August 6, 2018
For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Imperial College London, with international collaborators, have determined that Kawasaki disease (KD) can be accurately diagnosed on the basis of the pattern of host gene expression in whole blood. The finding could lead to a…
February 2, 2017
…An engineer watching a cardiac surgeon open up a patient’s chest to treat the heart may plan to build a better way to help the surgeon open the chest. However, if the engineer instead explores alternate means to access the key structures, the surgeon may not need to open up…
April 12, 2022
UC San Diego study shows chronic JUUL use leads to inflammatory changes across the body, and may affect organs’ response to infection; results depend on e-cigarette flavor.
December 15, 2014
When the company Topera was recently acquired for $250 million by global health-care giant Abbott, it was the culmination of a UC San Diego scientist’s entrepreneurial hard work – and another successful university spin-off shepherded to market by our Technology Transfer Office.
September 8, 2022
After a rare disease caused organ failure, UC San Diego Heath transplant teams performed a heart, liver and kidney transplant on a patient. The surgery is a first for UC San Diego Health and a first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death.
February 17, 2022
…Well UC San Diego Health patient proves you don’t need a functioning heart to function perfectly Mandy Berzak recalled recently asking her UC San Diego Health cardiologist whether she should wear a heart monitor, to make sure her heart didn’t beat too fast during the long-distance cycling events she took…
December 18, 2018
UC San Diego’s Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Professor Susan Taylor were named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. They are part of the NAI’s 2018 cohort of 148 new fellows who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation.
February 25, 2020
A new study at UC San Diego, published February 11, 2020, found that exposure to heatwaves during the last week of pregnancy was strongly linked to an increased risk of preterm delivery – the hotter the temperature or the longer the heatwave, the greater the risk.
January 25, 2018
…the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take a chance on a new endeavor — a new school of medicine that was just one building in the middle of nowhere and a newly acquired community hospital a ways down the freeway in Hillcrest. “I was attracted by the concept of…
March 15, 2018
…and wearable technology for health diagnostics. In the Elevator Pitch Competition, student competitors, some wearing oversized blazers and slacks, confidently pitched their business ideas to a panel of potential investors, actual venture capitalists and angel investors throughout the state. The conference hosted not only UC San Diego student innovators, but…
