‘We’re Not a Line Item’—A Patient’s Plea to Protect Research Funding
Health & BehaviorKimberly Peters, who is currently being treated for cancer at UC San Diego Health, has one message for leaders in government: Don't cut science funding.
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Cancer Breakthrough Sparks New Vaccine
Health & BehaviorResearchers at UC San Diego and their collaborators have helped answer one of the most difficult questions in oncology: why do some tumors not respond to immunotherapy?
Spaceflight Accelerates Human Stem Cell Aging, UC San Diego Researchers Find
Science & EnvironmentUC San Diego researchers at SSCI have discovered that spaceflight accelerates the aging of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), which are vital for blood and immune system health.
From Lebanon’s Vineyards to Vision Restoration
Health & BehaviorGrowing up in rural Lebanon, tinkering with cars and working the grape harvest gave professor Shadi Dayeh a hands-on foundation that now informs his innovations in brain mapping and potentially vision-restoring whole-eye transplantation.
Delta-8 THC Use Highest Where Marijuana Is Illegal, Study Finds
Health & BehaviorResearchers from UC San Diego have found that delta-8 THC, a psychoactive compound often sold as a legal alternative to marijuana, is most commonly used in states where marijuana remains illegal and delta-8 THC sales are unregulated
Ocean Warming Projected to Stall Expected Mangrove Recovery
Business & EconomicsIncreasing ocean temperatures will erase mangrove restoration gains, according to new research. Scripps Oceanography scientists and colleagues project that by 2100 the world would lose out on 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) of mangroves and associated ecosystem services worth $28 billion annually.
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