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18-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
Youthful Cognitive Ability Strongly Predicts Mental Capacity Later in Life
UC San Diego Health

Early adult general cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of cognitive function and reserve later in life than other factors, such as higher education, occupational complexity or engaging in late-life intellectual activities.

10-Jan-2019 4:05 PM EST
3D Printed Implant Promotes Nerve Cell Growth to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
UC San Diego Health

For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego have used rapid 3D printing technologies to create a spinal cord, then successfully implanted that scaffolding, loaded with neural stem cells, into sites of severe spinal cord injury in rats.

Released: 10-Jan-2019 1:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Health Opens California’s First Accredited Senior Emergency Care Unit
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health opens a state-of-the-art unit to treat seniors requiring emergency health care. The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla is the first in California to treat qualifying patients over the age of 65 in a dedicated emergency care space.

Released: 9-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
UC San Diego Health Named Official Health Care Provider of the San Diego Seals
UC San Diego Health

As the San Diego Seals open their inaugural season, the professional box lacrosse team has selected UC San Diego Health, the region’s only academic health system, as its Official Health Care Provider.

Released: 8-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Maternal Programming During Pregnancy Induces Long-Term Postpartum Obesity
UC San Diego Health

In a new study using a mouse model, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest that long-term postpartum weight gain may be due not so much to retained fat as to reprogramming of maternal energy metabolism.

Released: 8-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
With OK From FDA, UC San Diego Researchers Prepare to Launch Novel Phage Study
UC San Diego Health

FDA approves first U.S. clinical trial of an intravenously administered bacteriophage-based therapy to treat resistant bacterial infections.

Released: 3-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
An Errant Editing Enzyme Promotes Tumor Suppressor Loss and Leukemia Propagation
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego researchers have found a stem cell enzyme copy edits more than 20 tumor types, providing new therapeutic target for preventing cancer cell resistance to chemotherapy and radiation.

21-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Researchers Identify How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity
UC San Diego Health

Some dermal fibroblasts can convert into fat cells that reside under the dermis, giving skin a youthful look and producing peptides that fight infections. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how this happens and what causes it to stop as people age.

12-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
Serious Loneliness Spans the Adult Lifespan but there is a Silver Lining
UC San Diego Health

Moderate to severe loneliness can persist across adult lifespans, but UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers found it is particularly acute in three age periods: late-20s, mid-50s and late-80s. Wisdom proved a protective factor.

Released: 18-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
UC San Diego Health Offers New Bluetooth-Enabled “Pacemaker” for Chronic Focal Nerve Pain
UC San Diego Health

After living with debilitating phantom leg pain for 18 years, Raul Silva is excited about a new dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation device that erased his pain during a testing phase at UC San Diego Health, one of the only health care providers in the region offering the device.

Released: 7-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Researcher Gets $4 Million NCI Award to Study Cancer Drug Resistance, Spread
UC San Diego Health

David Cheresh, Distinguished Professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, received $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award to continue his research into cancer’s ability to overcome stress, gain drug resistance and metastasize.

Released: 6-Dec-2018 4:05 PM EST
Targeted Cognitive Training Benefits Patients with Severe Schizophrenia
UC San Diego Health

Researchers find that patients with severe, refractory schizophrenia benefit from targeted cognitive therapy, improving auditory and verbal outcomes and the way they process information.

   
3-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
One Million Mosquitoes and 500,000 Tests Later, New Buzz about a Malaria Prevention Drug
UC San Diego Health

Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.

Released: 5-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
UC San Diego Researchers Develop Sensors to Detect and Measure Cancer’s Ability to Spread
UC San Diego Health

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers engineered sensors to detect and measure the metastatic potential of single cancer cells. Metastasis is attributed as the leading cause of death in people with cancer.

Released: 4-Dec-2018 4:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Medical Center Named by Leapfrog as “2018 Top Teaching Hospital”
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest was named a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. The award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors that a U.S. hospital can receive.

Released: 4-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
New Cancer Immunotherapy Approach Turns Immune Cells into Tiny Anti-Tumor Drug Factories
UC San Diego Health

In lab and mouse experiments, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers developed a method to leverage B cells to manufacture and secrete tumor-suppressing microRNAs.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
UC San Diego Health is First in San Diego to offer CAR T-cell Therapy for Some Cancers
UC San Diego Health

Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for the treatment of certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, UC San Diego Health was the first medical center in San Diego to be certified to offer this type of immunotherapy outside of a clinical trial.

30-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
Immunotherapy Better than Chemotherapy for Subtype of Head and Neck Cancer
UC San Diego Health

A randomized clinical trial involving 97 medical centers in 20 countries, including Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, found that treating patients with head and neck cancer with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is more effective and less toxic than standard chemotherapy.

Released: 30-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
New UC San Diego Campaign Promotes Sexual Health — and has a Quick Test to Prove It
UC San Diego Health

New UC San Diego campaign promotes sexual health and has a quick test to prove it. “Good to Go” offers combined testing for HIV and five sexually transmitted diseases, providing some results in as little as 60 seconds and access to free treatment, if needed. Updated clinic opening Dec. 10.

Released: 29-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Prevention and Screening Clinic at UC San Diego Health Helping to Reduce Pancreatic Cancer
UC San Diego Health

Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health launched the Pancreatic Cancer Prevention and Screening Clinic in an attempt to reduce the number of people who develop the disease and improve survival for those who do. Every day in the U.S., 145 people are diagnosed and every 12 minutes someone dies.



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