An international study with nearly 900 patients co-infected with HIV and HCV has shown that HCV can be treated effectively and safely, without compromising the patient's HIV therapy.
Researchers have solved one of genetics' mysteries -"“ how a segment of protein on each of the body's DNA-carrying chromosomes is able to form a rigid structure called a centromere, leading to proper cell division and the inheritance of genes.
Robert L. Fisher, research geologist emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been awarded the inaugural Drake Medal by the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) organization.
UC San Diego and four international technology giants -- AT&T, Alcatel, HP and QUALCOMM -- have committed $9 million over three years to a new Center for Networked Systems.
Climate and food supply fluctuations may hold major consequences for life in the abyss.
Rare, tiny specimen in Scripps fish collection is the smallest animal with a backbone on the planet.
A previously unrecognized molecular structure on the surface of the human bacterial pathogen Group B Streptococcus the most common cause of sepsis and meningitis in new born infants, shown by UCSD researchers.
The rapid and deadly method that destroys the body's defenses against the common bacterial cause of disease, Staphylococcus aureus, has beenidentified by researchers at UCSD.
UC San Diego's von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement awarded $300,000 to six grants to commercialize faculty advances for better cell phone cameras, video instant-messaging, and more powerful photovoltaic cells to drive down the cost of solar energy.
Using a combination of therapies and cell grafts, a team of researchers has promoted significant regeneration of nerve cells in rats with spinal cord injury.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered a new mechanism that allows cells to fight a class of toxins made by a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria.
Nine undergraduate engineering students from UC San Diego have arrived in Asia and Australia to conduct collaborative research on topics related to cyberinfrastructure. The new NSF-funded program helps prepare more U.S. engineers and scientists to work on international projects.
The selective killing of spinal cord neurons in ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, occurs when tiny cellular components called mitochondria actively recruit a mutant disease-causing protein into specific neuron cells.
UCSD researchers have determined that a particular type of cellular stress called osmotic stress is of critical importance to cell growth and the body's immune response against infection.
A Center for Human Genetics/Genomics has been established at UCSD, with a strong scientific base designed to translate the promise offered by knowledge of the human genome into new medical tools for diagnosis and treatment geared to each individual's specific genetic makeup.
Teenage girls who have never smoked, never even puffed on a cigarette, are far more likely to start smoking if their favorite movie star smokes in movies, according to a study.
By making use of model compounds in drug design, chemists identified a class of molecules that could lead to treatments for a wide range of diseases, including cancer, arthritis, and heart disease.
A team led by University of California San Diego neurobiologists has developed a new approach to interpreting brain electroencephalograms that provides an unprecedented view of thought in action and has the potential to advance our understanding of disorders like epilepsy and autism.
In the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, a battle against malaria "“ will be undertaken by an international team of researchers led by tropical disease specialist Joseph Vinetz, M.D., from the UCSD School of Medicine.
Global warming. Rising sea levels. Massive volcanic activity around the world. Widespread erosion.
Neurobiologists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on the long-standing mystery of how the brain makes sense of the information contained in electrical impulses sent to it by millions of neurons from the body.
To accommodate rapid growth in the size and scope of its operations at UCSD, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology appoints William Hodgkiss and Leslie Lenert to oversee initiatives in homeland security and medical informatics.
Neurobiologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that altering electrical activity in nerve cells can change the chemical messengers the cells generate to communicate with other cells, a finding that may one day lead to new treatments for mood and learning disorders.
Potentially life-threatening non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children has distinct characteristics, often different from those found in adults, according to a University of California, San Diego School of Medicine study.
Biologists have discovered a number of key genes that humans, mice, fruit flies and roundworms all need to produce hair-like cellular protrusions known as cilia -- a structure that when absent or defective in certain cells has been linked to human infertility, blindness, kidney disease and lung dysfunction.
Looks can be deceiving, the saying goes, and the same can be said of animals in the marine environment.
