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A new study has found that the microbial communities making up the gastrointestinal tract of rats are shaped by the genes of their social partners. The findings could have implications for human health.
A study shows a new approach restores attention, memory and reading skills more effectively than standard therapies.
A young patient’s wish sparks a decades long partnership that leads UC San Diego to pioneer life changing gene therapies, transforming cystinosis care and advancing treatments for many diseases.
UC San Diego scientists have identified the enzyme that shatters cancer genomes and helps them evolve to resist treatment, solving a longstanding mystery in the molecular biology of cancer.
A new UC San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum disorder.
UC San Diego researchers have discovered that immune cells in the blood play a key role in preventing excess weight loss; results could help yield new approaches to obesity and other metabolic disorders.
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