Brain Cancer Cells Hide While Drugs Seek
December 5, 2013
…therapy by dialing down the gene mutation targeted by drugs, then re-amplify that growth-promoting mutation after therapy has stopped.
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UC San Diego First to Test Cancer Drugs in Space Using Private Astronaut Mission
May 22, 2023
The latest space experiments from UC San Diego and Axiom Space will explore therapies for breast and colorectal cancer aboard the ISS, and monitor astronauts’ stem cell health over time.
UC San Diego and Deerfield Management Create Poseidon Innovation to Advance Disease-Curing Therapeutics
September 5, 2018
…support to weather risky early-stage processes and expedite the drug-development cycle, allowing patients to receive treatment faster.
Don Cleveland Wins a Trifecta of Recognition
January 31, 2023
In the span of just a few weeks, Don Cleveland, a leading researcher in the study of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, has received three major awards.
Biologists Discover New Method for Discovering Antibiotics
September 16, 2013
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Two Novel Biobanks Offer Investigatory Targets for Cocaine and Oxycodone Addiction
April 26, 2021
Researchers have created to novel biobanks of diverse tissues from animals to further explore the biological bases and consequences of addiction to cocaine and oxycodone.
Q&A with Sandra Brown
May 16, 2011
…at the forefront of discovery. The Office of Research Affairs serves all of those groups, and we see our role as boosting their effectiveness and ensuring their success. Why has research flourished at UC San Diego despite the economic recession? VC Brown: Departments, laboratories and other units across campus are…
Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms in Fragile X Mouse Model
January 15, 2015
…previously reported that a drug used for almost a century to treat trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, reversed environmental autism-like symptoms in mice. Now, a new study published in this week’s online issue of Molecular Autism, suggests that a genetic form of autism-like symptoms in mice are also corrected with the…
W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to UC San Diego Researchers Studying Pioneering Breakthrough
October 4, 2012
…molecular approach to delivering drugs that could change the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles supports “high risk/high reward” pioneering discoveries in groundbreaking studies that enable researchers to translate their innovative ideas into real world impact. Steve Dowdy, a professor in the department of cellular and…
Popular Pharmaceutical Target in Cells May Prove Even More Useful
October 26, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego have identified a new signaling process involving G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a cellular target already exploited by hundreds of diverse drugs. The discovery opens the possibility of new therapies, including for multiple forms of cancer.
