May 26, 2017
In a small, randomized Phase I/II clinical trial (SAT1), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a 100-year-old drug called suramin, originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness, was safely administered to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who subsequently displayed measurable, but transient, improvement in…
February 19, 2013
…Medicine and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences upend a long-held view about the basic functioning of a key receptor molecule involved in signaling between neurons, and describe how a compound linked to Alzheimer’s disease impacts that receptor and weakens synaptic connections between brain cells.
June 18, 2015
…of Arts in political science as well as a minor in education studies. Esparza plans to be a three-time UC San Diego graduate—she graduated from Preuss High School UCSD as a senior in 2011, has graduated as an undergraduate from UC San Diego this year and, in 2016, will continue…
January 31, 2023
The evolution of clinical trials is accelerating, driven by emerging technologies, social imperatives and the next public health crisis.
May 2, 2019
…New Dean of Biological Sciences On September 15, 2018, UC San Diego introduced Kit Pogliano, a professor of molecular biology and a faculty member since 1996, as its fourth dean of Biological Sciences and the division’s first female leader. Born and raised in central Washington state, Pogliano attended the University…
December 18, 2020
…Health and Human Longevity Science, and will lead the ambitious effort to engage the entire university in a quest for optimal health for all citizens. ‘Magic mushrooms’ may manage pain Scientifically known as Psilocybe cubensis, this mushroom species’ active ingredients are psilocybin and psilobin. iStock.com/horkins There’s potential for psychedelics to…
February 26, 2024
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI’s new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.
August 8, 2023
University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
December 13, 2019
A multi-institutional research team has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to build an interdisciplinary research program that explores how the brain learns and stores information.
March 9, 2023
Researchers have discovered early social learning in insects. They found signaling communicated by honey bees about food sources—transmitted through a “waggle dance”—is an intricate form of social learning and one of the most complex known examples of non-human spatial referential communication.
