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Pharmacists at Higher Risk of Suicide than General Population, Study Finds

May 13, 2022

UC San Diego study shows suicide rates were higher in pharmacists than in the general population between 2003 and 2018, with job problems being the most significant feature associated with the suicides.

Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Neuropathy from Spinal Cord Injuries

May 9, 2022

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at UC San Diego, report that a gene therapy that inhibits targeted nerve cell signaling effectively reduced neuropathic pain with no detectable side effects in mice with spinal cord or peripheral nerve injuries.

Targeting Molecular Pathway that Causes Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

May 6, 2022

UC San Diego researchers describe the underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension and a novel monoclonal antibody therapy that blocks the abnormal blood vessel formation characterizing the disease.

Arrhythmia Mapping Technology Demonstrates Positive Clinical Results

May 4, 2022

Bioengineers and cardiologists from UC San Diego invented a technology that can accurately and noninvasively map atrial and ventricular heart arrhythmias in a matter of minutes. The technology demonstrated 97.3 percent accuracy in a clinical validation study, and recently received FDA clearance.

Study of Promising Alzheimer’s Marker in Blood Prompts Warning About Brain-Boosting Supplements

May 3, 2022

Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease. Research led by UC San Diego has consistently found high levels of PHGDH expression in brain tissue and blood samples of older adults with different stages of the disease.

Gene Therapy Reverses Effects of Autism-Linked Mutation in Brain Organoids

May 2, 2022

UC San Diego scientists use lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and show gene therapy tools can rescue neural structure and function.

‘Eye-Catching’ Smartphone App Could Make It Easy To Screen for Neurological Disease at Home

April 29, 2022

Researchers developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases and disorders—by recording closeups of their eye. The app uses a smartphone's built-in cameras to measure changes in pupil size, which could be used to assess cognitive condition.

Study: Unprecedented Increase in Number of Border Wall Falls and Trauma

April 29, 2022

Trauma physicians at UC San Diego Health attribute the rise in injuries to a height increase of the border wall at U.S.-Mexico border.

High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Shows Improved Longer Lasting Pain Relief

April 28, 2022

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report that high-frequency spinal cord stimulation proved more effective at improving perceived pain reduction than low-frequency SCS in patients studied, and that there was some variation in PPR between male and female patients.

Study Reveals Genetic Diversity of a Particularly Problematic Pathogen

April 27, 2022

Researchers at UC San Diego have used a systems biology approach to parse the genetic diversity of Clostridioides difficile, a particularly problematic pathogen, particularly in health care settings.
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