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UCSD’s Dennis Carson, M.D., Elected to Institute of Medicine  - 10/25/05

African Americans twice as likely to have clogged leg arteries - 10/24/05
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, M. Criqui

Free Skin Cancer Screenings At UCSD Melanoma 5K Walk - 1020/05

Researchers Show Beneficial Role of Risk Calculator In Fighting Progression of Glaucoma - 10/17/05
R. Weinreb, Shiley Eye Center

New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Developed at UCSD Promises Improved Treatment Option - 10/14/05
Nature Medicine, S. Albani

UCSD Medical Center Presents Treat Children To A Safe Halloween - 10/10/05

UCSD Receives Nation’s First Fellowship in Mitochondrial Medicine - 10/07/05
Wish Upon a Cure®, the David P. Campbell Foundation for Pediatric Mitochondrial Disease, R. Haas

UCSD Team Offers New Surgical Treatment for Severe Depression  10/07/05
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), D. Feifel, S. Chavez

UC San Diego Leads Team to Build Geographic Information System to Assess Toxic Hazards from Hurricane Katrina -10/05/05
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, R. Tukey

Thinking Big with the Very Small: Focus of New Cancer Nanotechnology Center to UCSD  - 10/03/05

Area Hospitals and the County Of San Diego Awarded Grant to Increase Influenza Vaccination Of Hospital-Based Health Care Workers - 09/30/05
M. Sawyer

UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes 60 Future Pharmacists - 09/22/05

UCSD Study Sheds New Light on Insulin’s Role in Blocking Fat Breakdown in Patients with Type II Diabetes - 09/21/05
Nature, R. Tsien, R. Hupfield, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Southern California’s First Fetal Surgery to Correct Life Threatening Condition in Twins Performed at UCSD Medical Center - 09/16/05

Dr. Raul Coimbra Appointed New Director of UCSD Medical Center Surgical Intensive Care Unit - 09/12/05

UCSD Researcher Cites Human/Chimpanzee Genetic Differences That Offer Clues to Human Diseases - 09/08/05
Science, P. Gagneux, A. Varki

UCSD Study of Nuclear Receptors Could Change Anti-Inflammatory Treatments - 09/08/05
Cell, C. Glass

UCSD’s School of Medicine Welcomes 122 New Students - 09/01/05

UCSD Scientists Propose Ethical And Scientific Guidelines For Study Of Captive Great Apes - 08/31/05
P. Gagneux,J. Moore, A. Varki

Back to School Also Means Back to Sports Injuries - 09/02/05
sports injuries, R. Pediowitz

Molecule May Be Key to Creating Human-Malaria Resistant Mosquito - 08/29/05
Journal of Infectious Diseases, J. Vinetz

Moores UCSD Cancer Center Invites Community to Open House, Sept. 10 - 08/19/05

All Cancer Services Now Open At Moores UCSD Cancer Center - 08/16/05

National Leader in Children’s Health Named to Leading Pediatric Post at UCSD, Children’s Hospital - 08/16/05
G. Haddad

Community Pediatrics Holds Open House to Celebrate New Location - 08/15/05

Habit Leads to Learning, New VA/UCSD Study Shows - 07/28/05
Nature, L. Squire

Moores UCSD Cancer Center to Study Skin Sampling As Non-invasive Test for Detecting Prostate Cancer - 07/20/05

Golden Armor: UCSD Scientist’s Discovery Suggests New Way to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus Infections - 07/11/05
Journal of Experimental Medicine, V. Nizet, G. Liu

UCSD Medical Center Programs Rank Among the Nation’s Best - 07/08/05
U.S. News and World Report

A Novel Blood Test Measuring Oxidized Fats Is A Powerful Heart Disease Indicator - 07/06/05
NEJM, S. Tsimikas, J. Witztum

Pioneer in Robotics, Minimally Invasive Surgery Is New Chair of UCSD Department of Surgery - 07/05/05
M. Talamini

Lt. Colonel Receives New Heart - 07/01/05
M. Madani, Heart and Lung Transplantation Program

UCSD School of Medicine and Partners to Establish Cross-Border HIV/AIDS Training Program - 07/01/05
S. Strathdee

A Vaccine Approach to Treating Parkinson’s Disease - 06/15/05
Neuron, E. Masliah

Summer Survival Guide Safety Tips For the 4th Of July And Summer - 06/09/05

Shingles Vaccine Proves Effective  - 06/05/05
NEJM, M. Oxman

UCSD/VA Team Identifies Where Life's Memories Are Stored - 06/01/05
Neuron, L. Squire, P. Bailey, J. Gold

126 Men and Women to Graduate from UCSD’s School of Medicine - 05/27/05

UCSD Research Reveals Mechanism Involved With Type of Fatal Epilepsy - 05/23/05
PNAS, J. Dixon

