What Makes Blood Vessels Leaky: New Insights for Sepsis Therapeutics
Lab studies reveal protein HSP27’s role in blood vessel leakage, opening the possibility that therapeutically dialing its activity up or down might stabilize patients with sepsis.
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Human Mini-Lungs Grown in Lab Dishes are Closest Yet to Real Thing
UC San Diego researchers developed first-of-their-kind lung organoids that include all cell types that make up the organ, allowing for “Phase 0” testing of new treatments for respiratory infections such as COVID-19.
Comet Supercomputer Used to Illustrate Methane Storage Applications
Methane storage applications are a key bridging technology to carbon-free chemical fuels. A first-year grad student at UCSD has worked with an international team on a study of zeolite-templated carbon as a gas-storage material. Comet allowed faster completion of their experiments.
A Focus on Foundations: Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Hosts NSF-Funded AI Institute
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego is the future home of The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale, or TILOS.
Growth-promoting, Anti-aging Retinal at the Root of Plant Growth Too
Publishing in the journal Science, a research team led by new UC San Diego biologist Alexandra Dickinson has identified a compound that plays a key role in triggering the development of plants’ lateral roots. Retinoids, known for medical uses, were found to be vital in plant growth.
Massive Study Links Nearly 600 Genomic Regions to Self-Regulating Behaviors
Researchers identified 579 locations in the human genome associated with a predisposition to self-regulation-related behaviors, such as addiction. With data from 1.5 million people of European descent, the effort is one of the largest genome-wide association studies to date.
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