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New Cellular Pathway Triggering Allergic Asthma Response Identified

Health & Behavior

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators in Korea and Scotland, have identified a novel signaling pathway critical to the immune response of cells associated with the initiation of allergic asthma. The discovery, they say, could point the way to new therapies that suppress the inflammatory allergic response, offering potential relief to millions of Americans with the chronic lung condition and potentially other allergic diseases.

New Cellular Pathway Triggering Allergic Asthma Response Identified

Atmospheric Rivers, Cloud-Creating Aerosol Particles, and California Reservoirs

Science & Environment

In the midst of the California rainy season, scientists are embarking on a field campaign designed to improve the understanding of the natural and human-caused phenomena that determine when and how the state gets its precipitation. They will do so by studying atmospheric rivers, meteorological events that include the famous rainmaker known as the Pineapple Express.

Atmospheric Rivers, Cloud-Creating Aerosol Particles, and California Reservoirs

Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms in Fragile X Mouse Model

Health & Behavior

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine previously reported that a drug used for almost a century to treat trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, reversed environmental autism-like symptoms in mice. Now, a new study published in this week’s online issue of Molecular Autism, suggests that a genetic form of autism-like symptoms in mice are also corrected with the drug, even when treatment was started in young adult mice.

Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms in Fragile X Mouse Model

A Blind Date with Science

Science & Environment

We’ve all seen them. The senior scientist with his back turned away from the audience, trying to explain a data-filled slide to a puzzled group of nonscientists that has long ago tuned him out. Or the junior professor, head down, reading a lecture word for word in a monotone voice from behind the podium.

Artists Focus on Sound and Silence from Deaf and Hearing Perspectives

Humanities

At first glance, the title of the Winter 2015 exhibition in the gallery@calit2, LOUD silence, appears to be a contradiction in terms. But for the curator and four artists represented in the exhibition, who are each at a different point on the hearing spectrum, it’s clear that the Deaf have a strong understanding and connection to sound and voice, and that those who have full hearing can appreciate the value and meaning of silence versus the absence of sound.

Artists Focus on Sound and Silence from Deaf and Hearing Perspectives

Temporary Tattoo Offers Needle-Free Way to Monitor Glucose Levels

Science & Environment

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level of glucose in the fluid in between skin cells. This first-ever example of the flexible, easy-to-wear device could be a promising step forward in noninvasive glucose testing for patients with diabetes.