November 19, 2020
…is a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist. “A human milk bank is such an important resource for our communities. Human milk is critical for the growth and development of infants, and it protects them from infection. Having human milk is an investment in the long-term health of these very fragile…
February 17, 2022
…as implications for human diseases. Later, when the chimpanzee genome was being sequenced, there was a problem when it came to naming conventions because humans have one fewer chromosome than chimpanzees—two separate ancestral chromosomes fused together at some point in evolution to form the second largest human chromosome. UC San…
June 11, 2020
Using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and deleting a key gene, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have created natural killer cells — a type of immune cell — with measurably stronger activity against a form of leukemia, both in vivo and in vitro.
May 7, 2020
…Professor of Medicine and infectious disease specialist Chip Schooley. The event’s successful transition was made possible by innovative teamwork and the power of Zoom, a web conferencing service which has seen its daily users more than quadruple since December (MarketWatch). By utilizing a Zoom webinar instead of a Zoom meeting,…
October 29, 2020
…reduce the spread of infectious diseases. Researchers plan to conduct experiments to optimize learning conditions for students by changing airflow, temperature, humidity and lighting conditions in classrooms. Similarly, researchers could make changes in the energy prices at EV charging stations and see how this impacts customer willingness to delay charging…
July 7, 2022
Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.
January 25, 2018
In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus — and blocked transmission of the virus to mouse fetuses. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil and…
February 3, 2022
…Diego Health. As an infectious disease specialist, Pride runs a research laboratory that specializes in viruses and has been in a leader in the university’s development of testing strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent Q&A in Discoveries Magazine, Pride shares more about the human virome and…
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
November 1, 2024
Throughout the day-long event, participants exchanged views on current issues in health and medicine, from addiction to hospital cybersecurity.