One of the world's leading philosophers of science, Professor of Philosophy Nancy D. Cartwright, has been named to membership in the American Philosophical Society, the nation's oldest learned society, and one of its most prestigious.
Each year, potentially 980 lives could be saved and $11.1 billion in automobile-accident costs could be avoided if drivers who suffer from a disorder called obstructive sleep apnea were successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), according to a study by researchers.
A new study says the populations of marine birds living in the "Bird Islands of Peru" have declined dramatically in the last 40 years, largely because the availability of their main food supply, anchovies, once plentiful, has been severely reduced by the Peruvian fishery.
Now, researchers have determined where and how this progressive heart failure occurs in patients with familial forms of congenital heart disease called atrial septal defects, even after the malformation is surgically corrected.
The Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) announces the first inter-divisional artist-in-residence between the biological sciences and the arts at UCSD. CRCA recently brought on artist and researcher Ruth West as a research associate.
The new Leichtag Family Foundation Biomedical Research Building was dedicated in ceremonies featuring California State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, UCSD officials, and members of the Leichtag family.
Surgical placement of genetically modified tissue into the brains of Alzheimer's patients, an experimental approach to delaying brain cell loss, leads to increased metabolic activity in the brain, with cells apparently responding to the insertion of growth factor-producing grafts.
Computer science and engineering professor Russell Impagliazzo has been selected as a Guggenheim Fellow for 2004 for his work on complexity theory and cryptography.
Scientists from the United States, Norway, Canada, and South Africa have identified what is believed to be evidence of one of Earth's earliest forms of life, a finding that could factor heavily into discussions of the origins of life.
A promising new therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine re-educates the body's immune system to prevent an attack against healthy joint tissue.
Why are worrisome new epidemics, from AIDS to SARS, emerging in the 21st century? Why, at the same time, are the old killers, supposedly about to go away -- cholera, tuberculosis, malaria, and dengue fever -- now killing people all over the world?
Tissue damage due to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is reduced and lifespan lengthened in mouse models of the disease when a naturally occurring fibrous protein called fibrin is depleted from the body.
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego will deploy mobile wireless gateways built by Entree Wireless to provide high-speed wireless connectivity in the field for first responders in disaster situations.
Ramesh Rao has been appointed the first holder of the QUALCOMM Endowed Chair in Telecommunications and Information Technologies in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.
In 2001 the then president of the University of California, Dr. Richard C. Atkinson, gave a Washington address to the American Council of Education proposing that colleges and universities radically change the way they evaluate students applying for admission.
The fourth annual award honoring the memory of William A. Nierenberg, who led Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, as director for more than two decades, will be awarded to celebrated primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall.
Undergraduates will do research at laboratories in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia this summer, as part of a three-year, $156,000 program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help prepare more U.S. engineers and scientists to work on international projects.
Continuing studies about a protein kinase complex called I-kappa-B kinase (or IKK) have now shown that a subunit of IKK influences the outer layer of skin in developing mice to control the eventual shape of the full-grown skeleton and skull.
Lack of vigorous physical activity is the main contributor to obesity in adolescents ages 11 to 15, according to a study of 878 adolescents by researchers.
Bioinformatics scientists at UC San Diego have take a first look at comparing three mammalian genomes, and contributed to two major journal articles in Nature and Genome Research tied to the completion of the rat genome, announced April 1.
A new study shows that only 41 percent of patients take their antipsychotic medication on a regular basis. Out-patient and hospital medical costs are significantly higher in the patients who are not regularly adherent to a prescribed drug regimen.
A distinguished group of scientists and guests traveled from around the country to celebrate the naming of the Cellular and Molecular Medicine West Building as the George Palade Laboratories for Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
French and American researchers have developed a unique approach to drug design where an important neuron-signaling enzyme called acetylcholinesterase acts as a microscopic vessel filled with reactant chemicals, to create its own, tailored therapeutic agent.
The Pentagon is funding an effort led by UCSD engineers to enable troops to set up mobile communications networks using lightweight wireless equipment on the battlefield, during commando raids, or in other hostile, rapidly-changing environments.
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