September 23, 2020
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered a cellular mechanism that helps explain why.
September 29, 2022
An international team of scientists, co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has created the first pan-cancer mycobiome atlas—a survey of 35 types of cancer and their associated fungi.
August 30, 2023
Immunologists have uncovered new approaches to enhance protection from tumors and infections. They have revealed new insights into the metabolism of specialized cells of the immune system known as tissue-resident CD8 T cells and how they could be enhanced as immune defense weapons against tumors.
November 17, 2016
UC San Diego Health will open Jacobs Medical Center, a 245-bed medical and surgical specialty hospital, on November 20, 2016. Named in recognition of $100 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the 10-story facility combines renowned physician-scientists and care teams, precision medicine, clinical trials and creative arts and…
July 30, 2020
…personalized cancer stem cell, immunotherapy, and precision-medicine-guided targeted therapies for hopeful patients across economic strata,” said Jamieson. “To receive this award is such an extraordinary privilege considering that it honors Rell Sunn, a champion Hawaiian surfer who battled breast cancer and was the personification of hope, joy and the spirit…
March 11, 2020
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stages.
August 19, 2019
…From stem cell and immunotherapies to transplantation and complex surgeries, patients arrive at the hospital seeking cures, or at least longer leases on life. Social Sciences/UC San Diego Health: Advancing College Mental Health Joseph Edelman Joseph Edelman, founder and CEO of life science-focused hedge fund Perceptive Advisors, feels that “people…
November 6, 2014
…will use genomics and immunotherapy to increase survival in a remarkable way. William Griswold, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pervasive Air Quality Monitoring via the Crowd What initially sparked your curiosity about this area of study? I learned that there were just a handful of air quality…
October 24, 2013
…access here is cell-based immunotherapy. Cell therapy allows us to use a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer by reengineering them. What Mother Nature left out, cancer doctors can now fill in. This is the ultimate in personalized medicine for cancer care,” said Lippman. Blood and bone marrow transplantation…
February 7, 2023
UC San Diego Health’s Center for Transplantation is among the nation’s best in lung, heart, kidney and liver programs, powered by long experience and deep expertise.
