A Walk in her Flip Flops — El Centro Mayor Shares Story of Kidney Cancer
El Centro Mayor, Sylvia Marroquin, shares her journey with kidney cancer and how a clinical trial at UC San Diego Health saved her life.
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Nanopillars Create Tiny Openings in the Nucleus Without Damaging Cells
UC San Diego researchers have created an array of nanopillars that can breach the nucleus of a cell—the compartment that houses our DNA—without damaging the cell’s outer membrane. This new "gateway into the nucleus" could open new possibilities in gene therapy, where genetic material needs to be delivered directly into the nucleus, as well as drug delivery and other forms of precision medicine.
UC San Diego Health is Home to San Diego’s Top Docs
UC San Diego Health physicians are named “Top Docs” in annual survey.
Study: Time-Restricted Eating May Improve Health of Adults with Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine find that limiting food consumption within a 10-hour window each day improved key markers of heart health.
UC San Diego Health Achieves Milestones for Lifesaving Heart and Lung Treatments
Patient undergoes 5,000th innovative surgery by a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health to remove blood clots from the lung’s paper-thin arteries.
Organoids Derived From Gut Stem Cells Reveal Two Distinct Molecular Subtypes of Crohn’s Disease
UC San Diego researchers discover two distinct molecular subtypes of Crohn’s disease using patient-derived organoids, opening the door to personalized treatment for the chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
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Are Weight Loss Drugs Also Longevity Drugs?
The New York Times, June 29
If the planet is unhealthy and out of balance, everything on it will be, too
The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 28
UC San Diego researchers land a pair of multimillion-dollar grants
The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 24
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