January 29, 2015
January 29, 2015 —
A team that includes scores of researchers from across the country representing dozens of universities and medical institutions has produced the most comprehensive integrative analysis yet of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs), a particularly malignant and deadly type of tumor that accounts for roughly 3 percent of all…
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 —
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in a published study.
January 7, 2021
January 7, 2021 —
Chemicals used for vaping break down zipper-like junctions between cells in the gut, leading to chronic inflammation and potential for other health concerns.
February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018 —
Four early-career scientists at UC San Diego have been recognized for their outstanding promise in the fields of physics and computational & evolutionary molecular biology as 2018 Sloan Research Fellows.
January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019 —
An international group that includes researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has identified 124 genetic variants associated with a person’s willingness to take risks, as reported in a study published January 14, 2019 in Nature Genetics.
February 2, 2022
February 2, 2022 —
Data from a UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study point to as much as a 27% increase in heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who experience both high levels of social isolation and loneliness.
January 18, 2012
January 18, 2012 —
…living, poor diet, cigarette smoking, etc.). What have you learned through your research? Marcus: What I learned pretty quickly is that we could help people change their habits, but it was very challenging to help them maintain these new habits. Motivated people can often make positive health-behavior changes for brief…
March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024 —
Engineering professors Ludmil Alexandrov and Sheng Xu were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), one of the highest distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers.
February 9, 2022
February 9, 2022 —
UC San Diego researchers have identified a previously unrecognized key player in cancer evolution: clusters of mutations occurring at certain regions of the genome. These mutation clusters contribute to the progression of about 10% of human cancers and can be used to predict patient survival.
May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014 —
With its imperceptible features, carbon monoxide is widely known as the “silent killer” due to its risks at lethal concentrations. Far less known is that carbon monoxide is produced naturally in small quantities in humans and animals, and in recent years medical researchers have evaluated the gas as a treatment…