New research suggests that a single administration of spinal segment-targeted gene therapy may provide a long-lasting strategy for reducing muscle spasticity caused by spinal cord injury and potentially other neurological conditions associated with abnormal muscle tone.
A major security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily fake their identity in smartphone text conversations has been fixed in the United States thanks to a team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego.
University of California San Diego has announced the newest cohort of Strategic Convene and Influence Awardees, continuing a campus investment in faculty-led collaborations designed to spark interdisciplinary dialogue and define emerging research priorities.
Island Conservation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego monitored data from Ulong Island, Koror Republic of Palau that shows seabirds are returning, nutrients are moving from land to sea, and nearby reefs are beginning to rebound just one year after invasive rats were removed.
A new pharmaceutical production method could allow astronauts on long space missions to "grow" fresh medicines on demand using plants. The work could also bring low-cost pharmaceutical production to resource-limited areas on Earth.
A study of sea squirts from researchers at UC San Diego and their collaborators reveals new possibilities for regenerative medicine.
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