Evolutionary Gene Loss May Help Explain Why Only Humans are Prone to Heart Attacks
July 22, 2019
…in a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease in all humans as a species, while also setting up a further risk for red meat-eating humans.
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Researchers Characterize “Mutational Burden” of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
July 24, 2018
In a new study, published in this week’s issue of Cell Reports, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine scrutinized the whole genome sequences of 18 induced pluripotent stem cell lines derived from skin cells that they had reprogrammed to identify and characterize somatic mutations.
Spotlight on Faculty Research: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
June 13, 2011
…career trying to understand human cognition in social, cultural and material context, although his primary research sites, since 1989, have been in the world of commercial aviation. More… Silke Januszewski Forbes Silke Januszewski Forbes is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. Her research focuses on the airline industry…
Genetics Breakthrough in Sea Urchins to Aid in Biomedical Research
June 6, 2022
Marine biologists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have created a line of sea urchins whose genetic makeup is fully mapped and can be edited to study human disease genes. The creation of these new research model organisms will accelerate the pace of marine biomedical research.
Adoption of E-cigarettes for Smoking Cessation in 2017 Low and Ineffective
February 7, 2022
Smokers were not early adopters of high nicotine e-cigarettes as cessation aids despite the rapid growth of sales of these products in 2017, report Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego researchers.
A New Protein Target for Controlling Diabetes
April 11, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown biological mechanism involved in the regulation of pancreatic islet beta cells, whose role is to produce and release insulin. The discovery suggests a new therapeutic target for treating dysfunctional beta cells and type 2…
Golgi Trafficking Controlled by G-Proteins
April 9, 2015
…the communication system the human body uses to sense hormones and other chemicals in the bloodstream and to send messages to cells. In work that further illuminates how cells work, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a new role for G proteins that may…
Mapping the Pancreatic Islets
October 24, 2018
The mechanism leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to prevent, treat or even cure this condition. With a new $3.3 million grant, University of California School of Medicine researchers hope to create a high resolution reference map of pancreatic…
Two UC San Diego Scientists Receive Stem Cell Technology Grants
February 2, 2015
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded two University of California, San Diego researchers almost $3 million in combined funding to pursue new technologies intended to accelerate advances moving stem cell therapies out of the lab and into the clinic.
Zika Virus May Cause Microcephaly by Hijacking Human Immune Molecule
May 6, 2016
For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have determined one way Zika virus infection can damage developing brain cells. The study, published May 6 in Cell Stem Cell, also shows that inhibiting this mechanism reduces brain cell damage, hinting at a new therapeutic…
