UC San Diego Researchers Develop Bacterial ‘FM Radio’
Science & EnvironmentA team of UC San Diego biologists and engineers has developed a "rapid and tunable post-translational coupling for genetic circuits."
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For Good and Ill, Immune Response to Cancer Cuts Both Ways
Health & BehaviorThe difference between an immune response that kills cancer cells and one that conversely stimulates tumor growth can be as narrow as a “double-edged sword,” report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in the April 7, 2014 online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
SDSC Enables Large-Scale Data Sharing Using Globus
Science & EnvironmentThe San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has implemented a new feature of the Globus software that will allow researchers using the Center’s computational and storage resources to easily and securely access and share large data sets with colleagues.
Engineering a New Biomaterial Therapy for Treating Heart Attacks
Health & BehaviorUniversity of California, San Diego bioengineer Karen Christman's new injectable hydrogel, which is designed to repair damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack, has been licensed to San Diego-based startup Ventrix, Inc, which is planning the first human clinical trials of the technology. Christman is a co-founder of Ventrix.
Cancer and the Goldilocks Effect
Health & BehaviorResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that too little or too much of an enzyme called SRPK1 promotes cancer by disrupting a regulatory event critical for many fundamental cellular processes, including proliferation.
SDSC Establishes Data Science Workflows ‘Center of Excellence’
Science & EnvironmentThe San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has formally established a new ‘center of excellence’ to assist researchers in creating workflows to better manage the tremendous amount of data being generated across a wide range of scientific disciplines, from natural sciences to marketing research.
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