Microbial DNA in Patient Blood May be Tell-Tale Sign of Cancer
March 11, 2020
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stages.
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Cancer Drug Could Ease Cognitive Function for Some With Autism
July 25, 2024
An experimental cancer drug could ease cognition for individuals with Rett syndrome, a rare disorder linked to autism, according to new research from the Muotri Lab at the University of California San Diego — a discovery that could lead to therapies for patients with other neurologic conditions.
Bioengineering Professor Featured in Top 100 List on African-American Influential Site
November 17, 2015
Bioengineer Todd Coleman, from the University of California, San Diego, has been named one of 100 outstanding individuals for 2015 by The Root, a premier news, opinion and culture site for African-American influencers. Other names on the list include tennis player Serena Williams, ballerina Misty Copeland and hip-hop artist Kendrick…
UC San Diego Researchers Launch Combination Drug Trial to Eradicate B-Cell Malignancies
March 9, 2018
Fueled by a multimillion dollar grant from the state’s stem cell agency, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with local biotechnology company Oncternal Therapeutics, have launched a phase Ib/II clinical trial to evaluate the combined effectiveness of a standard of care drug with a…
UC San Diego Health Physicians Named ‘Top Docs’ in San Diego County
October 10, 2022
More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named “Top Docs” in the 2022 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.
A New Phase
January 31, 2023
The evolution of clinical trials is accelerating, driven by emerging technologies, social imperatives and the next public health crisis.
Big Data Sharing for Better Health
October 10, 2014
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have been awarded a $9.2 million grant to help modernize and transform how researchers share, use, find and cite biomedical datasets.
Pharming the Microbiome
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
Machine Learning Algorithm Can’t Distinguish These Lab Mini-Brains from Preemie Babies
August 29, 2019
Nine-month-old brains-in-a-dish and the brains of premature newborn babies generate similar electrical patterns, as captured by electroencephalogram (EEG) — the first time such brain activity has been achieved in a cell-based laboratory model.
How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins
June 4, 2012
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, suggest that inactivation of two specific genes related to the immune system may have conferred selected ancestors of modern humans with improved protection from some pathogenic bacterial strains, such as Escherichia coli…
