Botox Injections May Reduce Anxiety
December 21, 2021
Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego discover that Botox injections may reduce anxiety.
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‘Care Fair for Gender Affirmation’ Hosted by Interdisciplinary Student Health and Wellbeing Team
April 11, 2023
UC San Diego’s Student Health Services (SHS) has launched a new Interdisciplinary Gender-Affirming Care Team as part of the Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW) cluster. Students who are exploring their gender identity are invited to attend the upcoming Care Fair on April 11.
Even the Smallest Possible Stroke Can Damage Brain Tissue and Impair Cognitive Function
December 17, 2012
Blocking a single tiny blood vessel in the brain can harm neural tissue and even alter behavior, a new study from the University of California, San Diego has shown. But these consequences can be mitigated by a drug already in use, suggesting treatment that could slow the progress of dementia…
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s J. Silvio Gutkind Joins National Academy of Medicine
October 21, 2019
J. Silvio Gutkind elected to National Academy of Medicine for his contributions to the understanding of cancer signaling networks and pioneering the study of the PIK3CA-mTOR signaling circuitry in head and neck cancer.
H.M.’s Brain Yields New Evidence
January 28, 2014
During his lifetime, Henry G. Molaison (H.M.) was the best-known and possibly the most-studied patient of modern neuroscience. Now, thanks to the postmortem study of his brain, based on histological sectioning and digital three-dimensional construction led by Jacopo Annese, PhD, at the University of California, San Diego, scientists around the…
Perturbed Genes Regulating White Blood Cells Linked to Autism Genetics and Severity
September 23, 2019
Researchers at UC San Diego say they are getting closer to identifying the mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder, revealing a critical gene network that is disrupted and which helps predict severity of symptoms.
Foreign-Born Doctors Help Serve Rural and Low-Income Communities
April 25, 2024
Although about 20% of the United States population live in rural areas, only 11% of physicians practice in these locations. New research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy shows that relaxed visa requirements enable more foreign-trained doctors to practice in remote and low-income…
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
October 6, 2020
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacology at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Toddlers’ Attention to ‘Motherese’ Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism
February 8, 2023
Toddlers’ level of attention to “motherese” speech can be used as a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). UC San Diego scientists developed a new eye-tracking test to measure it, which can accurately identify toddlers with a subtype of ASD.
Facebook Feelings Are Contagious, Study Shows
March 12, 2014
Published in PLOS ONE, the study analyzes over a billion anonymized status updates among more than 100 million users of Facebook in the United States. Positive posts beget positive posts, the study finds, and negative posts beget negative ones, with the positive posts being more influential, or more contagious.
