Pimple Secret Popped: How Fat Cells in the Skin Help Fight Acne
UC San Diego researchers discover a specific antimicrobial skin cell and the role it plays in acne development, which could result in more targeted treatment options.
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Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known
Common flies feature more advanced cognitive abilities than previously believed. Using a custom-built immersive virtual reality arena, neurogenetics and real-time brain activity imaging, researchers found attention, working memory and conscious awareness-like capabilities in fruit flies.
Physicists Apply FAIRness to Data Studies
For scientists in observational disciplines, data is the lifeblood of research. Collecting, organizing and sharing data both within and across fields drives pivotal discoveries that benefit society and help make it more secure.
Pandemic Upends Breast Cancer Diagnoses
UC San Diego Health researchers surveyed and compared early- and late-stage breast and colorectal cancer diagnoses in patients in pre-pandemic 2019 and in 2020, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, discovering fewer of the former and more of the latter as patients delayed care.
Remapping Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
New heart arrhythmia mapping technology debuts at UC San Diego Health.
HIV Incidence Rising Steeply Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have presented data that suggests a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, Mexico, driven in part by “drug tourism” unabated by the closure of the international border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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