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Genetics Overlap Found Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

April 16, 2015

…San Diego School of Medicine, have found genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and two significant cardiovascular disease risk factors: high levels of inflammatory C-reactive protein (CRP) and plasma lipids or fats. The findings suggest the two cardiovascular phenotypes play a role in AD risk and perhaps offer a new…

Skin-to-Skin to Breastfeeding: Jacobs Medical Center Receives Baby Friendly Designation

April 24, 2018

…start to parenthood and life. Recently, Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla was recognized with the prestigious Baby-Friendly Designation for the services offered to our tiniest patients and their moms.

UC San Diego Faculty Receive New EDI Award from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

November 3, 2022

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have selected UC San Diego Assistant Professors Brian Aguado and Sonya Neal as grant recipients in a new program launched to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in science.

Health Care and Construction Workers Create Pink Ribbon For Breast Cancer Awareness

September 30, 2014

More than 600 health care and construction workers donned pink hard hats while forming a giant human ribbon at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center construction site today in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

UC San Diego OBGYN Chair Named 48th President of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

February 15, 2024

Gyamfi-Bannerman is the first UC San Diego faculty member to serve as president of the leading medical society working toward equitable pregnancy outcomes.

CRISPR Technology Improves Huntington’s Disease Symptoms in Models

December 12, 2022

Using models, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, describe using RNA-targeting CRISPR/Cas13d technology to develop a new therapeutic strategy that specifically eliminates toxic RNA that causes Huntington’s Disease.

UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox to Step Down June 2012

July 5, 2011

…has announced that she will step down as Chancellor in June 2012 to return to teaching and research as a distinguished professor of chemistry at the university.

More Than Just a Job: Student Employees of the Year Find Passion, Purpose Through Campus Roles

December 14, 2023

This year, UC San Diego recognized 12 hardworking students as 2023 Triton Student Employees of the Year. Meet four of these standouts, nominated for their remarkable contributions to the UC San Diego community, and learn how their campus jobs have helped shape their future aspirations.

Noninvasive Test for Embryo Quality Could Streamline Fertility Treatment

January 10, 2024

Researchers from UC San Diego have developed a noninvasive approach for predicting the quality of lab-fertilized embryos using leftover culture medium.

Summer of Science Engages K-12 Students

September 3, 2013

It’s not unusual for heated scientific debates to break out at the University of California, San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute. But nine-year-olds arguing about the history of aviation? That’s a little more unusual. The young students were visiting the Qualcomm Institute — the recently named UC San Diego division of the…

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