January 13, 2022
According to a 2021 World Health Organization report, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in tuberculosis (TB) deaths – 1.5 million in 2020 versus 1.4 million in 2019 – due to a lack of efficient diagnosis and treatment.
July 2, 2020
…use of them in immunology, but no one has really brought together the neuroscience tools in zebrafish and the immunology tools in zebrafish. I’m basically combining those two toolsets in the context of infection. So the combination of genetics and imaging give us this unprecedented view of neurological infections that…
December 4, 2018
In lab and mouse experiments, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers developed a method to leverage B cells to manufacture and secrete tumor-suppressing microRNAs.
September 5, 2023
Anne O’Donnell joins the Science Research Park project as Senior Executive Director for Corporate Strategy and Engagement.
June 30, 2020
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that stool microbiomes of NAFLD patients are distinct enough to potentially be used to accurately predict which persons with NAFLD are at greatest risk for having cirrhosis.
July 20, 2017
The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today unanimously approved a $5.8 million award to University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers to develop a new immunotherapy in which patients’ cells would be equipped with a special receptor that recognizes and targets…
January 23, 2020
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified several genetic switches, or transcription factors, that determine whether or not liver cells produce collagen — providing a new therapeutic target for liver fibrosis.
August 12, 2021
UC San Diego researchers develop a method to grow hematopoietic stem cells in culture, with clinical implications for bone marrow transplants and aging research.
October 25, 2016
U.S. News and World Report has named the University of California San Diego the 15th best university in the world, up four spots compared to last year, in the third annual global rankings, released today. The campus was ranked as the 4th best public university in the U.S. on the…
December 7, 2021
UC San Diego researchers identify new strategy to improve efficacy of immunotherapy on resistant liver cancers.
