Infantile Cataracts are a Blind Spot
Health & BehaviorPediatric ophthalmologist with Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health explains why infantile cataracts are more common — and problematic — than most people realize.
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A New Strategy to Transform Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego researchers identify new strategy to improve efficacy of immunotherapy on resistant liver cancers.
UC San Diego Helps Expand Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego School of Medicine partners with The Michael J. Fox Foundation on a clinical study to identify biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease. The study seeks to recruit 4,000 participants by the end of 2023.
San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Expanse Provides a Sneak Peek of the Extended Solar Corona
Science & EnvironmentOn Saturday, Dec. 4, a total eclipse of the sun will occur at 07:33 (Universal Time) over Antarctica and parts of the South Pacific near the southern tip of Chile. The solar corona – visible to the naked eye only during a total eclipse – will be viewable for just over one minute.
Can Seven Questions Determine How Wise You Are?
Health & BehaviorResearchers report that an abbreviated, seven-item scale can help determine with high validity a person’s level of wisdom, a potentially modifiable personality trait that has been shown to have a strong association to well-being.
Developing Sex-specific Treatments for Heart Disease
Health & BehaviorAs a heart fails, a woman's ventricular wall increases in thickness relative to a man's. And in heart valve disease, men show more calcified tissue growth, while women develop more fibrotic, scar-like tissue. Yet, treatments for both diseases remain strikingly similar for both men and women, despite the differences in disease progression.
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