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Is Spirituality a Component of Wisdom? (external site)

In a recent study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found a seventh component of wisdom: spirituality.

Is COVID-19 Transmitted Through Breast Milk? Study Suggests Not Likely (external site)

A recent study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggests transmission of COVID-19 through breast milk is not likely. The infectious virus was not detected in 64 samples of breast milk tested.

Iris and Matthew Strauss Give $2 Million to Endow Faculty Chair at UC San Diego (external site)

Longtime supporters of cancer research and patient care at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health have given University of California San Diego School of Medicine $2 million to establish the Iris and Matthew Strauss Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Surgery.

Introducing the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program (external site)

Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.

Introducing COVID19questions.org (external site)

A consortium of 12 health systems, led by UC San Diego Health, introduces COVID19questions.org, a site where clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical record data from 200+ hospitals.

Injection of Virus-Delivered Gene Silencer Blocks ALS Degeneration, Saves Motor Function (external site)

Novel spinal therapy/delivery approach prevented disease onset in neurodegenerative ALS disease model in adult mice and blocked progression in animals already showing disease symptoms.