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A Second Chance

Technology & Engineering

Alumni startup attempts to make prostheses accessible and affordable.

UC San Diego engineer holds 3D-printed custom-made prostheses. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.

Critical Questions

Health & Behavior

Researchers study human milk, pregnancy and COVID-19. This story appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.

Elizabeth Imada donated breast milk to the UC Health Milk Bank during the national baby formula shortage (top); Lars Bode, PhD, studies human milk and its impact on health and development (left) and Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, focuses on the impact of environmental exposures during pregnancy, lactation and child health outcomes (right).

UC San Diego’s Scripps Oceanography Awarded $5.6 Million for DDT Ocean Dumpsite Research

Science & Environment

New congressionally-directed funding awarding $5.6 million to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego will aim to improve characterization of the extent of the dumpsite, and support additional monitoring and research.

Photo of R/V Sally Ride near Catalina Island

UC San Diego Announces Second Cohort for Blue Economy Accelerator

Science & Environment

University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have selected the second cohort for the StartBlue program, an accelerator for startups dedicated to tackling ocean-focused challenges and solutions.

The team from Sepiabotics presents at the StartBlue Demo Day Showcase in May 2022.

High R&D Isn’t Necessarily Why Drugs Are So Expensive

Health & Behavior

In the first known study of its type, an international team of researchers evaluated whether high research and development costs explain high drug prices in the United States. They found no such association for 60 new drugs approved from 2009 to 2018.

High R&D Isn’t Necessarily Why Drugs Are So Expensive

Mutational Signature Linking Bladder Cancer and Tobacco Smoking Found With New AI Tool

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego researchers have for the first time discovered a pattern of DNA mutations that links bladder cancer to tobacco smoking. The work could help identify what environmental factors, such as exposure to tobacco smoke and UV radiation, cause cancer in certain patients.