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Shaping the Future Together: Announcing the 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees

UC San Diego’s 2025 Strategic Convene and Influence Awards highlight seven groundbreaking initiatives aimed at fostering investigator-led collaborations that advance interdisciplinary thought leadership.

Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction, Study Finds

Researchers from UC San Diego found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain’s response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.

From Lab to Clinic: The Muscle Physiology Lab at UC San Diego

The Muscle Physiology lab at UC San Diego is transforming our understanding of musculoskeletal health, one of the most important determinants of healthy longevity. However, this research could be under threat if proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health are implemented.

Children with Liver Disease Face Dramatically Higher Risk of Early Death

Researchers from UC San Diego found that children diagnosed with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are at significantly increased risk of premature death and serious long-term health complications. The study, which followed 1,096 children over an average of 8.5 years.

High Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Mortality in Colon Cancer Patients

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that individuals with colon cancer and a documented history of high cannabis use were more than 20 times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis compared to those without such a history.

Donation Fuels Research on DMT and its Potential Medical Use to Address Mental Health Conditions

The UC School of Medicine has received a gift from DMT Quest to support research on the effects of DMT to address conditions such depression, addition and neurological conditions such as stroke.

Even Light Exercise Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline in People at Risk of Alzheimer’s

In a landmark clinical trial, coordinated by the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study at UC San Diego, people at risk for Alzheimer's who exercised at low or moderate-high intensity showed less cognitive decline when compared to those receiving usual care.

From Ocean Predators to Ancient Viruses: Grad SLAM and Postdoc PITCH Winners Announced

From tracking great white sharks using seawater to uncovering ancient viruses in octopuses, the winners of UC San Diego’s 2025 Grad SLAM and inaugural Postdoc PITCH competitions impressed judges with their three-minute research presentations.

Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young

Researchers have identified a potential culprit behind the alarming rise in early-onset colorectal cancer: a bacterial toxin called colibactin. Exposure to colibactin in early childhood imprints distinct patterns of DNA mutations that were significantly more common in early-onset cases.

Key Enzyme in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Immune System Aging

New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2, a key enzyme in lipid metabolism, speeds up white blood cell aging and changes genes associated with the onset of blood cancers.

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