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Promise of Gene Therapy for Glaucoma Shines Bright in Award-Winning Image

October 17, 2016

…or the delicate opened petals of a flower, there is beauty in the eye of the beholder — a mouse retina described and visually captured by scientists at the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute…

Phage Therapy Shows Promise for Alcoholic Liver Disease

November 13, 2019

UC San Diego researchers linked a gut bacteria toxin to worse clinical outcomes in patients with alcoholic liver disease, and discovered that treatment with bacteriophages clears the bacteria and eliminates the disease in mice.

Breaking Bad: How Shattered Chromosomes Make Cancer Cells Drug-Resistant

December 23, 2020

UC San Diego and Ludwig Cancer Research scientists describe how a phenomenon known as “chromothripsis” breaks up chromosomes, which then reassemble in ways that ultimately promote cancer cell growth.

Cat Bacteria Treats Mouse Skin Infection, May Help You and Your Pets As Well

October 19, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine identify a strain of bacteria on healthy cats that produces antibiotics against severe skin infections. The findings may soon lead to new bacteriotherapies for humans and their pets, wherein cat bacteria is applied via topical cream or spray.

Controlling CAR T Cells with Light Selectively Destroys Skin Tumors in Mice

February 19, 2020

UC San Diego bioengineers developed a control system that could make CAR T-cell therapy safer and more powerful when treating cancer. By programming CAR T cells to switch on when exposed to blue light, the researchers controlled the cells to destroy skin tumors in mice without harming healthy tissue

Mission: Search and Destroy Prostate Cancer

September 21, 2020

Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is using advanced imaging, genomics, personalized medicine and new therapies to treat patients like Brian McCloskey, who has stage IV prostate cancer.

Study Tests Potential New Drug to Reduce Pain and Symptoms of Endometriosis

October 8, 2012

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), endometriosis, a gynecological disorder in which cells from the uterus lining grow in other areas of the body, is the number one reason for a hysterectomy in women ages 18-35. A nationwide clinical trial is testing an investigational drug as a potential…

Combined Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Advanced Prostate Cancers

April 29, 2015

…activates — to destroy prostate tumors. This novel combination therapy, termed chemoimmunotherapy, achieved near complete remission in mouse models of advanced prostate cancer. The study is published April 29 in Nature.

HIV and a Tale of a Few Cities

August 17, 2018

In a pair of new modeling studies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with international colleagues, examined how policy reform in terms of drug decriminalization (in Mexico) and access to drug treatment (in Russia) might affect two regions hard hit by the HIV pandemic: Tijuana, Mexico…

New Personalized Immunotherapy Trial Launched Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

December 10, 2020

…undergo an investigational cell therapy that uses a patient’s own, lab-grown tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (immune cells) to destroy his cancer. New Personalized Immunotherapy Trial Launched Despite COVID-19 Pandemic First patient to receive individualized TIL therapy undergoes treatment at Moores Cancer Center Since 2016, Bernard Thurman has undergone traditional treatments, experimental…

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