CIRM Approves New Funding to UC San Diego Researchers Fighting Zika Virus and Cancer
January 20, 2017
…treatments for Zika virus infections and the use of stem cell-derived natural killer (NK) cells to target ovarian cancer and other malignancies.
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Jose Santana Sosa: First Recipient of Two Alan Turing Memorial Scholarships
October 20, 2022
José Santana Sosa, a UC San Diego senior majoring in computer science, has received the 2022-2023 Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship from the Center for Networked Systems (CNS). He has also been named the inaugural recipient of CNS’s first ever Alan Turing Memorial Teradata Scholarship.
Next Steps in Potential Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
January 10, 2013
…endocrine cells, with the longer-term goal of developing new stem cell therapies for diabetes.
A Race to Build the Smartest Rover
May 25, 2017
…of the workforce in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). “Having worked in a predominantly male environment, it’s amazing to work with a group of strong, intelligent women,” said Megan Elliott, third year mechanical engineering major and the team’s Chassis Lead. “I think it’s important for women of all ages…
CIRM Grants May Fund the Next Great Stem Cell Achievement
May 20, 2016
…ideas that might eventually impact the field of human stem cell research.
Drug Targets Hard-to-Reach Leukemia Stem Cells Responsible for Relapses
January 17, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that hard-to-reach, drug-resistant leukemia stem cells (LSCs) that overexpress multiple pro-survival protein forms are sensitive – and thus vulnerable – to a novel cancer stem cell-targeting drug currently under development.
Embryonic Brain Overgrowth Dictates Autism Severity, New Research Suggests
June 17, 2024
Researchers at UC San Diego found an unusually large brain may be the first sign of autism and visible as early as the first trimester.
First Human In Vitro Model of Rare Neurodegenerative Condition Created
January 13, 2016
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego have created the first stem cell-derived in vitro cellular model of a rare, but devastating, neurodegenerative condition called Cockayne syndrome (CS).
$150 Million Gift Takes Stem Cell Research to New Heights
September 6, 2022
Noted businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed $150 million in new funding to expand and, in some ways, quite literally launch stem cell research and regenerative medicine at University of California San Diego into new spaces and endeavors.
Researchers Reveal Behaviors of the Tiniest Water Droplets
August 15, 2012
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Emory University has uncovered fundamental details about the hexamer structures that make up the tiniest droplets of water, the key component of life – and one that scientists still don’t fully understand.
