Last-Itch Effort: Fighting the Bacteria That Exacerbate Eczema with Bacteria
February 22, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine use bacteriotherapy to improve symptoms of atopic dermatitis.
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UC San Diego School of Medicine Named One of Nation’s Top Residency Programs
January 13, 2015
UC San Diego School of Medicine was today named one of the nation’s top residency training programs in 10 specialties by Doximity. The Doximity report included more than 50,000 peer nominations from board-certified US physicians, and evaluated 3,691 residency training programs across 20 specialties.
Transplanting Good Bacteria to Kill Staph
February 22, 2017
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers screened 10,000 colonies of bacteria found on the epidermis to determine how many had antimicrobial properties and at what rate these are found on healthy and non-healthy skin. In a paper published in Science Translation Medicine, the team reports isolating and…
Six UC San Diego Professors Named 2017 AAAS Fellows
November 20, 2017
UC San Diego professors Michael Burkart, Catherine Constable, Richard Gallo, William Gerwick, Miroslav Krstic and Lorraine Pillus have been awarded the distinction of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the United States and publisher of the journal Science.
Beneficial Skin Bacteria Protect Against Skin Cancer
February 28, 2018
Science continues to peel away layers of the skin microbiome to reveal its protective properties. In a study published in Science Advances on February 28, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report a potential new role for some bacteria on the skin: protecting against cancer.
Fat Isn’t All Bad: Skin Adipocytes Help Protect Against Infections
January 5, 2015
When it comes to skin infections, a healthy and robust immune response may depend greatly upon what lies beneath. In a new paper published in the January 2, 2015 issue of Science, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report the surprising discovery that fat cells…
What Happens When We Sunburn
July 9, 2012
The biological mechanism of sunburn – the reddish, painful, protective immune response from ultraviolet (UV) radiation – is a consequence of RNA damage to skin cells, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere in the July 8, 2012 Advance Online Publication of Nature…
UC San Diego Named 8th Best Among U.S. Public Universities by Center for World University Rankings
June 8, 2020
The University of California San Diego has been ranked 8th among public U.S. universities by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
UC San Diego Researchers Identify How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity
December 26, 2018
Some dermal fibroblasts can convert into fat cells that reside under the dermis, giving skin a youthful look and producing peptides that fight infections. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how this happens and what causes it to stop as people age.
UC San Diego Engineer Talks Tech with Congressional Staff in Washington, D.C.
May 19, 2017
UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Patrick Mercier met with staff members working for representatives for San Diego County and for California Senator Dianne Feinstein at an event on Capitol Hill, where he showcased wearable technologies that have the potential to revolutionize access to health care.
