Report Finds California Above National Average for Sexual Harassment Rates
A new study shows California sexual harassment rates above national average.
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Hypertension Found in Children Exposed to Flower Pesticides
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found higher blood pressure and pesticide exposures in children associated with a heightened pesticide spraying period around the Mother’s Day flower harvest. This study involved boys and girls living near flower crops in Ecuador.
Early Life Exposure to Nicotine Alters Neurons, Predisposes Brain to Addiction Later in Life
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in a published study.
Multiple Brain Regions Moderate and Link Depressive Mood and Pain
University of California San Diego School of Medicine research expands and deepens the association between clinical depression and pain, identifying specific regions of the brain that drive, influence and moderate depressive mood and its relationship to perceiving physical pain.
Zebrafish Help Researchers Explore Alternatives to Bone Marrow Donation
UC San Diego researchers discover new role for epidermal growth factor receptor in blood stem cell development, a crucial key to being able to generate them in the laboratory, and circumvent the need for bone marrow donation.
UC San Diego Ranked Ninth in World in Biomedical Sciences
In its first-ever assessment of biomedical institutions around the world, based upon published research in a targeted set of high-quality scientific journals, the 2019 Nature Index ranked University of California San Diego ninth among the top 200 institutions in biomedical sciences worldwide.
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