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Personalizing Precision Medicine with Combination Therapies Improves Outcomes in Cancer

April 22, 2019

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that treating patients with personalized precision medicine that combined therapies to target multiple alterations improved outcomes in patients with therapy resistant cancers.

Natalie Rodriguez: The Whole Person

October 14, 2021

…sees every student and patient in their entirety. Now, it’s her time to be seen. UC San Diego associate clinical professor and alumna Natalie Rodriguez was named the 2021 recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award. As San Diegans settle down to watch the sunset at…

COVID-19 Rebound after Taking Paxlovid Likely Due to Insufficient Drug Exposure

June 21, 2022

COVID-19 rebound following Paxlovid treatment likely due to insufficient drug exposure, UC San Diego researchers find after showing rebound patient did not show drug resistance or impaired immunity.

Developing Sex-specific Treatments for Heart Disease

December 2, 2021

…San Diego bioengineer advances equity in science, and among scientists As a heart fails, a woman’s ventricular wall increases in thickness relative to a man’s. And in heart valve disease, men show more calcified tissue growth, while women develop more fibrotic, scar-like tissue. Yet, treatments for both diseases remain strikingly…

UC San Diego Health Ranks No. 1 in San Diego, Makes National Honor Roll

July 31, 2023

U.S. News & World Report ranks 10 medical and surgical specialties at UC San Diego Health among the nation’s best.

DrugCell: New Experimental AI Platform Matches Tumor to Best Drug Combo

October 22, 2020

UC San Diego researchers use experimental artificial intelligence system called DrugCell to predict the best approach to treating cancer. Only 4 percent of all cancer therapeutic drugs under development earn final approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Precision Oncology via Artificial Intelligence on Cancer Biopsies

July 31, 2024

An artificial intelligence method to detect biomarkers in tumor biopsies promises to cut weeks and thousands of dollars from cancer detection, extending the benefits of precision oncology to underserved and under-resourced patients.

Even DNA that Doesn’t Encode Genes Can Drive Cancer

April 2, 2018

The vast majority of genetic mutations associated with cancer occur in non-coding regions of the genome, yet it’s unclear how they may influence tumor development or growth. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center identified nearly 200 mutations in non-coding DNA that play…

Amy M. Sitapati Named 2022 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Recipient

April 13, 2022

UC San Diego Health physician recognized for her humanistic approach to medicine and delivery of care for patients and their families.

UC San Diego Health Performs First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant in Region

August 27, 2019

For the first time in Southern California, surgeons at UC San Diego Health have transplanted the kidney of a deceased donor with HIV into a recipient with a pre-existing HIV infection. The procedure is part of an unprecedented multi-site national clinical trial.

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