August 29, 2019
Nine-month-old brains-in-a-dish and the brains of premature newborn babies generate similar electrical patterns, as captured by electroencephalogram (EEG) — the first time such brain activity has been achieved in a cell-based laboratory model.
October 10, 2023
UC San Diego Today reached out to members of the Latinx campus community to gather their recommendations on what to read, watch and listen to during Latinx Heritage Month—and all year long.
December 18, 2019
With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UC San Diego and the San Diego Community College District are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities.
November 30, 2017
…cardiovascular, endocrine and reproductive health. Because biological clock genes have been “conserved,” or retained, in our DNA during millions of years of evolution, understanding how organisms such as cyanobacteria or fruit flies regulate their internal biological clocks has provided circadian biologists with a greater understanding of the precise genetic and…
November 21, 2019
…have benefits for people’s health and wellbeing. Several different lines of work point to the conclusion that good conversations are good for you. In one study, for example, researchers recorded people’s conversations for four days and coded them. “They found that people who spent less time alone and more time…
July 23, 2020
…at UC San Diego Health. These life-saving studies continue to be offered. With additional safety measures in place, clinical trials offer patients potentially lifesaving therapies during the pandemic As a last-ditch effort to halt the head and neck cancer that had spread to Bernard Thurman’s lymph nodes and lungs, the…
April 2, 2024
To kick off UC San Diego’s César E. Chávez celebration month, UC San Diego Today is highlighting three Tritons who are passionately advocating for causes close to their own hearts.
August 4, 2022
…collaboration with UC Davis Health and Wayne State University in Detroit—to conduct a 12-year assessment of cognitive and brain aging and impairment among Latinos received continued funding of more than $6 million this year from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging. Among the federal funding…
May 21, 2020
…of Pain Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative explores new territory in treating pain In the last few years, new research has demonstrated the powerful potential for classical psychedelics, especially psilocybin (the active compound in “magic mushrooms”), to treat a range of mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety and addiction. In…
June 3, 2021
…focuses on issues in health care Eliminating racial inequity demands empathy and compassion, but also social justice. The newest center within the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego will have that focus, created to identify, understand and resolve social justice issues in health care…
