UCSD News: Chemobath For Colon Cancer Evaluated At UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
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| Debbie Soldano, RN, BSN, OCN and Andrew Lowy, MD |
As part of a multicenter clinical trial, surgical oncologists at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are comparing the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy to a tri-modality approach to halt advanced colon cancers. The objective is to determine if there…
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Blood Simpler
UCSD researchers parse the origins of hematopoietic stem cells:
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a gene and a novel signaling pathway, both critical for making the first hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in developing vertebrate embryos. The discovery has implications for developing stem cell-based therapies for diseases like leukemia and congenital blood disorders.
HSCs are multipotent stem cells that give…
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Popular San Diego Beach Sees Significant Reduction in Water Pollution from Land
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| Storm water that falls on the grounds of Scripps Institution of Oceanography passes through an innovative water-pollution-control system, including these two inconspicuous semicircular "media filters" to remove pollutants before the water enters the ocean. Credit: Kimberly O'Connell, UCSD. |
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Glioblastoma’s Skeletons in the Closet

Pancreatic cells from a mouse. Ductal cancer cells are stained red and the Id3 protein is shown in green. (Image courtesy of the Itkin-Ansari lab)…
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