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E-cigarettes Alter Inflammatory State of Brain, Heart, Lungs and Colon

UC San Diego study shows chronic JUUL use leads to inflammatory changes across the body, and may affect organs’ response to infection; results depend on e-cigarette flavor.

Researchers Map Lung Development After Birth Into Late Childhood for the First Time

How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in life give rise to lung malfunction and disease? UC San Diego researchers developed a single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development that could help answer these questions.

How Ovarian Cancer Defies Immunotherapy

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, with collaborators, have further elucidated how ovarian cancer tumors defy immunotherapy, identifying new molecular targets that might boost immune response.

New Evidence Suggests California’s Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites

Asian and Hispanic communities experience significantly more air pollution from economic activity compared to predominantly white neighborhoods across the state of California, according to new research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Concrete Canoes, Steel Bridges Test Students’ Structural Engineering Savvy

For the first time in 15 years, UC San Diego structural engineering students hosted the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Pacific Southwest Symposium, drawing students from 14 universities to campus for civil and structural engineering challenges.

UC San Diego Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report during Earth Month

Fittingly, UC San Diego has published its first-annual sustainability report during Earth Month, providing an update on the progress the campus made in 2020-21 towards sustainability goals across ten key areas.