August 11, 2022
…used to treat Kawasaki disease, the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children. She has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, lectured on maternal and pediatric drug therapeutics at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and served on working groups and advisory committees for the National Institutes…
September 16, 2020
Early detection and intervention stanched the first known introductions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into North America and Europe, validating the effectiveness of quick, comprehensive testing and contact tracing, but inadequate public health measures allowed the virus to take hold.
September 7, 2021
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
October 2, 2014
…and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases. McKerrow brings a wealth of experience in natural product research and drug discovery and development. His keen interest in these areas will help bring together cross-disciplinary researchers on campus and in the community—in global health, infectious diseases, biology and chemistry and drug development programs.Cristina Della…
September 26, 2014
In a paper published this week online in Global Society, researchers with University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Urban Studies and Planning Program, also at UC San Diego, present a bioregional guide that merges place-based (territorial) city planning and ecosystem management along the United States-Mexico border…
June 5, 2012
…in UC San Diego’s infectious disease department and the project’s sponsor. The low-cost microscope has another advantage: it’s run by a laptop or iPad to which it sends the images it captures. That means physicians can start using and sharing data right away. Aronoff-Spencer is one of the physicians partnering…
December 10, 2021
Few places in the country are better equipped to detect new virus variants than San Diego, where researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Research, working with county public health officials, health systems and others, collaborate to create a sort of viral early warning system.
January 22, 2016
A team of biologists and biomedical researchers at UC San Diego has developed a new method to determine if bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics within a few hours, an advance that could slow the appearance of drug resistance and allow doctors to more rapidly identify the appropriate treatment for patients…
August 31, 2020
The University of California San Diego has once again been recognized as the number one public university in the nation by Washington Monthly based on the university’s contributions to social mobility, research and service.
December 5, 2023
A virtual event hosted by the School of Biological Sciences offered attendees from around the world a glimpse into how artificial intelligence is being used to accelerate scientific discovery and shape biomedical research, both in academia and industry.
