June 26, 2024
Engineers have developed a pill that releases microscopic robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The experimental treatment, given orally, has shown success in mice. It significantly reduced IBD symptoms and promoted the healing of damaged colon tissue without causing toxic side effects.
November 30, 2017
…of research center at UC San Diego. It would bring biologists like himself working to understand the circadian rhythms of various kinds of organisms—from bacteria and plants to fruit flies and roundworms—together with researchers at the medical school investigating human sleep disorders. “I had connections to the medical school because…
July 23, 2020
…COVID-19 pandemic that had UC San Diego researchers racing to understand the complexities around the virus’s spread and to find ways to combat it, engineers and fabrication specialists at the Qualcomm Institute’s Prototyping Lab leapt into action. Vacuum exhaused isolation lockers, or VEILs, produced in the Prototyping Lab are ready…
May 19, 2022
…Jepsen/University Communications. Every quarter, UC San Diego engineers Joshua Pelz and Luca De Vivo, as well as prosthetics specialist Herb Barrack, travel to Ensenada, Mexico, where they work with amputees to provide free, 3D-printed, custom-made prostheses. The team takes scans of the amputees’ residual limbs with smartphones, which they then…
January 23, 2020
…But some researchers at UC San Diego are using technological advances to develop new ways to help patients retain not just their privacy, but also their autonomy and control over their own medical treatment. For Dr. Sara Browne, that is the most critical aspect of her research. As a professor…
March 23, 2017
…Yang. Photo by Kyle Dykes/UC San Diego Health. A Dose of Research Pharmaceutical company collaboration supports research and education in neglected diseases and underserved patient populations Doctorate of pharmacy graduates typically follow paths that lead them to a career as a pharmacist in a hospital or community pharmacy, or as…
February 11, 2016
…workshop hosted by the UC San Diego Women’s Center. Photos by Erika Johnson/University Communications You’re cruising along the highway and suddenly the dreaded “check engine” light blinks on your dashboard. As you rifle through your manual trying to determine the cause, steam starts rising from under the hood. What now?…
January 9, 2014
…New Avenues of Discovery” Sandra Brown “UC San Diego is a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university with multiple pillars of excellence and strengths across disciplines,” Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla says. “We are dedicated to educating next-generation leaders and conducting research that addresses our society’s most pressing challenges.” From her unique…
June 9, 2016
Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications How Decriminalizing Drugs Might Affect the Spread of HIV in Tijuana Richard Branson and experts debate the losing war on drugs—and its victims—at UC San Diego event As the 1960s came to a close, Richard Nixon famously declared a “war on drugs.” They…
May 13, 2021
…Inoculate Vaccination Disparity New UC San Diego biologist endeavors to communicate the safety and life-saving importance of COVID-19 vaccination in underserved communities A first-generation university student and the son of Mexican immigrants, Assistant Professor Fabian Rivera-Chávez was born and raised in Northern California. He joined UC San Diego’s faculty in…
