Un-junking Junk DNA
November 12, 2013
A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression.
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Biologists Create Malaria-Blocking Mosquitoes
November 23, 2015
Using a groundbreaking gene editing technique, biologists at UC San Diego, working in collaboration with biologists at UC Irvine, have created a strain of mosquitoes capable of rapidly introducing malaria-blocking genes into a mosquito population through its progeny, ultimately eliminating the insects’ ability to transmit the disease to humans.
Biologists Discover Source for Boosting Tumor Cell Drug Sensitivity
October 29, 2018
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a new way of re-sensitizing drug-resistant human tumor cells to the potency of DNA-damaging agents, the most widely used group of cancer drugs. In a new study, they describe how a human gene known as Schlafen 11 controls the sensitivity of tumor cells…
Two UC San Diego Professors Announced as Guggenheim Fellows
May 6, 2021
…the intersection of chemistry, biology and materials science in efforts to make new connections across those disciplines. Through his Guggenheim Fellowship, Tezcan plans to work with his research colleagues on new types of materials that they recently developed called polymer-integrated protein crystals, or PIX. PIX have the unusual property of…
Proposed Drug May Reverse Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
June 20, 2012
With a single drug treatment, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine can silence the mutated gene responsible for Huntington’s disease, slowing and partially reversing progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disorder in animal models.
Insulin Resistance, Inflammation and a Muscle-Saving Protein
May 1, 2012
In the online May 2 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine publish three distinct articles exploring: the complex interactions of lipids and inflammation in insulin resistance; the roles of omega 3 fatty acids and a particular gene in fighting…
UC San Diego Professor Named Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry
June 27, 2018
…answer questions about life’s molecular origins. Professor Neal Devaraj continues that UC San Diego legacy by using chemistry to solve questions in biology, while also developing new tools that uniquely perform tasks within living cells. For his inventive work, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences…
New Genetic ‘Operating System’ Facilitated Evolution of ‘Bilateral’ Animals
September 30, 2014
The evolution of worms, insects, vertebrates and other “bilateral” animals—those with distinct left and right sides—from less complex creatures like jellyfish and sea anemones with “radial” symmetry may have been facilitated by the emergence of a completely new “operating system” for controlling genetic instructions in the cell.
Say ‘Cheese’
April 21, 2016
…a UC San Diego biology professor has turned cheese into her ‘lab rat’ Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications While many microbiologists build entire research careers around studies of a single microorganism, Rachel Dutton has taken her career in the other direction—examining collections of microbes, but with an unusual…
New UC San Diego Research Unit Focuses on Food and Fuel for the 21st Century
May 7, 2012
A new Organized Research Unit (ORU) that focuses on “Food and Fuel for the 21st Century” has been established at the University of California, San Diego.
