Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
A study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found a correlation between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence of Type 1 diabetes. The...
View ArticleBiomarking Time
Methylome modifications offer new measure of our “biological” age Women live longer than men. Individuals can appear or feel years younger – or older – than their chronological age. Diseases can affect...
View ArticleUC San Diego and Verizon Team to Improve Tuberculosis Care
Verizon Foundation to provide grant and in-kind technology solutions to scale up novel approach to monitoring adherence to TB treatment As part of an innovative philanthropic health care program...
View ArticleMonoclonal Antibody Targets, Kills Leukemia Cells
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center have identified a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets and directly kills chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells…....
View ArticleUC San Diego Named 15th Best Research University in the World for Scientific...
Geisel Library, UC San Diego In a global ranking designed to provide highly accurate measurements of the scientific impact of universities and their contributions to scientific collaboration, the...
View ArticleTumor-Activated Protein Promotes Cancer Spread
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels...
View ArticleCholesterol Sets Off Chaotic Blood Vessel Growth
A study at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine identified a protein that is responsible for regulating blood vessel growth by mediating the efficient removal of cholesterol from...
View ArticleHerpes Virus Exploits Immune Response to Bolster Infection
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues report that the herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American...
View ArticleStudies Suggest New Key to “Switching Off” Hypertension
A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has designed new compounds that mimic those naturally used by the body to regulate blood pressure. The most promising of them may literally be...
View ArticleUC San Diego Researchers Develop Efficient Model for Generating Human Stem Cells
Approach has potential to simplify generation of iPSCs for use in human stem cell therapies Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report a simple, easily...
View ArticleMedtech Meets Cleantech: Malaria Vaccine Candidate Produced from Algae
Cheap, green technique advances efforts toward malaria transmission vaccine in humans — Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine used algae as a mini-factory to produce a...
View ArticleDoctorate Program Will Study Substance Abuse and Its Consequences
Collaboration between UC San Diego and SDSU among first in nation – A new Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use has been launched by the Division of Global Public...
View ArticleSDSC/UCSD Study Uncovers Mechanisms of Cancer-Causing Mutations
Computer modeling leads to more precise targeting of therapies — Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have...
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