October 15, 2020
…Phase III stage. Their safety and effectiveness are now being assessed, using tens of thousands of volunteers. UC San Diego is a testing site for three of the big four: Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson. It is an uncommon opportunity for San Diegans to be a part of medical…
October 25, 2022
Building upon a long history, the UC San Diego has launched a new Human Milk Institute to accelerate research into the biology and therapeutic potential of human milk to prevent or treat both infant and adult diseases. The new institute is believed to be the first of its kind in…
March 18, 2021
…that look at the safety and how well the COVID-19 vaccines work in pregnant people are underway or planned. The different vaccine manufacturers are also monitoring data from people in the clinical trials who received the vaccine and then became pregnant. Q: Does the intensity of an individual’s reaction to…
April 6, 2023
After decades of working in industry and academia, biophysicists Alex Savtchenko and Elena Molokanova still have big dreams.
August 4, 2022
…tackling improvements to public safety, mental health and social service concerns. The program has highlights that include customizable 3-D printed protective gear, low-cost emergency ventilation systems and virtual patient care. Those mentioned are just a few of the university’s more than 5,200 financially active research initiatives this year that amounted…
November 4, 2021
…positive due to the patients being treated there, and one negative control by Revelle College,” Karthikeyan said. “It was business as usual and I packed up to leave the lab for the day when I saw that the Revelle sample was actually positive! I re-ran it multiple times for sanity—all…
December 6, 2022
Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.
October 7, 2021
…still occur in vaccinated patients, but they tend to be mild and are much less likely to be severe or fatal. Even when a vaccinated person gets COVID infection, the vaccine is successfully doing what it is designed to do. Infection in a vaccinated patient is not a failure.” With…
April 17, 2014
…Spring to improving aviation safety and finding a path to preventing Alzheimer’s disease, the competitors spoke of their research and how it relates to current challenges and problems that society faces. Keng-Lou James Hung, a graduate student in biological sciences, opened the competition by talking about global food production. “One…
September 30, 2021
…premier destination for students, patients and community members. Throughout the pandemic, while some students, faculty and staff were off-campus, a series of incredible changes took place, including: Opening our first living-learning neighborhood with the new Craft Center at its core Enhancing walkways and bike paths Creating the Design and Innovation…
