May 22, 2023
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed the first fully integrated wearable ultrasound system for deep-tissue monitoring, including for subjects on the go. It facilitates potentially life-saving cardiovascular monitoring and marks a major breakthrough for one of t
August 3, 2015
Ethiopians have lived at high altitudes for thousands of years, providing a natural experiment for studying human adaptations to low oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. One factor that may enable Ethiopians to tolerate high altitudes and hypoxia is the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene. Researchers at University of…
July 27, 2016
The number of women living to age 90 in the United States has increased significantly in the past century. Currently estimated at 1.3 million, this demographic is expected to quadruple by 2050. A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women who…
July 30, 2020
…Vicky Young, at Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Health. Two Hearts Become One While Waiting for Another Patient waiting for a new heart is married at No. 1 ranked UC San Diego Health Dressed in a Hawaiian shirt with a boutonnière pinned above the pocket and hair neatly…
January 28, 2016
…well as the best care they have ever seen,” said Ahmed, who is also chief of the Foot and Ankle Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC San Diego Health and a foot and ankle consultant to the San Diego Chargers. The Youth Olympic Games bring together talented…
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 20, 2022
The UC San Diego FIRST Program will recruit 12 diverse, early-career research faculty in the biomedical sciences and the implement strategies to improve faculty recruitment, retention, success and inclusion.
October 16, 2014
Changing Lives: Carol Vassiliadis Names Hospital with $8.5 Million to Jacobs Medical Center Carol Vassiliadis surveys the construction site of Jacobs Medical Center, which will be home to the A. Vassiliadis Family Hospital for Advanced Surgery. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications People give to the University of California,…
January 28, 2019
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified a genetic pathway that causes some individuals to develop an abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, after experiencing a heart attack. They have also identified a drug candidate that can block this pathway.
March 1, 2016
Chronic psychosocial and emotional stress has well-documented negative effects upon the human immune system but less is known about the health effects of acute but transitory episodes of stress. Do panic-inducing moments also raise the risk of stress-related conditions? A team of researchers at University of California, San Diego School…
