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Study Uncovers Metabolic Cause for Rare Eye Disease

September 11, 2019

An international team of researchers has discovered a cause for a rare eye disease affecting the macula that leads to loss of central vision, called macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel).

UC San Diego to Advance Stem Cell Therapies in New Space Station Lab

April 8, 2020

UC San Diego and Space Tango received a NASA award to develop the first dedicated stem cell research laboratory within the International Space Station.

Organoids Reveal How SARS-CoV-2 Damages Brain Cells — and a Potential Treatment

November 3, 2022

Using human brain organoids, an international team of researchers has shown how the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 infects cortical neurons and specifically destroys their synapses — the connections between brain cells that allow them to communicate with each other.

Artificial Intelligence Could Be New Blueprint for Precision Drug Discovery

July 12, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a drug is likely to receive FDA approval.

Two UC San Diego Researchers Receive NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Awards

October 6, 2020

Two University of California San Diego researchers have received prestigious awards through the 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.

Inflamed Support Cells Appear to Contribute to Some Kinds of Autism

October 18, 2017

Modeling the interplay between neurons and astrocytes derived from children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, say innate inflammation in the latter appears to contribute to neuronal dysfunction in at least some forms of the disease.

Organoids Reveal Similarities Between Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Rett Syndrome

June 29, 2022

Using brain organoids, UC San Diego researchers discover mutational commonalities between muscular dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome, suggesting the potential of a similar treatment for both.

‘Gene of Prejudice’ Demystifies Autism

February 28, 2024

Individuals with Williams syndrome have a gregarious “cocktail party” personality, while those with the opposite genetic alteration, in contrast, tend to have autistic traits and are prone to struggle socially. Research from UC San Diego sheds new light on the gene responsible.

Shooting for the Stars

January 23, 2024

UC San Diego scientists are sending cells into space and health science into the future.

Creating an Engineering Senior Design Project….at Home

July 2, 2020

…rocket launch on brain organoids being sent to space. One team of students, sponsored by the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination and Space Tango, was tasked with designing a way for researchers to study the effects of a rocket launch on brain organoids being sent to the International…

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