November 14, 2019
…Malhotra, MD, critical care pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist at UC San Diego Health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been more than 1,800 cases of vaping-related lung injury and 37 deaths reported nationwide as of October 29, 2019. “The average age of these…
July 23, 2020
…Dr. Timothy Morris, a pulmonologist, and James Friend in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. In addition to Sandubrae and Grant from QI, other team members include Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. student Gopesh Tivawala and other physicians and researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering and the UC…
September 17, 2020
…Dr. Amy Bellinghausen, a pulmonologist at UC San Diego Health, said dexamethasone, a corticosteroid commonly used to treat inflammatory conditions like arthritis, has shown promise in treating the sickest COVID-19 patients. The FDA has also issued an EUA for convalescent plasma (CP) therapy, which involves infusing patients with antibodies extracted…
October 7, 2021
…Dr. Jess Mandel, a pulmonologist and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UC San Diego Health. “The vaccines were developed to prime the immune system so that if COVID-19 infection occurs, it is much less likely to be severe or fatal. The vaccines that…
October 16, 2013
Surgeons at UC San Diego Health System have performed their 3,000th pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), a lifesaving surgery to clear the lung’s arteries of scar-like tissue that robs patients of their ability to breathe.
November 20, 2014
UC San Diego Health System is a world leader in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and now with a $7.6 million grant, has helped launch the first national CTEPH registry to improve best practices and patient care.
April 2, 2015
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause life-threatening skin, bloodstream and surgical site infections or pneumonia. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now report that cigarette smoke may make matters worse. The study, published March 30 by Infection and Immunity, shows that MRSA…
August 3, 2015
Ethiopians have lived at high altitudes for thousands of years, providing a natural experiment for studying human adaptations to low oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. One factor that may enable Ethiopians to tolerate high altitudes and hypoxia is the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene. Researchers at University of…
November 7, 2016
To better understand why some people adapt well to life at high altitude while others don’t, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine studied red blood cells derived from representatives of both groups living in the Andes Mountains. The study reveals that high-altitude, low-oxygen dwellers prone to…
July 20, 2018
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) unanimously approved this week two grants worth more than $2.2 million to University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers investigating stem cell-based therapies for a rare genetic disorder that affects the heart and a chronic, progressive affliction…
