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Illuminating Dark Matter in Human DNA

November 12, 2021

UC San Diego researchers have produced a single-cell chromatin atlas for the human genome. Delineating chromatin regions in cells of different human tissue types would be a major step toward understanding the role of gene regulatory elements (non-coding DNA) in human health or disease.

A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease

November 9, 2021

Researchers reveal a previously unrealized complexity in cancer development, one that raises concerns and caution about targeting an enzyme popular in oncological treatments.

Researchers Develop CRISPR-based Rapid Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2

November 5, 2021

UC San Diego scientists have created a new technology that rapidly detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The new SENSR was developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology as a rapid diagnostic that eventually could be used in homes, airports and other locations.

Not So Great Expectations: Pain in HIV Related to Brain’s Expectations of Relief

November 4, 2021

Neuroimaging study reveals potential brain mechanism underlying chronic neuropathic pain in individuals with HIV. Findings may guide new clinical treatments targeting patients’ expectations for pain relief.

UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments

October 27, 2021

A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego’s discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson’s symptoms.

Sweet! How Glycogen is Linked to Heat Generation in Fat Cells

October 27, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers, with international colleagues, describe how energy expenditure and heat production are regulated in obesity through a previously unknown cellular pathway.

Same Treatment Tested for Kids with Kawasaki Disease and Rare COVID-19 Reaction

October 26, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine tested the same treatment for kids with Kawasaki disease and rare COVID-19 reaction.

Tumor Reasons Why Cancers Thrive in Chromosomal Chaos

October 26, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes — aneuploidy and unfolded protein response — are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumor survival and growth.

$2.1 Million Gift Launches Comprehensive Breast Cancer Database

October 25, 2021

Philanthropists Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $2.1 million to develop and maintain the Dean-Hertzberg Breast Cancer Database System Initiative at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center to support the work of Anne Wallace, MD and her collaborators at Moores Cancer Center.

Magnetic Seizure Therapy may be Attractive Alternative to Electricity

October 20, 2021

In novel study, an international research team investigated whether continued magnetic seizure therapy might effectively prevent the relapse of treatment-resistant depression, compared to what is known about electroconvulsive therapy, the current standard of care.
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