A New Map Reveals the Complicated World in Which Cells Seek to Repair Damaged DNA
May 22, 2023
UC San Diego scientists develop an interactive software that enables scientists to better investigate the DNA damage response.
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Enhancer RNAs Alter Gene Expression
June 3, 2013
In a pair of distinct but complementary papers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues illuminate the functional importance of a relatively new class of RNA molecules. The work, published online this week in the journal Nature, suggests modulation of “enhancer-directed RNAs” or “eRNAs”…
IDASH Projects: Protecting Privacy and Patient Rights in the Name of Scientific Progress
September 10, 2013
In the years since the best-selling book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” made the issue of informed consent and patient privacy a national topic of conversation, scientists and clinicians have continued to struggle to develop a comprehensive methodology for collecting and sharing data from patients and research subjects without…
Campus Leverages Milestone Anniversary to Raise Critically-Needed Funds
October 18, 2011
…Carol Murray to support cancer and retina research; $3 million bequest from Patty Morris to fund arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease research; $2.4 million grant by the Hellman Family Foundation to support junior faculty members; More than $2 million from Irwin and Joan Jacobs to support the School of Engineering; $2…
UC San Diego Health’s Lucila Ohno-Machado Elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 15, 2018
Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego Health, professor of medicine and associate dean for informatics and technology at the School of Medicine, and a founding faculty member of UC San Diego Halicioğlu Data Science Institute, has been elected to the National…
Working Inside the Bubble
October 25, 2012
…of several types of cancer. In one example, preclinical studies have shown that blocking this receptor inhibits undifferentiated stem cells within breast cancer tumors, leading to the death of all tumor cell types and stopping them from seeding new tumors. Opella and colleagues hope this finding along with continuing studies…
Reducing Food Insecurity through Food Sustainability
November 21, 2019
…like those with esophageal cancer.” Rafael Carranza of Special Delivery San Diego accepts trays of leftover food from Blaze Fernades, catering lead at UC San Diego Medical Center, that will be delivered by the nonprofit group to San Diegans facing food insecurity. In the 1990s, Henricks, a restauranteur, began to…
UC San Diego Health Receives Highest Award for Obstetric, Infant Care
December 5, 2023
UC San Diego Health has once again been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for Obstetric and Infant Care by U.S. News & World Report.
UC San Diego Human Milk Institute Names its Executive Director
October 2, 2023
UC San Diego Human Milk Institute names Mitra Hooshmand, PhD, as its Executive Director. Hooshman will lead strategy and operations at the innovative research institute.
Altman Clinical and Translational Research Building Makes Its Debut
March 10, 2016
…ways to detect primary breast cancer and early stage Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It provides researchers and institutions with services such as trial design, data analysis and training, with doctoral and community outreach programs in bioinformatics, clinical psychology, communicative disorders and more. The new building exemplifies growth of clinical and translational…
