New Radiation Therapy Delays Brain Cancer Regrowth, Protects Healthy Tissue
September 19, 2022
UC San Diego Health now offers a novel therapy option shown to extend the lifespan and improve quality of life for certain patients.
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Getting Therapeutic Sound Waves Through Thick Skulls
August 2, 2017
…for the treatment of neurological diseases and cancers, but getting therapeutic sound waves through the skull and into the brain is no easy task. To address this problem, an international team of researchers has developed a window-like cranial implant through which doctors can deliver ultrasound treatments on demand and on…
Neurosurgeon: My Patients Show Me Real Heroism and Resilience
March 11, 2024
UC San Diego Health provides the most advanced neurological cancer care by combining leading-edge surgical techniques and the latest technology.
How Loss of Single Gene Fuels Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
September 10, 2020
UC San Diego researchers describe how the functional loss of a single gene negatively impacts neural development and promotes the growth of a particularly deadly form of pediatric brain cancer.
UC San Diego Cancer Scientists Identify New Drug Target for Multiple Tumor Types
July 11, 2019
A dysfunctional enzyme involved in building cancer cell membranes helps fuel tumor growth; when it’s disabled or depleted in mouse models, tumors shrank significantly.
UC San Diego Health System Expands, Acquires Nevada Cancer Institute
January 23, 2012
…Health System has received approval to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), the official cancer institute of the state of Nevada, as an affiliate health care provider. The expansion represents a partnership between California and Nevada in offering lifesaving cancer care to patients through expert diagnosis, novel treatments and clinical…
Don Cleveland Wins a Trifecta of Recognition
January 31, 2023
In the span of just a few weeks, Don Cleveland, a leading researcher in the study of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, has received three major awards.
Alexander Khalessi Named President-Elect of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
October 12, 2022
Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA, chair of neurosurgery at UC San Diego Health, has been chosen as 2023 president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
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.
Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors of Cholesterol May Be Their Achilles’ Heel
October 13, 2016
…California San Diego School of Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and The Scripps Research Institute, with colleagues in Los Angeles and Japan, report that depriving deadly brain cancer cells of cholesterol, which they import from neighboring healthy cells, specifically kills tumor cells and caused tumor regression and prolonged survival…
