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Scientists Try Old Weapon Against Deadly New Target

October 23, 2014

…not stopping – the infectious, deadly and terrifying virus. UC Health System Forms Ebola Response Task Force The West Africa Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia and the infection of U.S. health care workers has captured media attention and created concern in hospitals and communities across the nation.…

Breaking Bad Mitochondria

April 15, 2014

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that explains why people with the hepatitis C virus get liver disease and why the virus is able to persist in the body for so long.

Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom Series to Showcase Expertise of Campus Community

February 11, 2021

…and scientist specializing in infectious diseases, microbiology and immunology. I received my medical training at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over more than two decades at UC San Diego, I have led a large, collaborative and highly interdisciplinary research laboratory developing innovative approaches to prevent or treat difficult infections. Some…

#MedEd: How Doctors Use Social Media to Advance Medicine

August 29, 2023

Ever wonder what your doctor is doing on social media? A new study published in JAMA led by John W. Ayers, Ph.D., from the Qualcomm Institute within the University of California San Diego, finds some physicians are harnessing the reach of social media to share and debate medical advancements.

Smart Molecules Trigger White Blood Cells to Become Better Cancer-Eating Machines

September 28, 2017

…method of re-engineering immune cells to fight cancer and infectious diseases. The team successfully tested this method in a live cell culture system.

Compound Discovered at Sea Shows Potency against Anthrax

July 17, 2013

A team led by William Fenical at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered a new chemical compound from an ocean microbe in a preliminary research finding that could one day set the stage for new treatments for anthrax and other ailments such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…

Stuck on Flu

November 22, 2013

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown for the first time how influenza A viruses snip through a protective mucus net to both infect respiratory cells and later cut their way out to infect other cells.

Q&A with Infectious Disease Modeler Natasha Martin

July 23, 2020

Q&A with Infectious Disease Modeler Natasha Martin UC San Diego’s plan for the fall quarter is continually evolving, informed by the university’s Return to Learn program. We invited students, faculty and staff to submit their questions, including inquiries about the overarching goal of the program, the role of testing in…

UC San Diego Sends Blood Stem Cells to Space

December 21, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Diego launched blood stem cells into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to study stress-induced aging and how stem cells and their progeny transform into pre-cancer and cancer stem cells associated with leukemia and other blood cancers.

Study to Investigate How Sexual Trauma Increases HIV Susceptibility in Women

March 5, 2019

Novel study to investigate how sexual trauma increases HIV susceptibility in women.

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