasive type of head and neck cancer and patients who are least likely to respond to immunotherapy.
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