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New Genetic ‘CopyCatchers’ Detect Efficient and Precise CRISPR Editing in a Living Organism

May 11, 2021

Scientists have developed a novel CRISPR-based genetic sensor called a “CopyCatcher” to detect instances in which a genetic element is copied precisely from one chromosome to another in cells of a fruit fly.

Inaugural Grad SLAM Competition Showcases Impact of Graduate Student Work

April 17, 2014

…path to preventing Alzheimer’s disease, the competitors spoke of their research and how it relates to current challenges and problems that society faces. Keng-Lou James Hung, a graduate student in biological sciences, opened the competition by talking about global food production. “One out of three bites that humans take are…

Faculty Invited to Exclusive Symposium for ‘Creative Young Engineers’

June 27, 2013

Jacobs School of Engineering professors Karen Christman and Gert Lanckriet are among 81 of the nation’s most “creative young engineers” selected to attend this year’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium by the National Academy of Engineering.

A Key Step Toward a Safer Strep Vaccine

June 11, 2014

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the genes encoding a molecule that famously defines Group A Streptococcus (strep), a pathogenic bacterial species responsible for more than 700 million infections worldwide each year.

Three Early Career Faculty Members Selected to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships

February 22, 2024

UC San Diego Assistant Professors Vineet Augustine, Abdoulaye Ndao and Monique Smith have been selected to receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships. They are among 126 scientists chosen by the Sloan Foundation to receive one of the most prestigious awards for early career scientists.

Saving Lives: The Critical Role of Bystander CPR

February 20, 2024

Bystander CPR occurs anytime CPR is initially performed by a non-medical rescuer. Critical for survival, bystander CPR initiation delays of even a few minutes while awaiting advanced resuscitation from emergency responders significantly reduces a person’s chance for survival.

UC San Diego Health is Home to San Diego’s Top Docs

October 1, 2024

UC San Diego Health physicians are named “Top Docs” in annual survey.

UC San Diego Health Achieves Milestones for Lifesaving Heart and Lung Treatments

September 26, 2024

Patient undergoes 5,000th innovative surgery by a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health to remove blood clots from the lung’s paper-thin arteries.

Latest ‘Inside Innovation’ Examines Stem Cells’ Role in Causing (and Fighting) Cancer

January 12, 2017

The next presentation in UC San Diego’s “Inside Innovation” series features Dr. Catriona Jamieson speaking on “Detection and Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Cell Evolution.” The free and public presentation will be held 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Roth Auditorium at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, 2880…

New Blood: Tracing the Beginnings of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

August 13, 2014

In a paper published online this week in Nature, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine elaborate upon a crucial signaling pathway and the role of key proteins, which may help clear the way to generate HSCs from human pluripotent precursors, similar to advances with other…

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