UCSD Professor to Lead American Thoracic Society - 05/20/05 P. Wagner

Artificial Disc Offers New Option for Back Pain - 05/17/05
W. Taylor

UCSD Medical Center and Children’s Hospital To Participate in Clinical Study for Short Stature - 05/16/05

Unexpected Lock and Key Mechanism Found For the Assembly of Tumor Blood Vessels - 05/02/05
Journal of Clinical Investigation, J. Varner

Not Your Mother’s Hysterectomy - 04/29/05 H. Chin

UCSD Medical Researchers Show Protein’s Role In Stopping Bacterial-induced Inflammation - 04/27/05
Nature, M. Karin

In Memoriam: Eric Arthur Wahrenbrock, M.D.  - 04/26/05

$17.2 Million Environmental Grant Awarded to UCSD School of Medicine - 04/25/05
R. Tukey

Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline Slowed In UCSD Gene Therapy Patients - 04/24/05
Nature Medicine, M. Tuszynski, L. Thal, ADRC

New Method Holds Promise In Identifying Markers Of Non-Metastatic Versus Highly Metastatic Breast Cancer - 04/22/05
American Journal of Pathology, D. Tarin

Couch-Potato Marathon Is Fund-raiser For UCSD Huntington’s Disease Center - 04/22/05
J. Corey-Bloom

When Flying This Summer, Beware of Blood Clots and Leg Ulcers - 04/20/05
G. Mulder

Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s May Be Delayed by Drug, According to National Study - 04/13/05
NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, L. Thal, donepezil

Dedication Ceremony Marks Opening of New Moores UCSD Cancer Center Building - 04/08/05

UCSD’s Anthony Wynshaw-Boris Named Executive Editor of Human Molecular Genetics - 04/06/05

More Than One In Four Workers Will Be Uninsured In 2013 As Coverage Becomes More Unaffordable, Health Affairs Article Say - 04/05/05 T. Gilmer, R. Kronick

New Research on Multiple vs Single Births May Offer New Approaches for Infertility - 04/05/05
PNAS, S. Shimasaki , O. Hashimoto, R. Moore

UCSD Medical Researchers Say Statins, Other Cholesterol-Depleting Agents Affect Hypertension - 04/03/05
American Physiological Society, H. Patel

Stroke Scale Training DVD Wins Prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award - 04/01/05

Natural Tumor Suppressor in Body Discovered by UCSD Medical Researchers - 03/31/05
Molecular Cell, A. Newton

Vital Step in Cellular Migration Described by UCSD Medical Researchers - 03/27/05
Nature Cell Biology, N. Nishiya

UCSD Researchers Maintain Stem Cells Without Contaminated Animal Feeder Layers - 03/24/05
Stem Cells, A. Varki, G. Beattie

Critical Need for Geriatric Psychiatrists Addressed In Hartford Foundation Grant to UCSD/VA - 03/16/05

African-American & Hispanic Twins Needed For UCSD Study of Hypertension Genetics - 03/14/07

Ways to Keep Your Eyes Safe and Healthy - 03/10/05

UCSD Medical/Bioengineering Researchers Show Titanium Debris Sabotage Artificial Joints - 03/07/05

Roger Tsien Receives Neurosciences Prize - 03/07/05

UCSD-Utah Team Develops Mouse Model To Test Therapies for Macular Degeneration  - 03/04/05
PNAS, D. Williams, K. Zhang

New Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Shown by UCSD, Japanese and Israeli Researchers - 03/01/05
Journal of Clinical Investigation, E. Raz

Traffic Jam on Axon Highway Occurs Early In Alzheimer’s, According to UCSD Team - 02/24/05
Science, L. Goldstein

UCSD Hosts Kyoto Prize Laureate  - 03/03/05 A. G. Knudsen

UCSD Marks Major Milestone With Premier Groundbreaking In Science Research Park - 02/17/05

Women with PCOS at Increased Risk for Liver Disease - 02/15/05

Leadership Gift From Sulpizio Family For New State-Of-The-Art Cardiovascular Center At UCSD - 02/10/05

UCSD Begins Sudden Deafness Study  - 02/09/05

UCSD Team Discovers Specialized, Rare Heart Stem Cells In Newborns, With Potential for Replacing Damaged Tissue - 02/09/05
Nature, K. Chien

Women and Cardiovascular Disease: A Silent Epidemic - 02/08/05
D. Barnard, Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program, UCSD Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program

University of California, San Diego Medical Center Presents Vision for the Future - 02/03/05

Pro-Inflammatory Protein Contributes to Crohn’s Disease According to UCSD School of Medicine Study - 02/03/05
Science, M. Karin

More Homeless Mentally Ill Than Expected According to UCSD Study; Interventions Urged - 02/01/05
American Journal of Psychiatry, D. Jeste

