January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
An international leader in the scientific study of microbes, Rob Knight, Ph.D., has been named the 2025 Scientist of the Year by the Achievement Rewards for College Students (ARCS) Foundation San Diego chapter.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers at UC San Diego have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all.
January 14, 2025
January 14, 2025 —
UC San Diego Assistant Professors Itay Budin and Christopher Obara have been named Allen Distinguished Investigators by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. The pair will receive $1.5 million over three years to develop visualization and tracking techniques to observe key cellular functions in unprecedented detail.
January 8, 2025
January 8, 2025 —
UC San Diego Health one of a few health care systems on West Coast to offer new gene therapy for hemophilia B.
January 8, 2025
January 8, 2025 —
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are serving as the central data hub for the CHARM Network, a new five-year pandemic preparedness initiative funded by the CDC. This includes ensuring real-time public access to results on the incidence of the most common respiratory infections.
January 7, 2025
January 7, 2025 —
According to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego, ketamine use has risen significantly since 2015. The results highlight the need for closer monitoring of recreational ketamine use.
January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025 —
It’s been said that great leaders don’t set out to be leaders, instead they set out to make a difference. For Barbara Jung, M.D., the newly appointed Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, making a difference has always been on her radar.
January 3, 2025
January 3, 2025 —
Much of our knowledge of the protein PD-1, a leading cancer treatment target, comes from studies in mice. In a comprehensive assessment of PD-1, researchers have found that PD-1 in mice is significantly weaker than the human version, providing new information on how cancer treatments are developed.
January 2, 2025
January 2, 2025 —
UC San Diego Health rehabilitation and prosthesis training help patient thrive with use of bionic hand after electrocution accident.
January 2, 2025
January 2, 2025 —
An enzyme called MICAL2 promotes tumor growth and metastasis in the most common form of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study by UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
