UC San Diego researchers have received a $12.6 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Polysubstance Addiction Research Center, a multidisciplinary center designed to uncover the biological factors that contribute to addiction across multiple substances.
Researchers from UC San Diego found that a 12-month exercise intervention was associated with improvements in attention and memory among breast cancer survivors, while a companion analysis suggests exercise may also slow epigenetic aging.
UC San Diego chemical and nano engineering professor Liangfang Zhang has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He has developed a creative approach to medicine that features cell-mimicking nanoparticles to treat disease.
UC San Diego has received $5 million to support innovative research and treatment for debilitating spinal cord and neurological injuries, launching the Spinal Therapeutics, Engineering, Limb and Life Advancement (STELLA) Initiative.
A new UC San Diego study finds that an estimated 8.9% of adults age 65 and older used cannabis in the past year, and more than one in 10 of those who used cannabis met criteria for cannabis use disorder.
The Revive & Survive San Diego initiative reached its goal of training 1 million people in hands-only CPR, turning bystanders into lifesavers. Tim Winter’s collapse near Mission Beach and rescue by a bandmate shows why seconds matter — and how one CPR-trained person can change everything.
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