Study Identifies Cause for Mysterious Cases of Epilepsy in Children
January 12, 2023
An international consortium led by UC San Diego has identified at least some of the genetic drivers of a mysterious form of pediatric epilepsy.
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UC San Diego Health to Open Jacobs Medical Center November 20, 2016
November 17, 2016
UC San Diego Health will open Jacobs Medical Center, a 245-bed medical and surgical specialty hospital, on November 20, 2016. Named in recognition of $100 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the 10-story facility combines renowned physician-scientists and care teams, precision medicine, clinical trials and creative arts and…
Shaping the Future of Digital Health
February 5, 2024
UC San Diego Health’s artificial intelligence-powered predictive health care solutions are advancing patient care
Rohit Loomba, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
June 13, 2023
Loomba will lead the division at UC San Diego School of Medicine, building upon a team that shines a light on UC San Diego Health’s tripartite mission.
Understanding a Protein’s Role in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
November 14, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used genetic engineering of human induced pluripotent stem cells to specifically and precisely parse the roles of a key mutated protein in causing familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD), discovering that simple loss-of-function does not contribute to the inherited form…
Survival Is a Mixed Matter for Deadliest of Pancreatic Cancers
October 5, 2022
UC San Diego researchers discover that quality and mix of protein in a type of pancreatic cancer is the determinant of whether the prognosis is poor or very poor.
COVID-19 Experts Directory
April 7, 2020
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 illness and the societal impacts of the pandemic.
4 UC San Diego Startups to Watch from Innovation Day 2024
October 3, 2024
OxyLo, Personal.ai, Wild Genomics and AirSurgical were among 25 university-powered startups that took center stage at San Diego’s annual Innovation Day.
Crystal Structure Reveals How Curcumin Impairs Cancer
July 9, 2018
Through x-ray crystallography and kinase-inhibitor specificity profiling, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Peking University and Zhejiang University, reveal that curcumin, a natural occurring chemical compound found in the spice turmeric, binds to the kinase enzyme dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) at…
Novel Device Measures Nerve Activity That May Help Treat Sepsis and PTSD
November 17, 2022
Engineers and physicians at UC San Diego have developed a device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity in humans, a new tool they say could potentially inform and improve treatments for patients with sepsis or post-traumatic stress disorder.
