Largest Protein Yet Discovered Builds Algal Toxins
August 12, 2024
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.
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Study Identifies Predictors of Psychiatric Events During Drug-Assisted Smoking Cessation
February 27, 2019
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have identified a clear group of characteristics that predict heightened risk for experiencing increased anxiety or worsening of mood that interferes with daily activities when using a smoking cessation drug.
First Angioedema Treatment Center Opens at UC San Diego Health System
November 24, 2014
UC San Diego Health System in partnership with the U.S. Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA), a non-profit patient advocacy organization, has opened the nation’s first dedicated center for diagnosing and treating diverse forms of swelling, known collectively as angioedema.
AIDS Quilt Displayed at UC San Diego in Recognition of World AIDS Day
November 21, 2011
World AIDS Day will be recognized by the University of California, San Diego with a variety of programs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 1, including a public viewing of portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Flowered Steering: How Well Do Drivers Fare After Smoking Cannabis?
January 26, 2022
Novel trial measured simulated driving performance of persons after cannabis use, revealing sharply differentiated levels of ability and perception of skills.
Researchers to Develop Predictive Model for Opioid Addiction in High-Risk Patients
June 13, 2024
UC San Diego School of Medicine part of $50M initiative to use predictive AI to help fight opioid abuse.
Scientists Extend Mechanism for Cracking Biochemical Code
November 7, 2018
After eight years of study, a team of researchers from the University of California San Diego and Johns Hopkins University published new findings about how to read the body’s histone code in the Nov. 7 issue of Science Advances. The findings answer a key question in the dynamic research area…
Personalizing Precision Medicine with Combination Therapies Improves Outcomes in Cancer
April 22, 2019
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that treating patients with personalized precision medicine that combined therapies to target multiple alterations improved outcomes in patients with therapy resistant cancers.
Compounds in Desert Creosote Bush Could Treat Giardia and “Brain-eating” Amoeba Infections
August 15, 2017
Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that compounds produced by the creosote bush, a desert plant common to the Southwestern United States, exhibit potent anti-parasitic activity against the protozoa responsible for…
Physicists Practice ‘Spin Control’ to Improve Information Processing
July 16, 2018
Currently, information-processing tools like computers and cell phones rely on electron charge to operate. A team of UC San Diego physicists, however, seek alternative systems of faster, more energy-efficient signal processing. They do this by using “excitons,” electrically neutral quasiparticles that exist in insulators, semiconductors and in some liquids. And…
