Researchers Operate Lab-Grown Heart Cells by Remote Control
May 18, 2018
Heather Buschman, PhD
May 17, 2018
What’s in Your Gut? Big data dump from the world’s largest citizen science microbiome project reveals how factors such as diet, antibiotics and mental health status can influence the microbial and molecular makeup of your gut Rob Knight, UC San Diego professor of pediatrics and computer science and engineering, and…
May 17, 2018
UC San Diego researchers have developed a test to screen for pancreatic cancer in a drop of blood. New Blood Test Rapidly Detects Signs of Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. It is tough to cure because it…
May 17, 2018
Out to Change the World UC San Diego to Host Ashoka U Exchange in 2019 UC San Diego leaders recently embarked on a “changemaking” mission to Boston, accepting the campus’ official designation as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka, the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs. The designation ceremony was hosted…
May 17, 2018
Zack Kong, a bioengineering alumnus and co-founder of TwentyFiftyFork, takes a bite of hot curry using the compostable cutlery he developed. You Can Eat That Fork Alumnus develops durable cutlery that’s compostable and edible Restaurants in the city of Malibu, CA soon will be banned from using or selling plastic…