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Promise Put to the Test

October 20, 2014

UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center is pushing therapeutic stem cell-based science out of the laboratory and closer to real-world medical applications. The unprecedented trials involve potential therapies for spinal cord injuries, Type 1 diabetes and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

UC San Diego Researchers Discover Key Mechanisms behind Synapse Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Brain

August 18, 2021

Neurobiologists have uncovered the mechanisms behind the maintenance and decline of key synapses implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest an alternative approach to addressing such brain disorders.

Seeing is Understanding

March 8, 2018

…into cells or whole animals, to watch molecules interact in real-time and ask questions once thought impossible. “Our work is often described as building and training molecular spies,” Tsien once said, “molecules that will enter a cell or organism and report back to us what the conditions are, what’s going…

UC San Diego Announces 2022 Undergraduate Library Research Prize Winners

September 1, 2022

…to improve our service models and assessing the ease of access to materials in our physical and digital collections. I would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to this year’s ULRP winners. We are proud of you for many reasons, including continuing UC San Diego’s tradition of producing innovative and…

Diving for the Bones of the Ice Age

June 11, 2020

…ground sloth, an elephant-sized animal that roamed the ancient Americas alongside the saber-tooth cat and the woolly mammoth. Sometime during its life, the sloth lumbered into a labyrinth cave system and wandered until it encountered the subterranean pit known today as Hoyo Negro, or “Black Hole.” Blind in the darkness,…

Historical Disease Meets Modern Biology in New Faculty Member Cressida Madigan’s Lab

July 2, 2020

…these diseases? A. The model organism that we use is zebrafish. As adults, they are about an inch and a half long but the larvae are only about a millimeter or two long and one of the really remarkable things about them is that they are completely optically transparent, sort…

COVID-19 Virus Uses Heparan Sulfate to Get Inside Cells

September 15, 2020

UC San Diego researchers discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can’t grab hold of cell receptor ACE2 without a carbohydrate called heparan sulfate, which is also found on lung cell surfaces — disrupting that interaction with a repurposed drug may help treat COVID-19.

Serving Up Sustainability and Eliminating Food Waste in Hospital Cafeterias

April 22, 2024

UC San Diego Health has launched a new program as part of its sustainability efforts that diverts unused food from the landfill and instead helps those in need.

Conrad Prebys Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Support Department of Music’s Community Outreach

May 3, 2021

The UC San Diego Department of Music will expand its post-pandemic reach with support from a $500,000 grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation, helping to launch the department’s outreach to both regional and international audiences.

A Former Food Desert Now Feeds a Community’s Spirit

October 23, 2014

…food forests, aquaculture and animal husbandry) in low income and under-served neighborhoods. The research will include diverse conceptual perspectives including biological, geographic, spatial, energetic, ecological, economic, socio-cultural, health, legal-institutional and political. Ann Klein, director of UC San Diego’s Financial Aid Office, said, “I encourage our students to apply for the…

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