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Life-Saving Trip Results in Multi-Organ Transplantation for Father

Khristiane “Frances” Reyes credits a trip to the Philippines and a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health for saving his life.

Modeling Sustainable Health Care at UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health has become a leader in advancing and modeling sustainable health care practices, with a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2025.

How a Virus Causes Chromosomal Breakage, Leading to Cancer

UC San Diego researchers describe for the first time how the Epstein-Barr virus exploits genomic weaknesses to cause cancer while reducing the body’s ability to suppress it.

Industry Veteran Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, Named CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center

Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, has been appointed by UC San Diego Health as ECRMC’s chief executive officer effective April 17.

El Centro Regional Medical Center main facility

New Study Flips the Script on Liver Cancer

UC San Diego scientists find a protein associated with liver cancer may actually be the key to protecting against it. By blocking ferroptosis, a form of liver cell death, the protein prevents liver damage and its progression to cancer.

Center for AIDS Research Receives $15 Million Renewal Grant From NIH

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15.45 million grant to the San Diego Center for AIDS Research at UC San Diego, renewing support that extends back to an original establishing grant in 1994 at the height of the AIDS epidemic.