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Local Team Receives Award for Efforts to Increase Minority Clinical Trial Participation
A three-woman research team from Vista Community Clinic, the Moores UCSD Cancer Center and More...
Five UCSD Researchers Recipients of NIH Awards to Encourage High-Risk Research and Innovation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it is awarding $348 million nationwide to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into impr... More...
UC San Diego Clinical Trial Offers Depression Treatment Through Innovative Approaches
Major depressive disorder affects nearly 340 million people worldwide and as many as 20 percent of those patients are resistant to treatment. A team of psychiatrists at the University of California, San Dieg... More...
Researchers Identify Gene Variant Linked to Glaucoma
An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, has discovered gene variants for glaucoma in a black population. The finding could lead to future treat... More...
Memories of the Way They Used to Be
Human iPS Cells Retain Some Gene Expression of Donor Cells
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have developed a safe ... More...
Couples Exchange Kidneys in “Paired Donor Transplant” UC San Diego Medical Center First to Perform in San Diego County
When Patti Ford and Robyn Bryan first met on a sunny July day, they threw their arms around each other and hugged, as if they were the best of friends. Truth be told, they were perfect strangers… strangers on their way to becoming a fa... More...
UCSD Announces Chief of Division of Genome Information Sciences in Pediatrics
Kelly A. Frazer, PhD, has been hired as the founding chief of the new Division of Genome Information Sciences for the Department of Pediatrics at the UCSD School of Medicine. In this role, she will work closely with physician... More...
Urologic Oncologist Kellogg Parsons, MD, Recognized as Health Leader
Kellogg Parsons, MD, urologic oncologist at UC San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, has recently received multiple recognitions for his leadership in the field of urology and cancer care. He has been appointed to the prestigious... More...
New Radiation Oncology Building Adds Clinic Space, Technology to Moores Cancer Center
The Moores UCSD Cancer Center and the UC San Diego Medical Center have opened a new radiation oncology building on the La Jolla medical center campus that expands clinic and office space, while adding to the program’s advanced imaging and tr... More...
Surgery without “Going Under”
Targeted Pain Relief Avoids Side Affects of General Anesthesia, Improves Recovery
Every year, 20 million patients in the United States undergo surgery requiring the use of general anesthesia. For some patients, the side effects of &... More...
Mutations in Gene Linked to Ciliopathies
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of CaliforniaMore...
Researchers Uncover Potential Mechanisms to Protect Against Genetic Alterations, Diseases
Peering into the DNA of tiny yeast, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have pinpointed a large number of genes that can prevent a ... More...
Testing Gene Therapy to Improve Brain Function in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Researchers at the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of California San Diego are about to launch a Phase 2 clinical trial to test a gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer’s di... More...
Finding the Right Connection after Spinal Cord Injury
In a major step in spinal cord injury research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that regenerating axons can be guided to their correct targets and re-form connections after spinal cord inj... More...
UC San Diego’s Evelyn Hidalgo Named HR Professional of the Year
Evelyn Hidalgo, Assistant Dean of Academic and Staff Human Resources Administration of University of California San Diego (UCSD) - Health Sciences was named Human Resources Professional of the Year by the San Diego Business Journal. Honoree... More...
UC San Diego Medical Center Receives “Most Wired” and “Most Wireless” Awards
For the fourth consecutive year, UC San Diego Medical Center was named one of the nation’s 100 “Most Wired” and, for the third time, one of the top 25 “Most Wireless” by Hospitals and Hea... More...
Developing Gene Therapy to Fight Blindness
An international team of scientists and clinicians from the United States and Saudi Arabia are working to develop gene therapy for treating a rare, hereditary retinal disease. The therapy has been shown to restore lost vision in animal model... More...
Breast Center at Moores UCSD Cancer Center Receives National Accreditation
The Breast Center at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. The Breast Center at the Moores UCSD Cance... More...
How the Pathology of Parkinson’s Disease Spreads
Neuron-to-neuron transmission of a-synuclein may cause α-synuclein aggregates to propagate
Accumulation of the synaptic protein α-synuclein, resulting in the formation of aggregates called Lewy bodies in the brain, ... More...
Review Provides New Insights into the Causes of Anorexia
New imaging technology provides insight into abnormalities in the brain circuitry of patients with anorexia nervosa (commonly known as anorexia) that may contribute to the puzzling symptoms found in people with the eating disorder. In a revi... More...