Genetic Variation in Individual Brain Cell Types May Predict Disease Risk

Researchers identified non-coding regions of the human genome that control the development and function of four brain cell types and mapped genetic risk variants for psychiatric diseases. They found that risk variants for Alzheimer’s disease were...
14-Nov-2019 3:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Life Expectancy in Heart Failure Patients

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, as well as a diverse team of cardiologists and physicists, developed a machine learning algorithm to predict the life expectancy in heart failure patients.
13-Nov-2019 3:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

Phage Therapy Shows Promise for Alcoholic Liver Disease

UC San Diego researchers linked a gut bacteria toxin to worse clinical outcomes in patients with alcoholic liver disease, and discovered that treatment with bacteriophages clears the bacteria and eliminates the disease in mice.
8-Nov-2019 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

ICU Survivors Commonly Experience Job Loss after Critical Illness, Study Confirms

National attention has been drawn to the plight of patients who have experienced the unintended side effects of prolonged ICU care such as memory loss and muscle weakness. Now, a research team led by UC San Diego have evaluated the employment...
12-Nov-2019 1:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

UC San Diego Health Receives Straight A’s From Leapfrog

UC San Diego Health hospitals in Hillcrest and La Jolla have received grades of ‘A’ for excellence in safety and quality for the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report.
7-Nov-2019 2:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Novel Surgery May Prevent Lymphedema in Patients with Breast Cancer

Of the 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the US, one in 5 will be diagnosed with a painful swelling condition called lymphedema, which can occur as a consequence of lymph nodes being removed. UC San Diego Health now offers a novel surgical...
5-Nov-2019 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

UC San Diego Health Continues Regional Growth with New Clinic in Eastlake

UC San Diego Health opens a new clinic in Eastlake that offers express care and imaging capabilities with primary care opening late 2019.
28-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s J. Silvio Gutkind Joins National Academy of Medicine

J. Silvio Gutkind elected to National Academy of Medicine for his contributions to the understanding of cancer signaling networks and pioneering the study of the PIK3CA-mTOR signaling circuitry in head and neck cancer.
21-Oct-2019 1:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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