UC San Diego Physicians Head Clinic Offering Care to Children With Gender Identity Issues
Health & BehaviorWhen Sarah was 3 years old, she turned to her mother and asked when she was going to get the same body parts as her brother.
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New Model for Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Tested
Health & BehaviorUrologists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Genesis Healthcare Partners have tested a new model of care for patients with low-risk prostate cancer. The evidence-based approach uses best practices to appropriately select and follow patients to avoid disease overtreatment. Results of the three-year study are now published online in the journal of Urology.
Deep-Sea Biodiversity Impacted by Climate Change’s Triple Threat
Science & EnvironmentA new study found that vulnerability of deep-sea biodiversity to climate change’s triple threat – rising water temperatures, and decreased oxygen, and pH levels – is not uniform across the world’s oceans.
An HIV Prevention Pill for Transgender Persons
Health & BehaviorThe California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) of University of California has awarded grants totaling $9.4 million to three teams of investigators to provide and evaluate PrEP – the HIV prevention pill – among transgender persons at risk for HIV acquisition in California.
Fermentation Festival Leads to Rapid Response System at Center for Microbiome Innovation
Health & BehaviorWhile technological advances have made it easier to map our microbiomes and metabolomes, these studies typically take too long for that data to be medically useful. Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation used the 2016 San Diego Fermentation Festival as a test case for a novel rapid response system. In the study, published in mSystems, the team collected samples, analyzed data and reported conclusions in an unprecedented 48 hours.
Patterns of Glowing Sharks Get Clearer with Depth
Science & EnvironmentA team of researchers including scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego found that catsharks are not only able to see the bright green biofluorescence they produce, but that they increase the contrast of their glowing pattern when deep underwater.
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