February 28, 2024
Individuals with Williams syndrome have a gregarious “cocktail party” personality, while those with the opposite genetic alteration, in contrast, tend to have autistic traits and are prone to struggle socially. Research from UC San Diego sheds new light on the gene responsible.
March 18, 2021
…in vaccines alter your DNA? Schooley: Rumors have circulated that mRNA vaccines can change your DNA. This is false. Every cell in our body uses mRNA as a way to instruct cells on which proteins to make. While they enter cells to conduct their work, they do not enter the…
October 16, 2014
…the data involved with DNA sequencing. In his first year, Richmond worked with technology company Cognex to design an ultra-high-speed image processing pipeline—specifically for active 3D scanners—that could decompress and process 20,000 images per second. “I like the applications side of my work because I get to help people, and…
April 1, 2024
Using computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure at UC San Diego, researchers have built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date—an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families.
January 30, 2014
…a new technology called “DNA barcoding,” which Henter explained, “has initiated a renaissance in taxonomy.” Like the barcodes on supermarket packages that identify specific products to a supermarket scanner, short segments of genetic material in the genome have recently been discovered by biologists to be unique at or about the…
August 29, 2023
A $5 million gift from the Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Foundation has established the UC San Diego Gene Therapy Initiative to find novel therapies for children and adults with genetic diseases.
August 13, 2024
Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed a new approach to scour the oceans for novel compounds that could become the medicines and products of tomorrow.
November 10, 2022
An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.
November 14, 2011
…pathways that promote efficient DNA repair as well as pathways that regulate self-renewing capabilities of these stem cells in the absence and presence of DNA damage. The goal is to promote efficient self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells with minimum genetic instability – critical for the development of human therapeutics.…
November 20, 2014
…to do research.” “By assembling, analyzing, and publishing the DNA barcodes they find in the field,” says Henter, “our students participate as full citizens in the community of scientists. It’s a rare opportunity for undergraduates, and we’re proud of the enthusiasm and the professionalism they bring to the project.”
