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UC San Diego Health No. 1 in San Diego, Top 20 in the Nation

Region’s only academic health system ranks No. 1 in San Diego and California with 11 medical and surgical specialties rated among nation’s best.

Irene Su Receives Award for a Novel Study on Fertility Preservation for Young Cancer Patients

The grant from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will fund research on the affordability and utilization of fertility preservation with health insurance for adolescent young adults with blood cancers.

Stem Cell-Derived Therapy Shows Promise Against Treatment-Resistant Liver Cancer

Discover research from UC San Diego showing how stem cell-derived therapy, targeting treatment-resistant liver cancer through genetically modified NK cells, offers promising new avenues for immunotherapy.

7 Ways Heat Impacts Health

Drawing from the expertise of the UC San Diego community, UC San Diego Today presents a list of seven ways that heat impacts health. Through collaboration and innovation, these insights can help pave the way for a healthier future for all.

UC San Diego Health Offers Novel Gene Therapy for Bladder Cancer

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in San Diego County to offer novel gene therapy for bladder cancer.

Fighting COVID-19 With a Cancer Drug

Researchers at University of California San Diego show that a molecule which shuttles damaging inflammatory cells into cancer tumors also shuttles inflammatory cells into lung tissue infected with COVID-19 — and that the molecule can be suppressed with a repurposed cancer drug. The work represents a new approach to preventing irreversible organ damage in infectious diseases.