Antimicrobial Soap Additive Worsens Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
November 23, 2020
Triclosan, an antimicrobial found in many soaps and other household items, worsens fatty liver disease in mice fed a high-fat diet.
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Artificial Intelligence Could Be New Blueprint for Precision Drug Discovery
July 12, 2021
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a drug is likely to receive FDA approval.
Engineering the Microbiome to Potentially Cure Disease
August 4, 2022
UC San Diego researchers report using native bacteria in mice as the chassis for delivering transgenes capable of inducing persistent and potentially even curative therapeutic changes in the gut and reversing disease pathologies.
UC San Diego Ranks 7th in the World for Most Influential Researchers
December 4, 2023
UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and ranks 7th highest among universities worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.
What Does ChatGPT Say When You Tell It You Were Assaulted, You’re Suicidal, or Want to Quit Smoking?
June 7, 2023
A new UC San Diego study published in JAMA Network Open provides an early look into how artificially intelligent assistants could help answer public health questions.
Creating an Engineering Senior Design Project….at Home
July 2, 2020
…help scientists better study alcoholism. What were students and staff to do when, a mere week before spring quarter, the state of California was put under shelter in place restrictions, most students moved off campus, and students and staff weren’t able to access the campus design studio, maker space, and…
Large Study Identifies Genetic Variants Linked to Risk Tolerance and Risky Behaviors
January 14, 2019
An international group that includes researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has identified 124 genetic variants associated with a person’s willingness to take risks, as reported in a study published January 14, 2019 in Nature Genetics.
Gut Microbes Influence How Rat Brains React to Opioids
April 27, 2020
Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.
