Active Surveillance Safe for African Americans with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
Researchers with UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center say active surveillance is safe for African American men with low-risk prostate cancer.
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Infection by Confection: COVID-19 and the Risk of Trick-or-Treating
Researchers determined that COVID-19 transmission risk via Halloween candies is low, even when they are handled by infected people, but handwashing and disinfecting collected sweets reduces risk even further.
A Gift with ‘Seed Value’
Climate change advocate Marshall Saunders was widely known as a man who paired a deep respect for others with determination to make a difference.
NSF Grants $53 Million to Create a Global Fleet of Robotic Floats to Monitor Ocean Health
On Oct. 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a $53 million grant to a consortium of the country’s top ocean-research institutions to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health.
U.S. News & World Report: UC San Diego #1 for Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research
U.S. News & World Report named University of California San Diego School of Medicine a top global university and ranked the divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology #1 in the world for research.
New Study Finds That Parasites Can Drain Energy from Hosts Prior to Infection
A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has found that a species of brain-infecting parasite can disrupt the metabolism of its host—the California killifish—both before and after infection.
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