August 25, 2023
August 25, 2023 —
Karen Pierce, PhD, has received a five-year, $3.8 million Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that will fund research to develop an eye tracking-based screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023 —
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have uncovered a connection between the topography of the human genome and the presence of mutations in human cancer. Certain regions of the genome, which exhibit unique features, act as hotspots for the accumulation of mutations.
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023 —
$9 million grant awarded to researchers with UC San Diego School of Medicine supports new study of semaglutide for liver disease.
August 22, 2023
August 22, 2023 —
Among the many new faces on University of California San Diego’s campus this fall will be 17 eager community college graduates with the goal of becoming doctors someday. These students are all participants in the state-funded California Medicine Scholars Program (CMSP).
August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023 —
New results from researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine suggest that intermittent fasting could be an effective treatment approach for Alzheimer’s disease. Mice fed on a time-restricted schedule had better memory and less accumulation of amyloid proteins in the brain compared to controls.
August 16, 2023
August 16, 2023 —
American Heart Association honors UC San Diego Health with multiple awards for its commitment to treating patients with heart disease and stroke.
August 14, 2023
August 14, 2023 —
UC San Diego researchers at the Qualcomm Institute will use a $2 million NIH award to purchase a new, non-invasive machine to study the magnetic fields of the human brain. The research has applications in epilepsy, concussions and more.
August 10, 2023
August 10, 2023 —
Creating new technologically advanced sensors, scientists from UC San Diego and Australia have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, cancers and other diseases.
August 9, 2023
August 9, 2023 —
Promising preclinical results from UC San Diego show hematopoietic stem cell therapy was effective in rescuing memory loss, neuroinflammation and beta amyloid build-up in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
August 8, 2023
August 8, 2023 —
University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
