Nerve cell with protective layers of myelin.

In a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports, a pair of researchers at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences report that inhibiting the ability of immune cells to use fatty acids as fuel measurably slows disease…

Patients in Nevada seeking care for liver disease may now access the university-level expertise of UC San Diego Health System’s Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation (CHAT). Led by Robert Gish, MD, world-renowned hepatologist, patients may benefit by having access to a full spectrum of liver care, from diagnostics and testing to novel therapies and clinical trials not found anywhere else in the state. Located at 3033W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 101, in the city of…

August 19, 2011

LA JOLLA, CA—The Salk Institute for Biological Studies today announced a generous $1.6 million dollar gift from the estate of Henry and Lottie O'Neal of Anchorage, Alaska. Their substantial donation will help continue the pioneering research conducted at the Salk Institute.

Henry and Lottie O'Neal, childhood sweethearts married 51 years,…

Stedman Graham will be the keynote speaker at the OASIS Summer Bridge graduation.

Stedman Graham teaches that in the 21st century one’s talent and skills above all else will define one’s value. At the University of California, San Diego, 140 high-achieving, incoming students from underserved high…

TOKYO AND SAN DIEGO – Juli 27, 2011 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM initiative, and Renaissance Academy Incorporated, a private correspondence high school in Daigo-cho, Ibaraki, today announced the launch of the 3G Smartphone x Digital Textbook project to help high school dropouts, habitual absentees and students seeking vocational training earn diplomas.

In Japan, the unemployment rate for high school dropouts…

Not Always Smart to Mimic a Person's Body Language, UC San Diego Study Shows

July 28, 2011

Inga Kiderra

Excerpt from one of the…

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…

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…

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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 One size fits all. An ingenious idea to maximize customer base while minimizing production effort. Also remarkably effective at convincing people to pay for inferior quality merchandise that barely serves the intended purpose, if at all. Customers are willing to gamble with functionality on accessory items such as gloves or hats, but for intimate essentials like shirts and shoes they demand more tailored apparel.

So why is it that we have come to accept a…

 While the overall hospitalization rate for stroke has declined in recent years, the numbers have  jumped dramatically for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), suggesting they may be up to three times more likely to suffer a stroke than people uninfected by the virus that causes AIDS.…

 For the members of CineGrid, who assembled recently at the University of California, San Diego, for their fifth annual conference, experimenting with “extreme” digital media has increasingly become a finely tuned balance of “3D in support of collaboration, and collaboration in support of 3D.”…

LA JOLLA, CA – January 18, 2011 – Using chemical compounds found in a Japanese plant as a lead and the clever application of ultraviolet light, a Scripps Research Institute team has created a unique library of dozens of synthetic compounds to test for…

 LA JOLLA, CA—Mutant presenilin is infamous for its role in the most aggressive form of Alzheimer's disease-early-onset familial Alzheimer's-which can strike people as early as their 30s. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute uncovered presenilin's productive side: It helps embryonic motor neurons navigate the maze of chemical cues that pull, push and hem them in on their way to their proper targets. Without it, budding motor neurons misread their guidance signals and get…

 LA JOLLA, CA – January 20, 2011 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that a known enzyme in cells protects against measles virus, likely by altering the virus’s genetic material, RNA. Cells lacking the enzyme become highly vulnerable to the virus’s destructive effects. The enzyme also protects against several other respiratory viruses, including influenza A.…

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The new detailed description of the complete HIV capsid (outer shell) will provide a roadmap for drugs that can disrupt its formation and thus prevent infection by HIV. (Graphics by Owen Pornillos, Barbie Ganser-Pornillos,…

 DARIEN, IL – Patients with obstructive sleep apnea often report that they feel like "a new person" after beginning treatment with continuous positive airway pressure therapy. A new study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal SLEEPprovides objective evidence to support these anecdotal reports, showing that three weeks of CPAP therapy significantly reduced fatigue and increased energy in patients with OSA.…

 New research by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences reveals that the immune system has an effective backup plan to protect the body from infection when the “master regulator” of the body’s innate immune system fails.  The study appears in the December 19 online issue of the journal Nature Immunology.…

 A multinational team of researchers led by stem cell scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Research Institute has documented specific genetic abnormalities that occur in human embryonic (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines.  Their study, “Dynamic changes in the copy number of pluripotency and cell proliferation genes in human ESCs and iPSCs during reprogramming and time in culture” will be published in the January 7 issue of…