Major Gift Focuses Efforts on a Rare, but Devastating, Genetic Eye Disease
Nixon Foundation funds effort to study and treat macular dystrophy at Shiley Eye Institute. Currently, there are no effective treatments to slow or prevent genetic condition.
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First Case of Community Acquired Omicron Variant in San Diego
Few places in the country are better equipped to detect new virus variants than San Diego, where researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Research, working with county public health officials, health systems and others, collaborate to create a sort of viral early warning system.
Infantile Cataracts are a Blind Spot
Pediatric ophthalmologist with Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health explains why infantile cataracts are more common — and problematic — than most people realize.
A New Strategy to Transform Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
UC San Diego researchers identify new strategy to improve efficacy of immunotherapy on resistant liver cancers.
UC San Diego Helps Expand Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
UC San Diego School of Medicine partners with The Michael J. Fox Foundation on a clinical study to identify biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease. The study seeks to recruit 4,000 participants by the end of 2023.
Can Seven Questions Determine How Wise You Are?
Researchers report that an abbreviated, seven-item scale can help determine with high validity a person’s level of wisdom, a potentially modifiable personality trait that has been shown to have a strong association to well-being.
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Breastfeeding may help pelvic floor muscles heal after childbirth, researchers find
Advanced Science News, September 7
UCSD granted $11.3M to develop ‘smart’ blood cells to improve military
NBC San Diego, September 2
A crash cart for hospital cyberattacks
Wall Street Journal, August 21
Could GLP-1 drugs hold the key to longevity?
ABC NEWS, August 19
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