July 26, 2021
UC San Diego Health, the region’s only academic health system, is ranked #1 in San Diego and #5 in California, placing it among the nation’s best hospitals, according to the 2021-2022 U.S. News & World Report survey. UC San Diego Health was ranked in the top 50 in 10 specialties.
May 26, 2017
…researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a 100-year-old drug called suramin, originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness, was safely administered to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who subsequently displayed measurable, but transient, improvement in core symptoms of autism.
April 7, 2020
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 illness and the societal impacts of the pandemic.
January 23, 2020
…developed by School of Medicine researchers Stephanie Cherqui, (right) developed a unique stem cell-based therapy for cystinosis over years of research at UC San Diego School of Medicine. For the majority of Jordan Janz’s 20 years of life, most neighbors in his tiny Canadian town never knew he was sick.…
October 24, 2013
…through new science, new medicine and new cures.” The $839 million facility is part of a multi-billion dollar university investment in the future of health care for the entire region. It will allow UC San Diego Health System to fulfill its potential of becoming one of the country’s premier academic…
September 17, 2020
…San Diego School of Medicine. “These range from the behaviors of their human hosts and the vectors that transmit them to environmental conditions and their own adaptations. “Coronaviruses have a genome almost three times as big as influenza A viruses so that gives them a larger and more complex bag…
January 7, 2016
…San Diego School of Medicine. Dermala licensed rights to the core technology, developed by Dr. Huang, from the University of California. Dermala has had access to the world-renowned experts and state-of-the-art scientific expertise at UC San Diego, including the recently formed Center for Microbiome Innovation, Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit, Department…
October 7, 2021
…Robert Schooley professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. “The first is the perception among some members of the public that vaccines cause more harm than the diseases they…
June 14, 2018
…passion for media and medicine to help others Thurgood Marshal College grad Anika Ullah. Anika Ullah is graduating this year with as a double major in human biology and interdisciplinary computing and the arts (ICAM). The Fulbright Scholar already has an impressive and lengthy resume at 22 years of age.…
February 26, 2024
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI’s new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.
