News Archive - School of Medicine

It’s a Match! UC San Diego Medical Students Receive Residency Placements on Match Day

UC San Diego School of Medicine celebrates Match Day, an annual event when medical students across the country receive their residency placements from the National Resident Matching Program.

UC San Diego Health Notifies Patients of Vendor Data Collection Issue

UC San Diego Health is notifying patients about vendor, Solv Health, using analytics without our authorization to schedule for Urgent Care and Express Care.

DNA Treatment Could Delay Paralysis That Strikes Nearly All Patients with ALS

UC San Diego researchers use a DNA designer drug to restore key protein levels in motor neurons, delaying paralysis in a mouse model of ALS.

The Doctor is In: Meet California’s Next Wave of Dedicated Physicians

On Match Day, March 17, members of this year's School of Medicine graduating class will discover where they will serve their residencies. The next generation of California physicians is nothing if not passionate about leading a new era in medicine.

A Potential New Target for Head and Neck Cancer Immunotherapy

UC San Diego researchers have identified a strong association between the product of a gene expressed in most cancers and elevated levels of white blood cells that produce antibodies within tumors, suggesting a new therapeutic target.

Like Language, Genomes Are Encoded by Grammar Rules

A study led by Assistant Professor Emma Farley and two graduate students has found that developing genomes not only follow a precise pattern of expression, but the process is governed by rules that are similar to the ways in which grammar systematically structures our languages.