May 10, 2018
…Lyon’s case. Lyon’s tumor DNA had an almost-unheard-of 100 mutations. But, based on his genetic data, the Molecular Tumor Board experts recommended a particular type of immunotherapy that is used for other types of cancers, but is not standard treatment for basal cell carcinoma. They believed the drug would help…
May 1, 2012
…UC San Diego’s institutional DNA. From the campus’s commute solutions, to its emphasis on sustainable operations, energy efficiency and recycling––UC San Diego practices, teaches and supports environmentally responsible choices. The campus has been hailed for its commitment to sustainability and was recently recognized as one of the most environmentally responsible…
January 21, 2021
…first person to sequence DNA in space. “Studying microbiology on station is very similar to the earth, except for you’re floating, maybe doing the same experiment but you’re conducting it on the ceiling because that’s a convenient place to work,” said Rubins, in a NASA video introducing the Artemis team.…
October 23, 2023
Two PhD students in the University of California San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Ke Sun and Jennifer Switzer, have been awarded 2023 Google PhD Fellowships. They join three recent CSE recipients of the award.
December 6, 2011
…is in the university’s DNA, he said, and he quoted Roger Revelle: “The discovery of ways to use less expensive forms of energy than human muscles made it possible for men to be free.” UC San Diego’s Advanced Energy Initiative is necessary, he said, to help us maintain our freedoms,…
April 4, 2023
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.
January 17, 2023
More than half a dozen scientists from Scripps Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center will be venturing to Antarctica for the 2022-23 field season.
October 25, 2012
…for larger ones, like DNA. But proteins are enormous, hundreds of atoms forming a chain of amino acids that twists, bends and folds into complex shapes critical for their functions. Pockets and loops provide surfaces by which they interact with other molecules, and helices spiral through the double layer of…
April 17, 2012
…find cases in which DNA evidence exonerates an innocent person. But the mistake that the researchers made was to suggest that confidence judgments from a witness are uninformative (thereby throwing out the baby with the bathwater). Fortunately, the researchers' mistakes have been corrected in recent years, but I'm not sure…
February 28, 2023
UC San Diego’s new Astrobiotechnology Hub brings together leaders in academia, biotechnology and aerospace industries under a united mission to advance stem cell science and commercialization in space.
