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U.S. Department of Energy Awards UC San Diego $1.35 Million for Fusion Research

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CalIT2 Workshop Looks to the Future of Health and Medicine

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UC San Diego Part of National Hub for Large-scale Neuromorphic Computing

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This Soft Robotic Gripper Can Screw in your Light Bulbs for You

Science & Environment

How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you’re talking about a new robotic gripper developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The engineering team has designed and built a gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained. The gripper is unique because it brings together three different capabilities. It can twist objects; it can sense objects; and it can build models of the objects it’s manipulating. This allows the gripper to operate in low light and low visibility conditions, for example.

Powered by Chemo: Patient with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Tackles Ironman Triathlon

Health & Behavior

Despite a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer and ongoing chemotherapy, Mike Levine boarded a plane this past weekend destined for Kona, Hawaii, where he will compete in one of the most grueling of physical competitions: the Ironman World Championship. Cheering him on will be his wife Jan, friends and Paul Fanta, MD, a pancreatic cancer expert with Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health who has been treating Levine since 2016.

Powered by Chemo: Patient with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Tackles Ironman Triathlon

Common Acid Reflux Medications Promote Chronic Liver Disease

Health & Behavior

Approximately 10 percent of Americans take a proton pump inhibitor drug to relieve symptoms of frequent heartburn and acid reflux. That percentage can be much higher for people with chronic liver disease. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered evidence in mice and humans that these medications alter gut bacteria in a way that promotes three types of chronic liver disease. The study is published October 10 in Nature Communications.

Common Acid Reflux Medications Promote Chronic Liver Disease

Gene Identified That May Provide Potential Therapy for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

Health & Behavior

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with national collaborators, have identified a series of molecular clues to understanding the formation of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). The study offers the first genome-wide analysis of the transcriptome of brain microvascular endothelial cells after KRIT1 inactivation.

Gene Identified That May Provide Potential Therapy for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

Exploring Evolutionary Relationships through CIPRES

Science & Environment

CIPRES, for CyberInfrastructure for Phylogenetic RESearch, is a web-based portal or “gateway” launched by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego that allows researchers to explore evolutionary connections among species. Over 20,000 users from 86 countries have run one or more jobs using CIPRES, generating about 3,500 peer-reviewed publications in journals.

Exploring Evolutionary Relationships through CIPRES

Liquid Biopsy May Be New Way to Detect Liver Cancer Earlier, Easier

Health & Behavior

An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues at Sun Yet-sun University Cancer Center and other collaborating institutions, have developed a new diagnostic and prognosis method for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), based on a simple blood sample containing circulating tumor DNA.