October 10, 2024
Funded by a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine grant, researchers in the UC San Diego Verge Center aim to uncover the genetic mechanisms behind neuropsychiatric disorders.
May 26, 2015
The Huntington’s Disease Clinical Research Center (HDCRC) at UC San Diego Health System has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA). UC San Diego was one of only 29 centers nationwide to receive this prestigious designation, which recognizes centers for their elite multidisciplinary…
January 8, 2015
…everything from diabetes to MRI imaging — there’s great interest from pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and energy companies all over the world. Dow, Merck, L’Oréal, biologists and engineers alike… everyone, it seems, now sees exciting applications for Almutairi’s work. The next big thing But of all this success, what Almutairi focused…
April 14, 2022
…of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, Patrick Ledden ’89 earned an MD from Harvard University before founding Nova Medical, Inc. His company’s technology is used all over the world to help further the study of brain diseases such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s. Ledden is an avid supporter of…
November 21, 2023
“Hurricane Hunter” aircraft will fly over the Pacific Ocean starting this November as part of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program (AR Recon), led by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
June 17, 2024
Researchers at UC San Diego found an unusually large brain may be the first sign of autism and visible as early as the first trimester.
December 1, 2016
…surgical care such as MRI-guided gene therapy for brain cancer, complex spine and joint reconstruction, and delicate microsurgery to restore voice and hearing Pauline and Stanley Foster Pavilion for Cancer Care, which nearly doubles UC San Diego Health’s ability to provide inpatient care to cancer patients from all over the…
May 17, 2018
…like a CT scan, MRI or endoscopy,” said Dr. Rebekah White, surgical oncologist and associate professor of surgery at Moores Cancer Center. The chip used in this test works by applying an alternating electric current, which selectively pulls nano-sized particles like exosomes out of the blood and deposits them onto…
May 5, 2022
…a CT scan or MRI, both of which involve large, expensive equipment. UC San Diego bioengineering Professor Ester Kwon, who leads the Nanoscale Bioengineering research lab at the Jacobs School of Engineering, aims to change that. Kwon’s team is developing nanomaterials—materials with dimensions on the nanometer scale—that could be used…
April 26, 2018
…will receive behavioral testing, MRI scans and electroencephalograms. In the first phase of the study, half the children will receive CBD and half placebo. In the second phase, the groups will be switched and the half who originally received CBD will receive placebo, while the initial placebo group will receive…
