June 25, 2020
…to go to the clinic for ultrasounds every two weeks and knew I would be hospitalized several weeks before delivery for fetal monitoring.” But the parents were undaunted. “What impressed me about Corina and Gene when we first met was that they took the news really well. By the second…
January 28, 2021
…author Heather Buschman at UC San Diego Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park. Give Volunteering a Shot Help is needed at UC San Diego Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park Volunteer Heather Buschman braves the rain to help observe people post-vaccination and answer questions. You can’t…
January 7, 2016
Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego’s Big Ideas for 2016 — and Beyond The new year is a time to take stock of past accomplishments, and UC San Diego has no shortage of those. We once again surpassed $1 billion in research funding in 2014-15, an…
April 4, 2016
In a new study, most marine mammals were found to exhale carbon monoxide at levels equivalent to or greater than the amount exhaled by a several-packs-a-day smoker.
April 27, 2022
The cowpea mosaic virus has shown great promise as an experimental cancer immunotherapy for treating and preventing recurrence of various cancers. But just how the virus triggers such a potent anti-cancer immune response has remained a mystery. A new study digs deeper and provides answers.
June 12, 2024
UC San Diego engineers have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, that swim through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This approach has shown promise in mice, where it inhibited the growth and spread of tumors that had metastasized to the lungs, thereby boosting survival rates…
June 19, 2014
…Celebration Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Nearly a thousand graduating seniors from all six colleges gathered on RIMAC Field Friday night for the 7th Annual All Campus Graduation Celebration. The event offered students a time to relax, reunite and reminisce with friends and family while being treated to…
October 23, 2014
Photo by Ryan Parks/UC San Diego Health Sciences Marketing and Communications Scientists Try Old Weapon Against Deadly New Target Developed at UC San Diego more than a decade ago, brincidofovir takes on Ebola With the Ebola crisis ongoing, much attention is focused upon finding a drug capable of slowing –…
June 13, 2019
…company spun out of UC San Diego School of Medicine receives big investment for RNA therapeutics Local biotech company Locana made news last month when it raised $55 million in venture capital funding. Locana means “illuminate” or “vision” in Sanskrit, and the company is based on technology that was originally…
August 13, 2020
…Trials Underway and More UC San Diego’s fall plan is continually evolving, informed by the university’s Return to Learn program. We invited students, faculty and staff to submit their questions about how the university is involved in vaccine development, how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads, the importance of wearing masks and…
