News Archive - School of Medicine

Netflix-Style Algorithm Builds Blueprint of Cancer Genomes

The science behind predicting your viewing habits on Netflix could one day be used to guide doctors in managing some of the hardest-to-treat cancers, shows a study led by the University of California San Diego and University College London.

Pediatric Liver Disease Increases Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

UC San Diego researchers describe connection between pediatric liver disease and increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Both rates are rising in children.

Unprecedented Case Series Advances Promise of Phage Therapy

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, report promising results from the largest case series yet of patients treated with bacteriophage therapy for antibiotic-resistant infections.

Causes of Liver Cancer are Changing Around the World: Some Up, Some Down

UC San Diego researchers report that the causes and death rates of liver cancer are changing around the world.

Broad Spectrum of Autism Depends on Spectrum of Genetic Factors

UC San Diego researchers report significant progress in understanding how the combined effects of rare mutations and common genetic variation in determining whether a child will develop ASD and its consequential effects.

Study Continues Assessment of Cognition and Decline in Aging Latinos

Researchers at UC San Diego have received a $25.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging to continue the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging, a 12-year assessment of cognitive and brain aging and impairment among aging Latinos.