Supercomputers Unlock Reproductive Mysteries of Viruses and Life
March 19, 2020
Scientists, including UC San Diego researchers, recently relied on supercomputer simulations to better understand the reproductive mysteries of viruses and DNA.
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White Coats, Bright Futures: Skaggs Pharmacy School Welcomes Its 22nd Class to the Profession
October 8, 2024
As family, friends and loved ones looked on proudly, more than 70 pharmacy students were inducted into the profession at the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences White Coat ceremony.
Q&A: Strengthening Antibody Armor for Tripledemic Times
November 3, 2022
This season there are three prevalent respiratory viruses to be aware of—influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), all of which are transmitted via aerosols.
Gulf War Illness Caused by Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Not Inflammation
July 12, 2023
UC San Diego scientists contest longstanding hypothesis about mysterious illness affecting Gulf War veterans, providing first direct evidence that symptoms are driven by impaired mitochondria.
Schmidt Futures Fellows Seek to Expand Promise of AI in STEM Fields
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
Optimism Meets Pessimism at The Atlantic Meets the Pacific Forum
October 10, 2013
…measuring vital signs like heart rate and blood pressure, not vital signs pertaining to consciousness. But Big Data is forcing Big Medicine to change in big ways, and smart, wireless devices, combined with powerful algorithms, are now able to measure and analyze data that weren’t previously quantifiable. Take cancer research.…
Artificial Intelligence Enables Rapid COVID-19 Lung Imaging Analysis at UC San Diego Health
April 7, 2020
With support from Amazon Web Services, UC San Diego Health physicians are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding the detection of pneumonia, a condition associated with severe COVID-19.
NIH Awards Coast-To-Coast Consortium $5.6 Million for All of Us Research Program
May 20, 2024
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have been awarded a $5.6 million grant to further their efforts within the All of Us Research Program, which aims to accelerate and promote equity in health research.
Pharming the Microbiome
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
Clinical Trial Tests Tattoo Sensor as Needleless Glucose Monitor for Diabetes Patients
April 19, 2018
…less. “Adherence to chronic disease management is low—about 50 percent. Diabetes is no exception,” said Chao. “There’s more self-management involved in diabetes, including using needles to test blood glucose, monitoring foot health, managing medications and keeping regular clinical appointments. That’s a lot more than many other conditions. We need to…
