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Same Treatment Tested for Kids with Kawasaki Disease and Rare COVID-19 Reaction

October 26, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine tested the same treatment for kids with Kawasaki disease and rare COVID-19 reaction.

New Scoliosis Procedure Helps One-Time Olympic Hopeful Compete Again

September 30, 2021

…time—the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I had a physical therapist and a nurse come in twice a week, but then the country got locked down, so I knew that I would have to do it on my own,” she said. “So I took everything I knew from training as…

Exercise Boosts Motor Skill Learning Via Changes in Brain’s Transmitters

May 4, 2020

Comparing the brains of mice that exercised with those that did not, UC San Diego researchers found that specific neurons switched their chemical signals, called neurotransmitters, following exercise, leading to improved learning for motor-skill acquisition.

UC San Diego Health Physicians Named ‘Top Docs’ in San Diego County

October 10, 2022

More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named “Top Docs” in the 2022 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.

‘Care Fair for Gender Affirmation’ Hosted by Interdisciplinary Student Health and Wellbeing Team

April 11, 2023

UC San Diego’s Student Health Services (SHS) has launched a new Interdisciplinary Gender-Affirming Care Team as part of the Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW) cluster. Students who are exploring their gender identity are invited to attend the upcoming Care Fair on April 11.

Dogs Understand Words from Soundboard Buttons, Study Reveals

August 28, 2024

If you’ve seen those viral social media videos of dogs using soundboard buttons to “talk,” you’re not alone. These buttons have taken the pet world by storm, leading to impressive and sometimes seemingly miraculous feats shared across platforms like TikTok and Instagram. But are these dogs truly communicating, or are…

UC San Diego Receives $15M Cryptocurrency Donation, Largest for Research on Airborne Pathogens

March 7, 2023

UC San Diego has received a $15M cryptocurrency gift, directed by Vitalik Buterin, to establish the Meta-Institute for Airborne Disease in a Changing Climate.

TigerGraph Announces Center of Innovation in San Diego

June 17, 2021

TigerGraph, provider of the leading graph analytics platform, today announced plans to open a research and development-focused center of innovation in San Diego and recruit from the area’s extensive technology talent pool and will partner with UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute.

New Skin Patch Brings Us Closer to Wearable, All-In-One Health Monitor

February 15, 2021

UC San Diego engineers have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate, alcohol or caffeine. It performs as well as several commercial devices in one.

Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution

March 25, 2021

…taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC San Diego is an emerging HSI, defined as a public university serving a population of at least 15 to 24 percent full-time Latinx/Chicanx students. At 20 percent, the university is close to accomplishing its goal of becoming a qualified HSI—which requires at least…

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