November 8, 2022
This November UC San Diego recognizes the rich and diverse cultures, traditions and stories of Native American tribes and communities with educational and community-building events.
July 9, 2024
Drawing from the expertise of the UC San Diego community, UC San Diego Today presents a list of seven ways that heat impacts health. Through collaboration and innovation, these insights can help pave the way for a healthier future for all.
August 1, 2017
…competition. The team will use the $25,000 in prize money to help them translate their research to the clinic as part of a public benefit corporation they recently created called Worldcare Technologies. Monitoring HIV levels in the blood is critical for identifying when the virus is becoming resistant to a…
May 10, 2023
UC San Diego physician-scientist explains why all chronic diseases are linked by the underlying failure of cells and the body to heal completely.
May 13, 2021
…mean the research was useless or you didn’t get anything out of it. That information is still very important.” Claire Zhang Claire Zhang. Photo Courtesy of Claire Zhang. As a young student, Claire Zhang was intrigued by both patient-facing clinical medicine and the technical innovations required to better manage disease.…
February 4, 2016
…professor and still researching drugs from the sea, including compounds that look very promising to fight melanoma, multiple myeloma as well as breast and ovarian cancer. Many of us cannot picture ourselves working for the same organization for decades. But a growing number of UC San Diego academics have been…
October 12, 2017
…illicit intravenous or non-injection drugs, men who have sex with men, people who suffer from liver diseases (cirrhosis, hepatitis B or hepatitis C), people who have clotting factor disorders, and those traveling to countries that have high hepatitis A rates. Health care, social and public health workers are also at…
December 7, 2017
…neurodegenerative diseases: designer DNA drugs that reduce synthesis of the toxic proteins produced by gene mutations or increase production from poorly expressed genes. This technology has already proven successful—it’s the underlying principle behind Ionis Pharmaceutical’s FDA-approved therapeutic for spinal muscular atrophy, an inherited muscle wasting condition that was previously always…
October 15, 2020
…and is abandoned. A drug candidate may not produce the desired effect in trials or may be associated with unacceptable adverse effects. A lot of things can dramatically slow or stop a candidate vaccine. Spector: With COVID-19, the development timeline has been incredibly accelerated, in large part because so many…
November 15, 2022
The startup AquilX seeks to commercialize a wearable device that offers a “lab under the skin.” But for Farshad Tehrani, the firm represents so much more.
