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A Single Gene Mutation May Have Helped Humans Become Optimal Long-Distance Runners

Health & Behavior

Two to three million years ago, the functional loss of a single gene triggered a series of changes in what would eventually become the modern human species. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report on studies of mice engineered to lack the same gene and resulting data that suggest the lost gene may also have contributed to humanity’s well-documented claim to be among the best long-distance runners in the animal kingdom.

A Single Gene Mutation May Have Helped Humans Become Optimal Long-Distance Runners

Zika Virus Strips Immune Cells of their Identity

Health & Behavior

Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have now unraveled how the virus shuts down the genes that make macrophages function as immune cells.

Zika Virus Strips Immune Cells of their Identity

Lytx Funds Fellowship at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management

Business & Economics

The University of California San Diego announced that Lytx, a San Diego-based video telematics and analytics pioneer, has established the Lytx Graduate Fellowship for Masters of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students at the university’s Rady School of Management.

Lytx Funds Fellowship at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management

Chronic Diseases Driven by Metabolic Dysfunction

Health & Behavior

Progress in treating chronic illness, where the cause of the problem is often unknown, has lagged. Chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease defy easy explanation, let alone remedy. In a new paper, a researcher at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, posits that chronic disease is essentially the consequence of the natural healing cycle becoming blocked, specifically by disruptions at the metabolic and cellular levels.

Chronic Diseases Driven by Metabolic Dysfunction

Building a Better Brain-in-a-Dish, Faster and Cheaper

Health & Behavior

Writing in the current online issue of the journal Stem Cells and Development, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe development of a rapid, cost-effective method to create human cortical organoids directly from primary cells.

Building a Better Brain-in-a-Dish, Faster and Cheaper

UC San Diego is the First Aira-Enabled University in the United States

Business & Economics

Aira is pleased to announce that the University of California San Diego is the first Aira-enabled university in the United States. Aira, a San Diego-based startup, leverages wearable technology, artificial intelligence and live, human agents to deliver real-time visual description for people who are blind or have low vision. UC San Diego is the first university to join the Aira Campus Network, offering free access to the pioneering accessibility technology to vision impaired members of its entire campus community including students, staff and faculty.