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CIRM Funds Six UC San Diego Stem Cell Researchers

The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has announced that six investigators from the University of California, San Diego Stem Cell Research program have received a total of more than $7 million in the latest round of CIRM funding. This brings UC San Diego’s total to more than $128 million in CIRM funding since the first awards in 2006.

September 06, 2012General, Health, Science and Engineering

Nutritional Supplement Offers Promise in Treatment of Unique Form of Autism

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Yale University schools of medicine, have identified a form of autism with epilepsy that may potentially be treatable with a common nutritional supplement.

September 06, 2012General, Health, Science and Engineering

Engineers, Visual Artists and Medical Device Researchers Mix in New UC San Diego Building

Making buildings and bridges safer during earthquakes. Printed 3-D blood vessels and capillaries for regenerative medicine. Safer cardiac pumps for children born with heart defects. Giant art collections sorted with a click. Better composite materials for aircraft. In the new Structural and Materials Engineering building at the University of California, San Diego engineers, artists and medical device researchers who work at different scales and in different fields are pursuing these projects, and many more.

September 06, 2012Events, General, Science and Engineering

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