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DIABETES/METABOLIC HEALTH CARDIOLOGY AGING

Are Skeletal Muscles the Key to Treating Heart Failure?

Nicole Mlynaryk
23 May 2023

GRANTS/AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH

School of Medicine Student Receives META Fellowship to Study Social Media, Mental Health

Tyler DeLong and Yadira Galindo
11 May 2023

NUTRITION PUBLIC HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE

What’s the Harm in High-Iron Baby Formula?

Nicole Mlynaryk
18 April 2023

Recent Posts

MICROBIOME GRANTS/AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS EDUCATION

Meet the Entrepreneur and Physician-Scientist in Training: Greg Sepich-Poore

Stephanie Healey
23 March 2023

Gregory Sepich-Poore, PhD, entrepreneur, scientist and MD/PhD student at UC San Diego, was recently named to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 List in...

ADDICTION

Self-Reporting Adolescent Drug Use is Either Hide or Hair

Scott LaFee
06 March 2023

UC San Diego researchers report that when surveys combine adolescent self-reports of substance use with confirming analyses of hair samples, the...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Herbicide May Increase Risk of Liver Cancer, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Scott LaFee
01 March 2023

New research adds further evidence that exposure to glyphosate, the main ingredient in popular herbicides like Roundup, in children increases the...

GRANTS/AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS PSYCHIATRY/MENTAL HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH

The Mental State of Asian Californians in a State of Diversity

Scott LaFee
28 February 2023

A new grant will allow UC San Diego researchers to survey Asian Californians’ experiences of violence and discrimination and the impact on...

CANCER

Hot Anti-Cancer Drug Target May Actually Promote Liver Cancer

Scott LaFee
24 February 2023

UC San Diego scientists report that a protein popular as a target for multiple cancers is not for liver cancer, where elimination of the protein...

MINDFULNESS/COMPASSION NEUROSCIENCE PSYCHIATRY/MENTAL HEALTH

The Haze of War

Scott LaFee
26 January 2023

UC San Diego researchers find that bullying and hazing of soldiers is associated with significant subsequent mental disorders and suicidality.

PSYCHIATRY/MENTAL HEALTH

Mixing Magnetic and Behavior Therapies to Treat Suicidal Ideation

Scott LaFee
20 January 2023

In a new study, scientists at a trio of institutions describe a completed feasibility trial of magnetic seizure therapy combined with dialectical...

DERMATOLOGY CANCER CELLULAR/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nail Polish Safety Not Cut and Dried

Katherine Connor
19 January 2023

To help speed curing of manicure gels, nail polish salons often feature drying devices that use ultraviolet light. Though the spectrum of light is...

PUBLIC HEALTH

All of Us Begins Sending Genetic Health-Related Results

Scott LaFee
16 December 2022

The nationwide All of Us Research Program, which seeks to gather vital health data on at least 1 million volunteers, has begun sending personalized...

GENE THERAPY

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to UC San Diego-Developed Gene Therapy for ALS

Scott LaFee
06 December 2022

The FDA has granted “orphan drug” status to an experimental gene therapy developed at UC San Diego for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis....

SCIENCE IN PICTURES

Science in Pictures: Like a Roiling Stone

Scott LaFee
11 November 2022

Each year, roughly half a million people rush to hospital emergency departments with kidney stone problems. It’s estimated that one in 10...

INFECTIOUS DISEASES SCIENCE IN PICTURES

Science in Pictures: HIV, the Bridged Version

Scott LaFee
11 November 2022

Astrocytes are star-shaped glial cells found in the brain and spinal cord.

GRANTS/AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

Eight UC San Diego Researchers Among ‘1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World’

Scott LaFee
10 November 2022

Eight researchers from UC San Diego are listed in the first-ever ranking of the “1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World” by...

CELLULAR/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Organoids Reveal How SARS-CoV-2 Damages Brain Cells — and a Potential Treatment

Scott LaFee
03 November 2022

COVID-19 infections can result in long-lasting neurological symptoms; new research suggests an already approved anti-viral may inhibit viral...

CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS

Appendiceal Cancer Gets Its Own Preclinical Model

Scott LaFee
01 November 2022

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health describe the first preclinical model of appendiceal...

CLINICAL TRIALS

Phage Trial to Treat CF Patients With Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infections

Scott LaFee
12 October 2022

UC San Diego scientists are leading a national early-stage clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of using bacteriophages to treat...

AGING

Aging and Multiple Sclerosis

Scott LaFee
10 October 2022

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the brain and spinal cord in which the immune system attacks the protective sheaths covering nerve fibers,...

SCIENCE IN PICTURES NEUROSCIENCE

Science in Pictures: MRI+

Scott LaFee
07 October 2022

MRIs allow scientists and physicians to create two- and three-dimensional representations of virtually every component of the body, including those...