July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022 —
In a pair of related studies, UC San Diego researchers show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was at a Chinese market and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.
July 25, 2022
July 25, 2022 —
UC San Diego Health top ranked in 10 medical and surgical specialties, among the nation’s best.
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022 —
UC San Diego researchers describe a different way to build a COVID-19 vaccine, one that would, in theory, remain effective against new and emerging variants and could be taken as a pill, by inhalation or other delivery methods.
July 20, 2022
July 20, 2022 —
UC San Diego researchers provide first insights into the fundamental cellular pathologies that drive interstitial lung disease in patients post-COVID.
July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022 —
With a $45 million grant from the NIH, UC San Diego researchers and collaborators will launch a nationwide clinical trial to further investigate the therapeutic potential of benfotiamine, a synthetic version of thiamine (B1), as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
July 18, 2022
July 18, 2022 —
UC San Diego researchers tracked the evolution of a gene variant that supports cognitive health in older humans, but may have first emerged to protect against bacteria.
July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022 —
Mindfulness meditation is effective in reducing pain relief; UC San Diego study reveals the underlying neural circuitry.
July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022 —
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories.
July 7, 2022
July 7, 2022 —
New site at UC San Diego Health will provide specialized, multidisciplinary treatment for headaches, migraines and traumatic brain injuries.
July 7, 2022
July 7, 2022 —
Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.