Gene Therapy Finds New Life in an Old Home
November 10, 2022
An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.
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Major Gift Focuses Efforts on a Rare, but Devastating, Genetic Eye Disease
December 15, 2021
Nixon Foundation funds effort to study and treat macular dystrophy at Shiley Eye Institute. Currently, there are no effective treatments to slow or prevent genetic condition.
UC San Diego Establishes Five New Endowed Faculty Chairs
April 4, 2013
…their research of hereditary diseases, eye diseases and mitochondrial and metabolic diseases. During their lifetimes, the Hildyards generously and anonymously supported UC San Diego. Ben Hildyard was a civil engineer and owner of BGH Engineering. Wanda Hildyard worked as an executive secretary with several federal engineering agencies before becoming a…
Scientists Link Evolved, Mutated Gene Module to Syndromic Autism
January 26, 2012
A team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that newly discovered mutations in an evolved assembly of genes cause Joubert syndrome, a form of syndromic autism.
UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award Recipients Announced
November 28, 2023
The University of California San Diego announced the recipients of the 2023 Chancellor’s Medal and the Lifetime Legacy Award, who have all helped advance health care and medicine in unique, impactful ways.
Bioengineering Professor Christian Metallo Receives 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
May 11, 2017
Christian Metallo, a bioengineering professor at the University of California San Diego, has been named a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. Metallo is one of 13 faculty members nationwide to receive the honor from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Simplifying RNA Editing for Treating Genetic Diseases
February 10, 2022
New research led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego could make it much simpler to repair disease-causing mutations in RNA without compromising precision or efficiency. The new RNA editing technology holds promise as a gene therapy for treating genetic diseases.
Compound Discovered at Sea Shows Potency against Anthrax
July 17, 2013
A team led by William Fenical at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered a new chemical compound from an ocean microbe in a preliminary research finding that could one day set the stage for new treatments for anthrax and other ailments such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…
Scientists Discover a New Signaling Pathway and Design a Novel Drug for Liver Fibrosis
April 25, 2024
Scientists from the University of California San Diego discovered a novel signaling pathway in liver cells, leading to a treatment for fibrosis.
Potential Nutritional Therapy for Childhood Neurodegenerative Disease
August 1, 2013
…severe form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia, a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting children. Based on results in cultured cells, they are hopeful that a nutritional supplement may one day be able to prevent or reverse the condition.
