Breaking Barriers, Shattering Glass: Women in Medicine Month
September 25, 2024
September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.
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CIRM Funds Six UC San Diego Stem Cell Researchers
September 6, 2012
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has announced that six investigators from the University of California, San Diego Stem Cell Research program have received a total of more than $7 million in the latest round of CIRM funding. This brings UC San Diego’s total to…
Two UC San Diego Researchers Receive NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Awards
October 6, 2020
Two University of California San Diego researchers have received prestigious awards through the 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.
Spotlight on Faculty Research: Stem Cell
November 14, 2011
…have demonstrated that spinal transplantation of rat and human neurons leads to significant improvement in motor function. More… Cornelis Murre Professor of Biology Murre is working on a research project to generate long-term multi-potential human hematopoietic progenitor cell lines from human embryonic stem cell cells. If successful, the strategy would…
Friedmann Recognized for Pioneering Gene Therapy Research
January 29, 2015
…to undergo bone marrow transplantation. Friedmann noted that clinical trials for other conditions, such as forms of blindness, degenerative brain diseases, hemophilia and some metabolic diseases, are also proving effective and evolving rapidly into important treatments. He added that the basic concept gene therapy – genetic correction – is now…
Lights, iPads, Action!
January 12, 2017
…the blood and marrow transplantation program, Cussen wants to see lab results and other charts to see how his treatment is progressing. “Having metrics ready to read every morning is terrific,” said Cussen. “I don’t have to wait for my nurse to visit my room. Before anyone comes in, I…
Art of Healing at Jacobs Medical Center
February 2, 2017
…cell and immunotherapies to transplantation and complex surgeries, patients arrive at the hospital seeking cures, or at least longer leases on life. One of the unexpected sources of rejuvenation, for many, is the Jacobs Healing Arts Collection. “I like the art because it makes me feel better, even though I’m…
The Campaign for UC San Diego
August 19, 2019
…cell and immunotherapies to transplantation and complex surgeries, patients arrive at the hospital seeking cures, or at least longer leases on life. Social Sciences/UC San Diego Health: Advancing College Mental Health Joseph Edelman Joseph Edelman, founder and CEO of life science-focused hedge fund Perceptive Advisors, feels that “people are more…
Out of Thin Air
August 27, 2020
…treatment available was lung transplantation. Now, UC San Diego Health experts perform approximately 200 PTE procedures and 300 BPA procedures annually and have been training others around the world. “Our mission is to take care of patients,” said Madani. “As the region’s only academic medical center, it is also part…
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care Now Accredited at UC San Diego Health
March 10, 2022
…comprehensive care for advanced heart failure, heart and lung transplantation, complex coronary interventions, heart rhythm disorders, robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, structural and adult congenital heart disease, percutaneous and surgical treatment of thromboembolic pulmonary vascular disease and intensive cardiac rehabilitation.
