March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016 —
…California Institute for Regenerative Medicine approved yesterday a $6.3 million grant to a research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, Davis to pursue a novel human embryonic stem cell-based therapy to rescue and restore neurons devastated by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or…
February 5, 2019
February 5, 2019 —
To make it easier for patients to receive world-class cancer care, UC San Diego Health has added a new multidisciplinary cancer clinic in Hillcrest and expanded its infusion center for both oncology patients and others in need of infusion services.
October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023 —
Anthony J.A. Molina of UC San Diego School of Medicine leads a multi-disciplinary project selected to receive funding from Wellcome Leap’s $60 million Dynamic Resilience program.
April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019 —
Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health treats the first patient treated for cancer with a human-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cell therapy called FT500. Dan Kaufman collaborated with Fate Therapeutics to bring the iPSC-derived natural killer cell cancer immunotherapy to patients.
November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022 —
Darren Hamilton, age 42, is a police officer for the City of Coronado. He has been involved in a variety of experiences, some uplifting and rewarding, some intense and extremely difficult.
March 6, 2024
March 6, 2024 —
An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study published March 6 in Journals of the American College of Cardiology: Basic to Translational Science.
August 10, 2017
August 10, 2017 —
…San Diego School of Medicine researchers, has created a human stem cell-based model of a rare, but devastating, inherited neurological autoimmune condition called Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome (AGS). In doing so, the team was able to identify unusual and surprising underlying genetic mechanisms that drive AGS and test strategies to inhibit the…
February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024 —
According to experts, there is a disparity between the diversity of health care staff and the patients served.
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016 —
Each year, at precisely the same moment, thousands of graduating medical school students across the country simultaneously tear open an envelope. Inside, there is a single sheet of paper and on it, a handful of words. Those words will inform each graduate where he or she will do their residencies,…
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 —
…for cancer such as palliative care, speech therapy, psychological services, diet and nutrition are now almost all conducted via telehealth since these visits do not require physical exams, but still help maintain a connection between patients and their health care teams. Moores Cancer Center has also converted many of its…