July 21, 2023
Researchers have created a resource for analyzing how viruses infect human cells. The fruit fly-based toolkit provides a shortcut for assessing SARS-CoV-2 genes and understanding how they interact with human proteins, offering researchers a resource for new COVID-related drug therapies.
September 15, 2017
A new study evaluating models of future climate scenarios has led to the creation of the new risk categories “catastrophic” and “unknown” to characterize the range of threats posed by rapid global warming. Researchers propose that unknown risks imply existential threats to the survival of humanity.
August 17, 2020
UC San Diego researchers discovered that tumor cells in younger and female patients accumulate cancer-causing mutations that are more poorly presented to the immune system, better enabling tumors to escape detection and clearance.
June 25, 2020
…this lady doing this—reading children’s books. But that’s what she was trying to do—just show us that there is a future, you have to better yourself; you have to prepare for this.” The road to education According to Bearden, Ms. Rose’s love of learning started to rub off on him,…
April 27, 2017
…and parent of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder, spoke about his path to a career in science and why his family was marching. A large part of his passion for science began with the birth of his first daughter, who was born blind. He later got involved in research…
February 11, 2020
UC San Diego and IBM researchers reveal a new understanding of how our microbiomes change as we age, setting the stage for future research on the role microbes play in accelerating or decelerating the aging process and influencing age-related diseases.
September 6, 2012
…Safer cardiac pumps for children born with heart defects. Giant art collections sorted with a click. Better composite materials for aircraft. In the new Structural and Materials Engineering building at the University of California, San Diego engineers, artists and medical device researchers who work at different scales and in different…
January 28, 2021
…his wife. His grown children drove in with him, and he said they had been especially desperate to get him vaccinated since he is their only surviving parent. Like everyone I talked to, they were incredibly grateful for all of the staff and volunteers who made it not only possible,…
June 25, 2024
Chief Administrative Officer for Health Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion discusses how her childhood influences mission to confront health disparities.
January 25, 2018
…spend time with her children and being there to pick them up from school. “We so often doubt ourselves,” she said. “But you can absolutely be an excellent mom and leader—you don’t have to choose between the two. It’s hard, but you have to make those decisions without regret or…
