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Host-Cell Factors Involved in COVID-19 Infections May Augur Improved Treatments
Researchers at University of California San Diego and UC Riverside have further elucidated the molecular pathway used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to infect human lung cells, identifying a key host-cell player that may prove a new and enduring therapeutic target for treating COVID-19.
How Pancreatic Cancer Defies Treatment
UC San Diego researchers describe how pancreatic cancer stem cells leverage a protein in a family of proteins that normally suppress tumors to instead do the opposite, boosting their resistance to conventional treatments and spurring growth.
In the Wake of a Wildfire, Embers of Change in Cognition and Brain Function Linger
Five years after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, UC San Diego researchers document persistent differences in cognitive function among survivors.
Study Identifies Cause for Excessive Folding of Gyri in Human Cerebral Cortex
UC San Diego researchers identify mutation that causes excessive folding in human brain’s wrinkly cerebral cortex, resulting in diminished cognitive function.
Stress-Tolerant Cells Drive Tumor Initiation in Pancreatic Cancer
UC San Diego scientists discover a molecular pathway critical to the initiation of pancreatic tumors. The findings may inspire new chemotherapeutic drugs targeting early stages of tumor formation and spread
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Battling Loneliness: The New Public Health Crisis
Forbes, May 29
Effort to Train 1 Million in Bystander CPR Crosses 100,000 Mark
San Diego Union Tribune, May 28
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