Controlling Cholesterol in Microglia Alleviates Chronic Pain, Opioid-Free
Health & BehaviorUsing a mouse model, researchers discover pivotal role of cholesterol in chronic pain often caused by chemotherapy, and propose novel therapy.
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A Match Made in … the Cloud
Science & EnvironmentThe San Diego Supercomputer Center and CERN team up and leverage an alliance with Strategic Blue, a UK-based Fintech company that helps organizations optimize procurement of cloud services.
Personalized Sweat Sensor Reliably Monitors Blood Glucose Without Finger Pricks
Science & EnvironmentUC San Diego engineers developed a device that could make it more convenient for people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose. The device can measure glucose in sweat with the touch of a fingertip, and then a personalized algorithm provides an accurate estimate of blood glucose levels.
Susan Bukata, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Health & BehaviorBukata is only the fourth woman in the U.S. to lead a health system’s orthopedic surgery department.
Blanks for the Memory
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego researchers report that one kind of perceptual learning can occur in memory-impaired persons who do not actually remember what they learned.
Two UC San Diego Professors Announced as Guggenheim Fellows
The ArtsUniversity of California San Diego professors Amy Adler and F. Akif Tezcan are among the 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists announced as this year’s Guggenheim Fellows, awarded by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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