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New Center Receives $18M from NSF to Develop Tools to Investigate the Pre-emergence Phase of Pandemics

August 22, 2024

Preventing the next pandemic begins before diseases emerge. This “pre-emergence” phase is the focus of a new Center—funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)—that is dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies for disease investigations and pandemic research.

Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates

May 8, 2019

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates.

New Mouse Model Points to Therapy for Liver Disease

August 18, 2014

…San Diego School of Medicine describe a novel mouse model that closely resembles human NASH and use it to demonstrate that interference with a key inflammatory protein inhibits both the development of NASH and its progression to liver cancer.

This Injectable Biomaterial Heals Tissues From the Inside Out

January 30, 2023

A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models.

Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries

August 5, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report successfully implanting specialized grafts of neural stem cells directly into spinal cord injuries in mice, then documenting how the grafts grew and filled the injury sites, mimicking the animals’ existing neuronal network.

Therapy Sneaks into Hard Layer of Pancreatic Cancer Tumor and Destroys it From Within

March 9, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center demonstrated that a new tumor-penetrating therapy could enhance the effects of chemotherapy, reduce the spread of pancreatic cancer and increase survival in animal models.

Researchers Discover New Pathway for Handling Stress

November 6, 2017

…San Diego studying how animals respond to infections have found a new pathway that may help in tolerating stressors that damage proteins. Naming the pathway the Intracellular Pathogen Response, or “IPR,” the scientists say it is a newly discovered way for animals to cope with certain types of stress and…

Snout Dated: Slow-Evolving Elephant Shark Offers New Insights into Human Physiology

June 4, 2019

Slow-evolving elephant shark reveals hormonal adaptation and offers new insights into human physiology.

UC San Diego Receives $7 Million from DOD for Innovative Neural Research

May 24, 2012

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at UC San Diego composed of physicists, biologists, chemists, bioengineers and psychologists has received a five-year, $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate the dynamic principles of collective brain activity.

Breaking the Patrisharky: Scientists Reexamine Gender Biases in Shark and Ray Mating Research

March 4, 2021

Shark scientists at Georgia Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and Dalhousie University are challenging the status quo in shark and ray mating research in a new study that looks at biological drivers of multiple paternity in these animals.

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