UC San Diego Leads Research that Earns Gordon Bell Special Prize
November 19, 2020
Computational Chemist Rommie Amaro, members of her lab win one of the most coveted awards in supercomputing for research related to COVID-19
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Re-Defining Future Stroke Risk among Pre-Diabetics
June 8, 2012
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or…
Survival Is a Mixed Matter for Deadliest of Pancreatic Cancers
October 5, 2022
UC San Diego researchers discover that quality and mix of protein in a type of pancreatic cancer is the determinant of whether the prognosis is poor or very poor.
Cybersecurity Expert Stefan Savage Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
February 9, 2023
UC San Diego cybersecurity expert Stefan Savage, whose work examines a wide range of technologies, from cars, to spam emails to cryptocurrencies, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Computational Modeling Results in New Findings for Preeclampsia Patients
July 12, 2021
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, preeclampsia, or pregnancy-related hypertension, occurs in roughly one in 25 pregnancies in the United States. The causes are unknown and childbirth is the only remedy, which can sometimes lead to adverse perinatal outcomes
Opioid treatment tracking startup celebrates string of successes
April 27, 2022
CARI Health, a startup in the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur’s MedTech Accelerator, was named a Connect “Cool Company” on the heels of winning the $300,000 grand prize at the San Diego Angel Conference.
Corrected Protein Structure Reveals Drug Targets for Cancer, Neurodegenerative Diseases
August 13, 2015
Protein Kinase C is a family of enzymes that controls the activity of other proteins in a cell by attaching chemical tags. That simple act helps determine cell survival or death. When it goes awry, a number of diseases may result. In a study, researchers at University of California, San…
Women Produce Skin Temperature Data that are Just as Predictable as Men
November 9, 2023
Women produce physiological data that is just as predictable as men, at least when it comes to skin temperature. This might seem like common sense, but variations in body signals due to menstrual cycles, such as temperature, were used as an excuse to keep women out of clinical studies for…
Homelessness Increases Serious Illness, Emergency Room Visits During Heat Waves
December 22, 2021
UC San Diego researchers in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Department of Emergency Medicine, discuss the health impacts of heat waves on people experiencing homelessness, emergency department visits and which characteristics make them at-risk.
Researcher Links Diplomats’ Mystery Illness to Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
August 29, 2018
Writing in advance of the September 15 issue of Neural Computation, Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, says publicly reported symptoms and experiences of a “mystery illness” afflicting American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba and China strongly match known effects…
