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Two UC San Diego Health Sciences Schools Named Apple Distinguished Schools

The School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences earned the designation for the innovative use of iPad in the curriculum.

Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters

In a recent collaborative effort, physicians with UC San Diego Health and scientists at the Salk Institute reported a form of intermittent fasting, called time-restricted eating, improved the health of study participants who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.

‘Leaky’ Activity of Mutated Enzyme Underlies Neurodegenerative Disease

UC San Diego study finds enhanced PKCγ activity drives spinocerebellar ataxia type 14; suggests inhibiting the enzyme may have therapeutic potential

Patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 14 display cerebellar atrophy (right, green arrow) compared to age-matched healthy controls (left).

First-Ever Mycobiome Atlas Describes Associations between Cancers and Fungi

An international team of scientists, co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has created the first pan-cancer mycobiome atlas—a survey of 35 types of cancer and their associated fungi.

High R&D Isn’t Necessarily Why Drugs Are So Expensive

In the first known study of its type, an international team of researchers evaluated whether high research and development costs explain high drug prices in the United States. They found no such association for 60 new drugs approved from 2009 to 2018.