Mission: Search and Destroy Prostate Cancer
Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is using advanced imaging, genomics, personalized medicine and new therapies to treat patients like Brian McCloskey, who has stage IV prostate cancer.
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Introducing COVID19questions.org
A consortium of 12 health systems, led by UC San Diego Health, introduces COVID19questions.org, a site where clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical record data from 200+ hospitals.
Talk of a “Twindemic”
Even as the first wave of the pandemic still roils, fears are rising of a second crush of COVID-19 infections. But because the novel coronavirus is, well, novel, no one can yet say if that will happen. One thing is certain, though, another viral wave is coming: flu season.
Q&A: Wastewater Monitoring with Professor Rob Knight
Rob Knight, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation addresses questions from students, faculty and staff to submit their questions about the importance of testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and what happens when trace amounts are found.
UC San Diego Scientists to Explore New Frontiers in Parkinson’s Disease Research with $7.2M Grant
In August, a team of researchers at UC San Diego published groundbreaking studies describing unprecedented details of a protein linked to genetically inherited Parkinson’s disease.
How SARS-CoV-2 Went from Single Cases to Overwhelming Continents
Early detection and intervention stanched the first known introductions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into North America and Europe, validating the effectiveness of quick, comprehensive testing and contact tracing, but inadequate public health measures allowed the virus to take hold.
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