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What’s Fueling Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults

New research from UC San Diego sheds light on why more young people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer — and what you can do about it.

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What’s Happening to Our Food?

The vital seafood industry is currently facing threats from pollutants, parasites and environmental changes that put marine life and humans at risk. So, what’s happening to our food — especially our seafood — and how concerned should consumers be?

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UC San Diego Researchers Develop New Tool to Predict How Bacteria Influence Health

UC San Diego researchers have developed a new computational tool to predict how bacteria influence health by creating fast and powerful models of complex genetic and metabolic interactions. The tool could pave the way to personalized therapies for diseases that affect the microbiome.

Your Feed is Full of Nutrition Trends. Are Any of Them Legit?

TikTok is overflowing with “healthy” hacks — protein everything, fibermaxxing, sea moss gel and more. UC San Diego experts separate science from hype in seven of the year’s biggest nutrition and supplement trends.

Grants to UC San Diego Will Boost Roadway Safety for Native American Youth and Pedestrians

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego is expanding its roadway safety education efforts to reach more Californians, with a focus on Native American youth, pedestrian safety and Spanish-speaking communities.

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Cancer Uses Cell Death Proteins to Survive Treatment and Regrow

Researchers at UC San Diego have found a paradoxical new way in which cancer cells survive and regrow after targeted therapy: by hijacking a protein involved in cell death.