December 5, 2013
…how a resistance mechanism neutralizes the action of a drug, little is known previously about how the two play off of each other during the critical phase where drug resistance evolves towards full strength.” Click on image for larger view. According to Hwa, the interaction between drug and drug-resistance is…
November 28, 2013
Using quantitative models of bacterial growth, a team of UC San Diego biophysicists has discovered the bizarre way by which antibiotic resistance allows bacteria to multiply in the presence of antibiotics, a growing health problem in hospitals and nursing homes across the United States.
October 26, 2021
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine tested the same treatment for kids with Kawasaki disease and rare COVID-19 reaction.
December 20, 2023
In a groundbreaking development in the field of anti-acne therapies, a team of researchers has created an acne vaccine that, when used in a mouse acne model, neutralizes a specific variant of an enzyme produced by an acne-associated bacteria while leaving the healthy bacterial enzyme intact.
June 18, 2020
…companies that are conducting neutralizing antibody development,” she said, adding that basic research is making a difference in winning the war against the SARS-Co-V-2 virus. This research was supported by NIH (GM132826), NSF (RAPID MCB-2032054), an award from the RCSA Research Corp., a UC San Diego Moore's Cancer Center 2020…
October 15, 2020
…response and production of neutralizing antibodies. (NOTE: The AstraZeneca trial was paused in mid-September when a participant in the UK trial developed serious neurological symptoms. The participant recovered and the trial resumed in the UK and in other countries but remains on hold in the United States.) Join a COVID-19…
May 13, 2021
…data indicate that the neutralizing antibodies elicited by the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines last for at least six months, which is excellent news. These studies are ongoing and will continue to look at the protection over time, so we don’t yet know exactly how long vaccine protection lasts. It…
February 28, 2012
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced the shipyard responsible for constructing the next chapter in ocean exploration for Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The new research vessel will be owned by ONR for the Department of the Navy and operated by Scripps under charter…
November 19, 2012
For work toward a safer approach to treating cancer, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Inanc Ortac from the University of California, San Diego has won first prize in the graduate student category at the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition.
December 2, 2013
Nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin produced by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) could serve as a safe and effective vaccine against this toxin. This “nanosponge vaccine” enabled the immune systems of mice to block the adverse effects of the alpha-haemolysin toxin from MRSA—both within the bloodstream and on…
