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.
April 12, 2023
University of California San Diego computer scientists are among the lead authors of an international study that finds tiny circles of DNA that defy the accepted laws of genetics are key drivers of cancer formation.
April 20, 2023
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea.
September 26, 2023
An international study co-authored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has created a detailed record of the grounding line location of the southern Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, showing that it moves up to 15 kilometers (nine miles) with the changing tide.
March 21, 2024
There are plenty of reasons to love artificial intelligence (AI). But what happens when helpfulness turns into harm? This is one of the big questions that occupies David Danks, a professor in UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and Department of Philosophy.
January 22, 2015
…technologies such as Doppler monitors, which employ sonic waves to detect fetal heartbeats, but Pinard horns continue to be the tool of choice, if not necessity, in developing countries where healthcare is limited. And where, according to international health authorities, most of the 3 million newborn deaths and 2.5 million…
June 18, 2015
…these personalized cancer vaccines.” Continual learning essential for physicians of the future Venter said he also predicts that care teams will become more multi-disciplinary, that computer technology will be more ubiquitous, and data from wireless monitors and sensors relevant to individual health will be flowing constantly. At the same time,…
May 28, 2020
…May 26. Learners can continue to sign up to take the first course in the series until July 28 and would have until Aug. 31 to complete it. The subsequent courses in the series are offered in staggered fashion with the final capstone course beginning in December. That final course…
September 17, 2020
…is that SARS-CoV-2 will continue to remain a significant public health threat until there is an effective vaccine and some degree of herd immunity.” If humans face the prospect of living with the dual threats of COVID-19 and influenza for at least part of every year, there are things to…
December 3, 2020
…and bike-friendly pathways will continue to be added throughout campus neighborhoods to enhance and encourage the movement of people and bikes through the campus core and to mass transportation options. Current UC San Diego students had the opportunity to participate in a real-world experiential learning opportunity—the Urban Design Challenge 2020—to…
