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Novel Device Measures Nerve Activity That May Help Treat Sepsis and PTSD

November 17, 2022

Engineers and physicians at UC San Diego have developed a device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity in humans, a new tool they say could potentially inform and improve treatments for patients with sepsis or post-traumatic stress disorder.

CHO Systems Biology Center Pioneers Efforts to Improve Cell Production of High-Value Pharmaceuticals

April 13, 2017

Optimizing CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) cell lines to accelerate biologic drug development is a goal of the CHO Systems Biology Center at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Center researchers are developing new technologies and training the next generation of cell line engineers and systems biology…

Clinical Trial Tests Tattoo Sensor as Needleless Glucose Monitor for Diabetes Patients

April 19, 2018

For Angela Valdez, being diagnosed with diabetes was an awakening. The disorder ran in her family, but she didn’t think it would happen to her. And when it did, she acted by modifying her diet and physical activity. She was doing everything right - almost.

No. 1 From the Start

May 26, 2016

…Chi, has developed a wearable EEG headset that’s comparable to state of the art laboratory equipment. The department’s faculty are leaders in their research fields as well. They focus on analysis and design, said Schmid-Schonbein. That is, they analyze medical and biological problems and design a solution—just like a traditional…

Humanizing the Research Enterprise

March 19, 2015

…of the Center for Wearable Sensors, which has made great strides in creating non-invasive methods of measuring body chemistry. Diabetics, for instance, may someday give themselves the last finger-prick to check glucose levels; Wang’s team recently developed a temporary tattoo sensor that can determine those levels right from the skin.…

Startup Developing Noninvasive Glucose Test Nets $4M in Seed Funding

November 28, 2023

A startup spun off from technology developed at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has secured $4 million in venture capital seed funding to commercialize their sweat-based diagnostic platform technology.

Sensor-Equipped Glove Could Help Doctors Take Guesswork Out of Measuring Spasticity

April 20, 2017

…Hospital has developed new wearable sensors and robotics technology that could be used to accurately measure muscle stiffness during physical exams. “Our goal is to create a system that could augment existing medical procedures by providing a consistent, objective rating,” said Harinath Garudadri, a research scientist at the university’s Qualcomm…

What’s Causing the Voltage Fade in Lithium-rich NMC Cathode Materials?

July 16, 2018

Researchers led by a University of California San Diego team have published work in the journal Nature Energy that explains what’s causing the performance-reducing “voltage fade” that currently plagues a promising class of cathode materials called Lithium-rich NMC (nickel magnesium cobalt) layered oxides.

7 AI-Powered Technologies You Should Know About

August 22, 2023

Move over, ChatGPT: These artificial intelligence-powered technologies and innovations being developed and implemented at UC San Diego could lead to the next developments in the “AI revolution.”

UC San Diego’s Veteran Entrepreneur Initiatives Take Flight

May 11, 2017

…infections in patients through wearable devices. A year into it, they have secured an investor and expect to launch a pilot program at the Jacobs Medical Center over the summer. While Ruehl was able to find a pathway to success, his story emphasizes a common struggle among veteran entrepreneurs: they…

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