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46 UC San Diego Faculty Named Most Influential in Their Fields

November 28, 2018

Forty-five faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, according to Clarivate Analytics' list of 2018 "Highly Cited Researchers."

High-Tech Surgical Suites Let Doctors Scan Patients without Either Leaving the Operating Room

November 28, 2018

High-tech surgical suites allow doctors to scan patients without either leaving the operating room.

UC San Diego-Led Study Predicts Novel Approach to Battling Influenza

November 27, 2018

A new study by researchers from several universities including UC San Diego, published earlier this month in ACS Central Science, suggests a novel approach to fighting the sometimes deadly influenza virus.

Complex Sugars and Microbiome in Mother’s Milk Influence Neonatal Rotavirus Infection

November 27, 2018

Researchers find that specific complex breast milk sugars sometimes inhibit, sometimes promote gastrointestinal infections and response.

Brain Responses to Language in Toddlers with Autism Linked to Altered Gene Expression

November 26, 2018

Differential brain responses to speech in toddlers with autism and poor language development associated with widespread gene expression activity in blood leukocyte cells.

Stand Up To Cancer Grant Funds UC San Diego Health Research in Pancreatic Cancer

November 20, 2018

A team of University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have been awarded a $1 million Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) grant to test drugs that block signals that play a critical role in driving growth and progression of pancreatic cancer.

The Eyes Have It

November 20, 2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine with colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and UC San Francisco report finding infectious agent in the eyes of deceased sCJD patients, making the eye a potential source for early CJD detection and prevention of disease.

UC San Diego Health Heart Transplant Program Grows with Community

November 16, 2018

On October 29, 2018, the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health performed its 50th heart transplant of the year. The patient, 52-year-old Nate Jackson, will spend Thanksgiving with family, friends and a new heart.

UC San Diego Health Among First in Nation to Receive CHQI Telemedicine Accreditation

November 16, 2018

UC San Diego Health is proud to announce it has earned ClearHealth Quality Institute (CHQI) accreditation for telemedicine. CHQI is an independent health care accrediting body that offers the only telemedicine or telehealth accreditation program in the nation.

SDSC Receives HPCwire Awards for Top HPC Achievement, Life Sciences

November 14, 2018

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego has received two key HPCwire annual awards for 2018, recognizing the use of its Comet supercomputer in assisting scientists in finding the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, and for Comet’s role in a recent autism study led by a team of researchers at the university’s School of Medicine.
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