May 30, 2024
As part of UC San Diego’s robust innovation ecosystem, the IGE MedTech Accelerator program at UC San Diego has helped launch several successful startups, including LIMBER Prosthetics and Orthotics and Melio, a diagnostics company focusing on pediatric sepsis.
January 17, 2019
…hydrogel implant, modeled from MRI scans, has a design customized to fit a patient's spinal cord injury 3D Printed Implants Show Promise for Treating Spinal Cord Injury 3D printed implants could one day help restore neural connections and lost motor function in patients with spinal cord injury. The implants, developed…
June 13, 2023
Have you ever considered studying, teaching or conducting research abroad? Your dreams can become a reality through the Fulbright Program. For those who are considering applying, we connected with five UC San Diego students and recent alumni on what makes a successful application.
March 9, 2017
…both Larry Smarr’s black-and-white MRI imaging with three-dimensional model of affected large intestine (green), major blood vessels (blue and red) and vertebrae (yellow). Photos by Jurgen Schulze, UC San Diego “Once I realized that I was actually going to go through surgery,” Smarr said, “I thought to myself, ‘Well, as…
April 19, 2021
Researchers discover that brain cancer tumors reprogram immune cells to help them grow, rather than suppress them.
October 24, 2013
…of these surgeries include MRI-guided gene therapy for brain cancer, heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy for abdominal cancers, and complex spine and joint reconstruction. A robust robotics program will continue to treat thyroid, esophageal, prostate, colon, kidney and bladder cancers. Delicate microsurgery to restore voice and hearing and reanimation of the paralyzed…
November 26, 2024
UC San Diego Health uses a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach for lung cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment.
May 7, 2015
…this time, she studied MRI pulse sequences and was able to travel to conferences in California and Scotland to present her research. “I am very grateful to have been in the McNair Program,” said Dr. Himes. “I received practical advice about what it takes to get into graduate school—from taking…
June 15, 2017
…Hargens demonstrates an upright MRI that his team uses to study astronaut spine health. NASA has selected Alan Hargens, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, to receive a 2017 Distinguished Public Service Medal for his research on astronaut health and performance. This is…
June 19, 2012
…electronics, from satellites to MRI machines, operate using radio-frequency relays based on electromagnetic actuation, which route signals using current pulses and magnetic fields. But they soon could be replaced by high-power, large-force, temperature-stable RF MEMS metal-contact switches, which route electrical signals using electro-statics fields. Chirag Patel, a Jacobs Fellow, presented…
