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New Dean Selected to Lead UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences

Science & Environment

UC San Diego has selected Kit Pogliano, a professor of molecular biology, as its new dean for the Division of Biological Sciences. Pogliano was selected after a national search and will begin her new appointment on Sept. 15, 2018. She is the fourth dean of the division and its first female leader. She will lead a renowned division that consistently ranks among the world’s best in biology research and education.

New Dean Selected to Lead UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences

New Treatment Option Available for Men Suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Health & Behavior

Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization as a new treatment option for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, or an enlarged prostate. The minimally invasive procedure is an alternative to surgery, with no hospital stay, little operative pain and lower cost.

Biosensor Chip Detects Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Wirelessly and With Higher Sensitivity

Health & Behavior

A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a chip that can detect a type of genetic mutation known as a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and wirelessly send the results in real time to an electronic device. The chip is at least 1,000 times more sensitive at detecting an SNP than current technology. The advance could lead to cheaper, faster and portable biosensors for early detection of genetic markers for diseases such as cancer.

Biosensor Chip Detects Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Wirelessly and With Higher Sensitivity

UC San Diego Chemists Develop New Strategy for ‘Hard-to-Study’ Lipids

Health & Behavior

Ceramides—waxy, oily lipid molecules that affect biological function like insulin resistance, gene regulation and tumor suppression—could be applied to new cancer treatments…if only scientists could study them directly in living organisms. Tackling this task with a brand of chemistry that addresses biological challenges, University of California San Diego Professor Neal Devaraj produced research results that confront the limitations of studying ceramides.

UC San Diego Chemists Develop New Strategy for ‘Hard-to-Study’ Lipids

The Rising Price of Medicare Part D’s 10 Most Costly Medications

Health & Behavior

Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego have found that the cost for the 10 “highest spend” medications in Medicare Part D — the U.S. federal government’s primary prescription drug benefit for older citizens — rose almost one-third between 2011 and 2015, even as the number of persons using these drugs dropped by the same amount.

The Rising Price of Medicare Part D’s 10 Most Costly Medications

UC San Diego Nanoengineer Named Among MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35

Science & Environment

MIT Technology Review has named Sheng Xu, a professor of nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego, as one of this year’s top innovators under 35. Xu is being recognized for inventing a clever way to make off-the-shelf electronics stretchable.