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UC San Diego Physicist Discovers an Equation for the Control of Cell Growth

Health & Behavior

Understanding the control of cell growth has challenged biomedical researchers for decades. Efforts to meet this challenge may have received an encouraging boost, however, from University of California San Diego physics professor Terence Hwa and colleagues. Their research, published in the Oct. 25 issue of Nature, led to the surprising discovery of a mathematical equation governing the control of cell growth.

UC San Diego Physicist Discovers an Equation for the Control of Cell Growth

TREDS Gets Traction to Improve Traffic Safety, Reduce Impaired Driving

Health & Behavior

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have expanded a statewide program called Training, Research and Education Driving Safety (TREDS) with the goal of reducing deaths from vehicular crashes.

TREDS Gets Traction to Improve Traffic Safety, Reduce Impaired Driving

Machine Learning Detects Marketing and Sale of Opioids on Twitter

Health & Behavior

Using advanced machine learning, a cross disciplinary team of University of California San Diego researchers developed technology that mined Twitter to identify entities illegally selling prescription opioids online.

Machine Learning Detects Marketing and Sale of Opioids on Twitter

U.S. News and World Report Names UC San Diego the Globe’s 16th Best University

Business & Economics

The University of California San Diego has been named the globe’s 16th best university by U.S. News and World Report. The campus was also recognized as the nation’s 5th best public university in the fourth annual rankings, which measure factors such as research, global and regional reputation; international collaboration; as well as the number of highly-cited papers and doctorates awarded.

U.S. News and World Report Names UC San Diego the Globe’s 16th Best University

Exposure to Glyphosate, Chemical Found in Weed Killers, Increased Over 23 Years

Health & Behavior

Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased approximately 500 percent since the introduction of genetically modified crops.

Exposure to Glyphosate, Chemical Found in Weed Killers, Increased Over 23 Years

Mutant Gene Found to Fuel Cancer-Promoting Effects of Inflammation

Health & Behavior

A study by UC San Diego biologists uncovered a new mechanism linking a human gene’s function to chronic inflammation and cancer. Through large-scale genomic analyses, they discovered that “mutant p53” amplifies the impact of inflammation, leading to increases in cancer. Thus, rather than fighting tumor growth, mutant forms of p53 appear to be tapping into the body’s immune response system to fuel pro-inflammatory responses that increase cancer growth.