July 12, 2018
New research has uncovered a protein that enables the replication of arenaviruses, lethal pathogens spreading in West Africa. The research identified DDX3 as a key factor through its unexpected ability to dismantle normal human immune system defenses. The study may pave the way to new therapeutic treatments for arenaviruses and…
February 21, 2024
Innovations in the form of multi-scale sensors and devices, creation of humanoid avatars and the development of exceptionally realistic predictive models driven by AI can radically change our lifestyles and response to pathologies.
August 24, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report that the lasting nature of inflammatory bowel disease may be due to a type of long-lived immune cell that can provoke persistent, damaging inflammation in the intestinal tract.
February 13, 2014
…to quickly create emergency vaccines in the face of a viral pandemic. He recalled how, in 2009, he received a crisis call from the mayor of Mexico City asking if he could digitally de-code H1N1, an influenza virus that threatened to become a world pandemic. Because of obvious health risks,…
December 8, 2022
UC San Diego’s ranks now include 18 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Three professors have been named 2022 NAI fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
April 4, 2023
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.
June 1, 2023
When we reached out to UC San Diego’s graduating students, we posed many questions. One of the most important – who at the university made a difference in your life? The result was an outpouring of love for various students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
November 20, 2012
…inflammatory conditions associated with cancer and heart disease. Her work also involves near infrared, a wavelength of light that that physicians can use as a tool to see inside the body. A riveting portion of the talk—at least for many women in the room—is the project she is focused on…
January 16, 2020
…it into something good: a way to shrink brain cancer stem cells.
January 12, 2023
The late Roger Tsien, who won a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize for the development of fluorescent protein as a new way to illuminate the workings of life, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
