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Biomedical Research and Medical Building News at UCSD

Posted by BCI Staff on Wed, Jul 20, 2016

Updated building status review:

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Tags: CA, Southwest, San Diego, SDVS, UC San Diego, new construction, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event, 2016

Test for Parkinson’s on the Horizon Due to Fox-Funded Research at UC San Diego

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Fri, Mar 11, 2016


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For the 60 thousand Americans diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease each year, the challenges are huge. From the shuffling gait, hunched posture, and tremors to the declining cognitive functions, nearly every aspect of the activities of daily living are impacted. But perhaps the the largest challenge is receiving an accurate diagnosis in the first place.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, California, Biomarkers, San Diego, UCSD research, UCSD, UC San Diego, Parkinson's Disease, Dr. Paula Desplats, Michael J. Fox Foundation, biosciences, West Coast

UCSD Receives $30M from NIH for 4D Nucleome Research

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Dec 07, 2015

dna-239263_640The National Institutes of Health has awarded $30 million in grants for the development of the 4D Nucleome Program at University of California, San Diego. The $120 million NIH project comprises six separate initiatives, with three of the initiatives involving UCSD researchers.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, California, SD, Neuroscience, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, Research Funding, UC San Diego, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, NIH funding, Southwest Region, 2016

UCSD Researchers Make New Discovery in $12M+ Liver Study

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Oct 06, 2015

Gray1086-liverThe liver is a truly amazing organ, with an almost unprecedented ability to repair itself after injury. The mechanism for this ability was previously thought to be oval cells,but recent research from UCSD challenges conventional wisdom.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, cancer research, California, School of Medicine, 2015, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, Research Funding, NIH funding, Southwest Region, NIH grants, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event, 2016

UCSD Biologists find Harmony in Biofilm Communities

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Aug 18, 2015

bacteria, UCSD, biology, biotechnologyA recent study conducted at University of California, San Diego has found that bacterial communities are more cooperative than was previously thought.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, California, Biology, Molecular Biology, 2015, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, Life Sciences, UC San Diego, biotech, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, NIH grant, Southwest Region, NSF grant

UCSD Researchers Set to Launch First Trials of Autism Drug

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Jun 30, 2015

ampouleUniversity of California, San Diego School of Medicine is soon going to be home to the first clinical trials of a new treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a condition that affects 1-2 percent of American children.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, Bioresearch, California, Autism, 2015, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, UC San Diego, Southwest Region, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event

UCSD Gathers $7.6M for Ovarian Cancer Research

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, Jun 09, 2015

pi5E4LBi9According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), ovarian cancer accounts for approximately 3 percent of all cancers in women and is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other female reproductive system cancer, due in part to a lack of symptoms during early stages and a lack of effective screening tests. In 2014, for example, an estimated 22,000 women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the United States, and approximately 14,000 died of the disease.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, cancer research, California, Cancer Treatment, Cancer, 2015, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, Research Funding, UC San Diego, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, NIH grants, ovarian cancer

UCSD Takes a Deeper Look at Autism with $7.8M+ in fMRI Bioresearch

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, May 18, 2015

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Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are now working with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to predict language development in kids with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).

Instances of autism have been rapidly increasing in the United States over the past few decades, with recent rates of affliction reported as high as 1 in 68 children. For many children affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD), difficulties with language development are an unfortunate reality. 

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Tags: CA, University of California San Diego, Bioresearch, California, Autism, 2015, San Diego, SDVS, UCSD, UC San Diego, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event

UCSD Biologists Demystify Cell Division

Posted by Sam Asher on Thu, Jan 22, 2015

 Bioscientists know a great deal about cell division, but there is one great mystery that remains unsolved: what actually causes a cell to divide. This is especially relevant to cancer studies, where biologists want to know more about the rampant cell division that leads to cancer. A research team from the University of California, San Diego set out to solve this puzzle and found a rather unexpected answer.

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Sugary Drinks may Cost you More Than You Think

Posted by David Larsen on Mon, Jan 05, 2015


Sugar-sweetened soda consumption might promote disease independently from its role in obesity, according to UC San Francisco researchers who found in a new study that drinking sugary drinks was associated with cell aging.

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Tags: California, 2015, San Diego, UCDMC, San Francisco, UCSD, UC San Diego, UCSF, Sacramento, UC San Francisco, UC Davis - Medical Center, Northern California BioResearch, San Francisco at Mission Bay, San Francisco Bay Area

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