UC San Diego robotics research-- from supporting patient home care and stroke rehabilitation to facilitating mission critical teamwork among first responders-- was on display during the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
While CRISPR has shown immense promise as a next-generation therapeutic tool, the gene editing technology’s edits are still imperfect. Researchers have developed a new genetic system to test and analyze CRISPR-based DNA repair and related risks from unintended but harmful “bystander” edits.
Engineering professors Ludmil Alexandrov and Sheng Xu were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), one of the highest distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers.
UC San Diego Health is the first in San Diego to implant the world’s first dual chamber, leadless pacemaker system to help treat abnormal heart rhythms.
The Stuart Collection consists of several creative sculptures throughout the campus that can now be experienced with this new app created by high school students.
Finding viable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics and microplastics has never been more important. New research from scientists at UC San Diego and Algenesis shows that their plant-based polymers biodegrade — even at the microplastic level — in under seven months.
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