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.
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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.
Kawasaki Disease: One Disease, Multiple Triggers
November 12, 2018
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and international collaborators have evidence that Kawasaki Disease (KD) does not have a single cause. By studying weather patterns and geographical distributions of patients in San Diego, the research team determined that this inflammatory disease likely has multiple environmental triggers influenced by a combination of temperature, precipitation and wind patterns.
