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Hearts and Stripes: A Tiny Fish Offers Clues to Regenerating Damaged Cardiac Tissue

Zebrafish, a pet shop staple, may hold the clue for how hearts can heal from damage.

UC San Diego Health Expands North for Primary Care Options

UC San Diego Health has expanded north for primary care options with the opening of our Encinitas clinic, which will offer pediatrics, family medicine and Express Care.

Snout Dated: Slow-Evolving Elephant Shark Offers New Insights into Human Physiology

Slow-evolving elephant shark reveals hormonal adaptation and offers new insights into human physiology.

Report Finds California Above National Average for Sexual Harassment Rates

A new study shows California sexual harassment rates above national average.

Hypertension Found in Children Exposed to Flower Pesticides

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found higher blood pressure and pesticide exposures in children associated with a heightened pesticide spraying period around the Mother’s Day flower harvest. This study involved boys and girls living near flower crops in Ecuador.

Early Life Exposure to Nicotine Alters Neurons, Predisposes Brain to Addiction Later in Life

Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in a published study.