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Your Brain Needs to Be Ready to Remember?

What happens in the hippocampus even before people attempt to form memories may impact whether they remember. Study suggests ‘encoding mode’ may play an important role in memory formation.

Fighting COVID-19 with Knowledge Graphs

The National Science Foundation awards two SDSC researchers funding to organize COVID-19 information into a knowledge network that integrates health, pathogen, and environmental data to track cases across greater San Diego.

Mobile Life Support Delivered to Area Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic

UC San Diego Health has deployed a mobile ECMO life support system to help sustain critically-ill patients during the pandemic.

RNA Molecules in Maternal Blood May Predict Pregnancies at Risk for Preeclampsia

UC San Diego researchers have identified small molecules in the blood of asymptomatic pregnant women that may predict risk for preeclampsia, responsible for a significant proportion of maternal and neonatal deaths, low birth weight and is a primary cause of premature birth.

NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to Treat COVID-19

The NIH has launched a major clinical trial to assess the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. The trial will recruit 2,000 participants at 30 sites. A Q&A with the trial’s team leader: Davey Smith, MD, of UC San Diego School of Medicine.