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10/13/2008

NIH AWARDS $38 MILLION GRANT RENEWAL TO UC SAN DIEGO FOR LIPID MAPPING PROJECT

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded nearly $38 million by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the Natio...More...


10/10/2008

Nobel Laureate, “Father of Modern Cell Biology” George Palade Dies at Age 95

Nobel Laureate George Palade (pronounced "pa-LAH-dee"), M.D., considered the father of modern cell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illness. ...More...


10/9/2008

New Target for Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes

Building on mounting evidence that implicates infection-fighting cells found in obese fat tissue in the growing problem of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, researchers ...More...


10/8/2008

2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Shared by UC San Diego Researcher Roger Tsien

University of California, San Diego Professor Roger Tsien, Ph.D., will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Wood...More...


10/7/2008

Novel Lung Cancer Vaccine Trial Launched at Moores UCSD Cancer Center

Oncologists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla are hoping to stave off the relentless march of advanced lung cancer by t...More...

 

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