May 2, 2022
UC San Diego scientists use lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and show gene therapy tools can rescue neural structure and function.
December 1, 2016
Previous studies identified the Hippo pathway kinases LATS1/2 as a tumor suppressor, but new research led by University of California San Diego School of Medicine scientists reveals a surprising role for these enzymes in subduing cancer immunity. The findings could have a clinical role in improving efficiency of immunotherapy drugs.
December 28, 2022
A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals’ cortex and responded to external sensory stimuli.
February 18, 2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that mutations that cause autism in children are connected to a pathway that regulates brain development.
September 23, 2016
Prof. Sahoo – whose journey into the world of cancer genomics was borne from his background in computer science – has been selected as a participating member of the Cancer Genomes and Networks program at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.
March 9, 2017
…increasing underrepresented students in STEM. “We recognize and honor the great work these individuals and departments have achieved in promoting equity and inclusion at UC San Diego,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “They have gone above and beyond to make diversity a priority, a charge shared by everyone on campus.”…
April 18, 2023
UC San Diego recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the Viterbi Family Vision Research Center at Shiley Eye Institute, which is supported by a $50 million gift made in 2018 by philanthropist Andrew J. Viterbi.
June 3, 2021
…face. “Diversity issues in STEM are persistent and often it’s the undergraduate who becomes discouraged or doesn’t have the guidance to realize the necessary steps to take toward a career,” he said. “This fellowship gives students a wonderful opportunity to gain valuable lab experience, receive faculty mentorship and seriously consider…
December 15, 2021
Nixon Foundation funds effort to study and treat macular dystrophy at Shiley Eye Institute. Currently, there are no effective treatments to slow or prevent genetic condition.
February 26, 2018
Led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, a diverse team of neuroscientists and surgeons successfully grafted human neural progenitor cells into rhesus monkeys with spinal cord injuries. The grafts not only survived, but grew hundreds of thousands of human axons and synapses, resulting in improved…
