What Makes Blood Vessels Leaky: New Insights for Sepsis Therapeutics
Lab studies reveal protein HSP27’s role in blood vessel leakage, opening the possibility that therapeutically dialing its activity up or down might stabilize patients with sepsis
Massive Study Links Nearly 600 Genomic Regions to Self-Regulating Behaviors
Researchers have identified 579 locations in the human genome associated with a predisposition to self-regulation-related behaviors, including addiction and child behavioral problems.
Most of UC San Diego’s COVID-19 Cases Detected Early by Wastewater Screening
Part of the university’s Return to Learn program, wastewater screening helped prevent outbreaks by detecting 85 percent of cases early, allowing for timely testing, contact tracing and isolation
How to Reduce Obesity among Latino Children, with Precision
UC San Diego and community collaborators receive $3 million grant to develop more community-centered, precision approaches to reducing adverse childhood events that lead to obesity, a nationwide problem
Center Brings Doctors, Scientists Together to Improve Health of Mother and Child
Topics include causes of miscarriage, preterm birth issues, preeclampsia and developmental origins of health and disease
AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, Will Fare
Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics
SARS-CoV-2 Detectable — Though Likely Not Transmissible — on Hospital Surfaces
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 also tends to co-locate with one particular type of bacteria
Common Diabetes Drug Shows Promise as Treatment for COVID-19 Lung Inflammation
The blood sugar-lowering drug metformin prevented pulmonary inflammation, a major factor in COVID-19 severity and mortality, in studies of mice infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Superficial Relationship: Enzymes Protect the Skin by Ignoring Microbes and Viruses
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identify how the body regulates and prevents constant skin inflammation
How SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Human Cells to Evade Immune System
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it to establish infection, replicate and cause disease.
