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Newly Discovered Cells Regenerate Liver Tissue Without Forming Tumors

The mechanisms that allow the liver to repair and regenerate itself have long been a matter of debate. Now researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a population of liver cells that are better at regenerating liver tissue than ordinary liver cells, or hepatocytes. The study is the first to identify these so-called “hybrid hepatocytes,” and show that they are able to regenerate liver tissue without giving rise to cancer.

Novel Therapeutic Agent for Pediatric Cancer Developed at UC San Diego in Clinical Trials

Donald L. Durden, MD, PhD, pediatric researcher at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center has identified and developed a novel therapeutic target for neuroblastoma, the second most common solid-tumor childhood cancer. The agent, named SF1126, acts by inhibiting the part of the cancer cell engine that promotes tumor angiogenesis and growth.

SDSC Researcher Awarded $1.4 Million NIH Structural Bioinformatics Grant

A bioinformatics researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a three-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant worth almost $1.4 million to make biological structures more widely available to scientists, educators, and students.

Radiation Costs Vary Among Medicare Patients with Cancer

Cost of radiation therapy among Medicare patients varied most widely because of factors unrelated to a patient or that person’s cancer, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the Journal of Oncology Practice.

Qualcomm Institute Hosts North American School of Information Theory

This year's NASIT will feature lectures and workshops by professors from Stanford, USC, Carnegie Mellon and UC Irvine on a wide range of topics, including managing signal interference, optimizing data analysis and channel models for biological communications.

UC San Diego Undergraduate Awarded National Barry Goldwater Scholarship

University of California, San Diego undergraduate Angela Zou has been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards in the nation. From a field of 1,206 applicants, Zou was one of 260 students to receive the scholarship, and the only recipient from UC San Diego.