How Well do COVID-19 Vaccines Work Over the Longer Term?
April 1, 2021
UC San Diego students will participate in nationwide clinical trial to assess if COVID-19 vaccination prevents infection and reduces risk of transmission.
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AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, Will Fare
June 11, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections, providing a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics.
For Transplant Patients, COVID-19 Vaccination Presents a Different Uncertainty
July 1, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego Health have launched a pair of clinical trials to study the immune response of COVID-19 vaccinated transplant recipients of bone marrow and solid organs, such as the heart, lung, liver and kidney.
UC San Diego Named Top 10 Public University by U.S. News & World Report
September 13, 2021
U.S. News & World Report has once again named the University of California San Diego among the best colleges in the country. Released today, the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Colleges rankings listed UC San Diego as the nation’s eighth best public university.
UC San Diego Biology Lab Receives $1.4M Grant to Fight Malaria Spread
March 30, 2022
New funding from the Gates Foundation will support cutting-edge genetics strategies designed implement and safely restrain gene drives that help stop the spread of malaria, which annually infects more than 200 million people.
Computer Model of Influenza Virus Shows Universal Vaccine Promise
January 25, 2023
For the first time, researchers at UC San Diego have created an atomic-level computer model of the H1N1 virus that reveals new vulnerabilities, suggesting possible strategies for the design of future vaccines and antivirals against influenza.
Why Subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Accelerated the Pandemic
March 22, 2023
UC San Diego researchers describe why SARS-CoV-2 subvariants spread more rapidly than the original virus strain, and how an early treatment might have made people more susceptible to future infections.
Pathology Professor Named 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate
September 14, 2023
University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Napoleone Ferrara, MD, has been named a 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate. Awarded annually by Keio University, Japan’s oldest private university, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in medicine and life sciences.
Undergrads to Take Human Powered Submarine to International Competition
June 14, 2018
…have your boat be neutrally buoyant,” Wu explained. “There obviously will be stuff that will be negatively buoyant—we can’t prevent that—so we offset that by adding in foam to the sub. We’re trying a different process this year: instead of adding in foam to get it to the right spot,…
