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UC San Diego Researchers Launch Combination Drug Trial to Eradicate B-Cell Malignancies

March 9, 2018

…researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with local biotechnology company Oncternal Therapeutics, have launched a phase Ib/II clinical trial to evaluate the combined effectiveness of a standard of care drug with a novel monoclonal antibody that target B-cell malignancies, which include leukemias and lymphomas.

The Preuss School Class of 2023 Celebrates Commencement

June 12, 2023

This year 94% of scholars from The Preuss School, a charter middle and high school on the UC San Diego campus, were accepted to a four-year university; all of them are the first in their family to attend college.

Innovative Researchers Share Ground-breaking Research with Packed House at Founders’ Symposium

November 20, 2012

…efficient way to produce medicines. His research with rainbow algae has attracted funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Currently, he is working on three different and exciting algae solutions: a treatment for bacterial diarrhea that will be introduced soon; in the near future, a malaria vaccine and magic…

Marching for Science

April 13, 2017

…said. “If the organizing volunteers are any indicator, it’s quite possible most of the attendees will be general enthusiasts who are not trained scientists, and who will be eager to talk with researchers and simply see and hear who they are and what they do.” The San Diego March for…

Stacks in the Corner: One-of-a-Kind Clinic Provides Hope for Treatment of Hoarding Disorder

April 30, 2020

…San Diego School of Medicine and director of the CREST program, where she leads a team of clinicians providing in-home care to local seniors struggling with hoarding disorder. In one corner of the great room, there are tidy stacks of boxes, waist-high and filling an area the size of a…

Diversity and Science Lecture Series Gets Funded

March 17, 2022

…of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, met with students from the Bioinformatics Graduate Program (BGP), he could see they needed something beyond a statement from the leadership. “It was clear the graduate students were looking to have their voices heard,” said Yeo, who co-directs…

UC San Diego Research Funding Reaches Record-Breaking $1.64B

August 4, 2022

…and a School of Medicine effort to measure the impact of gender equity and empowerment within the field. “Research on campus remains expansive, exemplary and unparalleled,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “We continue to attempt what’s never been done in ways that inspire confidence and transformational investments from our nation’s…

UC San Diego Physician, Alumni Partner to Provide Prosthetic Limbs for Ukrainian Amputees

September 15, 2022

…put $10,000 worth of medications in two wheelbarrows and walked to the Ukrainian side. The medications were obtained through the Cleveland Maidan Association. Bukavina’s relatives met them there and drove them to Lviv. “Lviv is a vibrant city,” Dr. Monga said. “Like many European cities, in other times, it would…

Summer of Science Engages K-12 Students

September 3, 2013

It’s not unusual for heated scientific debates to break out at the University of California, San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute. But nine-year-olds arguing about the history of aviation? That’s a little more unusual. The young students were visiting the Qualcomm Institute — the recently named UC San Diego division of the…

Local Bars and Restaurants Urge Pregnant Women Not to Drink

September 5, 2014

…and pregnancy don’t mix, volunteers with the Southern California affiliate of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (SoCal NOFAS) are handing out “Pregnant? Don’t Drink” coasters to San Diego area bars and restaurants on Tuesday, September 9th as part of International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day.

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