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Study: Two Enzymes Control Liver Damage in NASH

February 6, 2020

After identifying a molecular pathway that allows nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to progress into liver cell death, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers were able to use these pathways to halt further liver damage.

Cancer-Causing Culprits Could be Caught by their DNA Fingerprints

February 6, 2020

Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine have defined the most detailed list of genetic fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development to date.

Living and Learning Neighborhoods Come to Life

February 6, 2020

The UC San Diego campus community learned more about plans for the Future College Living and Learning Neighborhood (FCLLN) at a recent open house hosted by Campus Planning and Capital Program Management.

A Nation Dangerously Divided: Race Shapes Who Wins and Who Loses in U.S. Democracy

February 6, 2020

Race is shown to be the single most important factor in American democracy, determining which candidates win elections, which voters win at the polls, and who is on the losing end of policy. These conclusions are at the center of a new book entitled Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics.”

Twelve-Hour Race to Design a Diverse Smart City

February 6, 2020

How can cities be both smart and inclusive? And what would it look like if neighborhoods and systems were developed through the lens of an underserved community? Undergraduates at UC San Diego were challenged to think through solutions to issues and obstacles impacting black communities during a 12-hour ‘Change-a-Thon’ event held on campus Saturday.

UC San Diego Astronomers to See More Stars with ‘2020 Vision’

February 6, 2020

o see stars that are fainter and farther away in the galaxy, astronomers need the goods—telescopes, adaptive optics, fast computers and state-of-the-art detectors. To that end, the Heising-Simons Foundation is delivering. With nearly $1 million in new funding from the foundation.

Lim(b)itless in India: UC San Diego Students Travel Abroad to Empower Amputees

February 6, 2020

In November, 2019, ten UC San Diego students filed into a bustling amputee clinic in Jaipur, India. On one side of the room, men and women, some bearing crutches, watched as their new limbs took shape under the staff’s careful hands. For many of them, a prosthetic limb represented the chance to regain their mobility, independence and livelihoods.

Study Shows Acceleration of Global Mean Ocean Circulation since 1990s

February 5, 2020

An international team of scientists from Scripps Oceanography and elsewhere used data from multiple sources including observations from the global Argo network of robotic floats to find that ocean circulation is accelerating, at least partly because of greenhouse gas-induced warming of the planet.

Fly Model Offers New Approach to Unraveling ‘Difficult’ Pathogen

February 5, 2020

Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part of a growing epidemic for the elderly and hospitalized patients. Biologists have now developed models of the common fruit fly to help develop novel therapies to fight the pathogen.

Novel Intervention in Senior Housing Communities Increases Resilience and Wisdom

February 5, 2020

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mather Institute, developed a method to enhance resilience and reduce subjective stress in residents living in senior housing communities.
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