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Cancer Cells Co-opt Immune Response to Escape Destruction
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that tumor cells use stress signals to subvert responding immune cells, exploiting them to actually boost conditions beneficial to cancer growth.
December 18, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
UC San Diego Health System and Qualcomm Life Join Forces to Improve Care Remotely
UC San Diego Health System is collaborating with Qualcomm Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to pilot the 2net Platform and Hub for remote patient monitoring. Qualcomm Life’s innovative 2net™ technology collects patients’ clinical information from wireless medical devices and transmits it to UC San Diego Health System physicians, to supplement information already available.
December 18, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
UC San Diego Professor Awarded Bloomberg Manulife Prize for Promotion of Active Health
A $50,000 research prize to promote active health has been awarded to James Sallis, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Sallis is a noted academic who is on a mission to use research to promote health, fitness, and active lifestyles.
December 18, 2012 • Awards, General, Health, Science and Engineering
Healthy Holiday Eating from UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Gain some flavorful food insights in Food for Thought: Healing Foods to Savor, authored by nutritional experts at University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center. All proceeds benefit the UCSD Healthy Eating Program.
December 17, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Toward a New Model of the Cell
Turning vast amounts of genomic data into meaningful information about the cell is the great challenge of bioinformatics, with major implications for human biology and medicine. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have proposed a new method that creates a computational model of the cell from large networks of gene and protein interactions, discovering how genes and proteins connect to form higher-level cellular machinery.
December 17, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
UC San Diego Researcher Funded for Stem-Cell-based Preeclampsia Therapies
Dr. Mana Parast, an assistant professor of pathology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has been awarded a $3 million grant to continue her research into new therapies for preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication that often results in additional neonatal complications.
December 12, 2012 • Awards, General, Health, Science and Engineering
In Vitro Study Finds Digested Formula, But Not Breast Milk, is Toxic to Cells
Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal condition that is often fatal and occurs most commonly in premature infants, according to a study by University of California, San Diego bioengineers.
December 10, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
New Biomaterial gets “Sticky” with Stem Cells
Just like the bones that hold up your body, your cells have their own scaffolding that holds them up. This scaffolding, known as the extracellular matrix, or ECM, not only props up cells but also provides attachment sites, or “sticky spots,” to which cells can bind, just as bones hold muscles in place.
December 10, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Paradox of Aging: The Older We Get, the Better We Feel?
Aging has been viewed as a period of progressive decline in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning, and is viewed by many as the “number one public health problem” facing Americans today. This negative view of aging contrasts with results of a comprehensive study of 1,006 older adults in San Diego by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Stanford University.
December 07, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
UC San Diego Medical Center One of First Five Comprehensive Stroke Centers in the Nation
UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest is one of the first five facilities in the country, and the only center in San Diego County, to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC), the newest level of certification for advanced stroke care awarded by The Joint Commission. This certification recognizes the significant differences in resources, staff and training that are necessary for the treatment of complex stroke cases.
December 05, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
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