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UC San Diego Health Physicians Top the List in San Diego County

Health & Behavior

More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians in 48 specialties have been named “Top Docs” in the 2021 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.

UC San Diego Health Physicians Top the List in San Diego County

Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How it Works

Science & Environment

As reported in Science, researchers from three UC campuses reconstituted the circadian clock of cyanobacteria in a test tube, enabling them to study rhythmic interactions of clock proteins in real time and understand how these interactions enable the clock to exert control over gene expression.

Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How it Works

First Link between Stillbirths, Birth Complications and Excessive Heat in Lower-income Countries

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego scientists and colleagues have found links between extreme heat and a heightened incidence of stillbirths and preterm births in relatively poor countries. Their study is believed to be the first to link the two phenomena in a global context.

First Link between Stillbirths, Birth Complications and Excessive Heat in Lower-income Countries

Kids With MIS-C Mount Normal T Cell Response to COVID-19

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego study suggests multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare condition associated with COVID-19, is not caused by abnormal T cell response to COVID-19 virus as previously hypothesized.

Kids With MIS-C Mount Normal T Cell Response to COVID-19

Charting Shots

Health & Behavior

Many medical advances lay at least partial claim to greatest of all time, from older achievements like anesthesia (1846) and antibiotics (1928) to more modern triumphs like organ transplants (1954), stem cell therapy (1970s) and artificial intelligence (21st century).

UC San Diego Staff Member Mario Aguilera Earns Prestigious Science Writing Award

Science & Environment

UC San Diego Director of Communications for Biological Sciences Mario Aguilera has received the National Association of Sciences Writers (NASW) 2021 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award.