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Leading a Behavioral Health Transformation
A landmark new hub, $10 million investment and groundbreaking research and treatments will revolutionize patient care.
Rewriting the Rules of Immunity
A UC San Diego alumnus and his Nobel Prize-winning rule in a game-changing discovery.
A Winding Quest for Neuroplasticity
A researcher’s work spans the globe and encompasses the cosmos to help patients with neurological disease.
Unleashing Project CRASHCART
Expert team at UC San Diego aims to keep hospital systems running when cybercriminals attack.
Study Identifies Previously Missed DNA Mutation Pattern in Colorectal Cancer
Researchers identified a previously overlooked pattern of DNA mutations in colorectal cancer. The pattern had been detected in large cancer-genome datasets before, but researchers had interpreted it as a combination of other, already known mutation patterns.
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Naturally occurring human peptide shows promise against Alzheimer’s
The Hill, September 25
Why cannabis’s health effects are so hard to study
Science Friday, September 11
The Brain, The Pain, and Psychedelics
PBS, September 9
Breastfeeding may help pelvic floor muscles heal after childbirth, researchers find
Advanced Science News, September 7
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