Pro-inflammatory Enzyme Linked to Diabetes; Immune System’s Macrophages May Be Key to Treatment - 01/31/05
Nature Medicine, J. Olefsky, M. Karin

Laura L. Dugan, M.D. Joins UCSD As Hillblom Chair in Geriatrics - 01/27/05

UCSD-Salk Team Show Protein’s Gene-Silencing Role in Development of Nervous System - 01/27/05
Science, G. Gill

A Healthy Lifestyle for 2005 and Beyond - 01/26/05

UCSD’s Dr. Dilip Jeste Selected For Prestigious Psychiatry Award - 01/26/05
American Psychiatric Association’s 2005 Research Award

Ride4Aids to Benefit UCSD Research and Being Alive San Diego - 04/03/05

Current Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Contaminated With Potentially Dangerous Non-Human Molecule, UCSD/Salk Team Finds - 01/23/05 Nature Medicine, A. Varki, stem cells

Cryoablation Trial Studies Arrhythmia Treatment Option - 01/19/05
G. Feld

UCSD Medical Researchers Discover Molecular Pathway That Turns a Juvenile Heart into an Adult Heart - 01/13/05
Cell, Xiang-Dong Fu

Macular Degeneration Patients Benefit From Self-Management Training - 01/10/05

UCSD Healthcare Brings Digital Mammography to San Diego - 01/04/05
Archives of Ophthalmology,S. Brown, B. Brody<

UCSD’s Dr. Leon Thal Named To State Stem Cell Oversight Committee - 12/13/04

UCSD Researchers Show Immunostimulatory DNA Reverses Airway Scarring and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma - 12/07/04
Journal of Immunology, J. Y. Cho, E. Raz

UCSD and CMA Release Unique Educational DVD on Pain Management Fulfills New State Mandate for Physician Education About Terminal Care - 12/06/04

Wipeout! Surfing Creates Wave of Unique Injuries - 12/02/04
Radiological Society of North America, J. Kuniyoshi

UCSD Researchers Identify New Role for Drugs In Prevention, Treatment of Atherosclerosis - 12/01/04
Journal of Clinical Investigation, C. Glass, cholesterol

Preventing Winter Sports Injuries - 11/29/04
R. Pedowitz, sports medicine, ortho surgery

Donald and Darlene Shiley Give $4 Million To Support Alzheimer's Research at UCSD - 11/23/04

A Survival Guide For A Safe Holiday Season - 11/23/04

Judith L. Swain Appointed First Director of College of Integrated Life Sciences - 11/18/04

Preventing Holiday Hand Injuries - 11/17/04
R. Abrams

Holiday Belly Ache - 11/17/04
T. Savides

UCSD Vice Chancellor Named To Statewide Stem Cell Commission - 11/17/04

Taking Care of the Holiday Heart - 11/16/04
A. Raisinghani

UCSD “Night Owl” Research Study Looks for Possible Genetic Causes - 11/15/04
D. Kripke

UCSD Researchers Find Effective Treatment For Unusual Fever Syndrome Caused by Cold Exposure - 11/11/04
Lancet, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), anakinra,H. Hoffman, G. Firestein

Moores UCSD Cancer Center Recruits Deputy Director for Clinical Oncology  - 11/10/04
J. Mortimer

Helping a Seriously Ill Loved One Through the Holidays - 11/09/04

UCSD Stroke Center is First in San Diego to Receive Certification from National Healthcare Commission - 11/08/04

$30 Million Gift From The Skaggs Institute for Research Supports Education, Discovery, and Development of UCSD’s New School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - 11/04/04

17TH Annual Lopiccola Marlin Tournament Results - 11/01/04

Holiday Tips for Family Members with Impaired Memory, Behavioral Problems - 11/01/04

UCSD’s Dr. Mark A. Geyer Elected Fellow Of American Association for the Advancement of Science - 10/28/04

UCSD Physicians Perform Carotid Stent Using Newly Approved FDA Device  - 10/27/04
E. Mahmud

Gene for Joubert Syndrome with Excessive Brain Folds Discovered By UCSD Researchers and Harvard Team - 10/20/04
American Journal of Human Genetics, J. Gleeson

UCSD Psychiatry Dept. to Study Bipolar Patients With Major Grant from National Institute of Mental Health - 10/19/04
W. Perry

UCSD Medical Faculty Named to Prestigious National Organization - 10/18/04
IOM, K. Kaushansky, J. West

UCSD Medical Researchers Use Brain Cell Transplants To Correct Muscle Spasms After Aneurysm Surgery - 10/18/04
European Journal of Neurosciences, M. Marsala

UCSD School of Medicine is Coordinating Center For National Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging Initiative - 10/13/04
L. Thal

UCSD Chooses Architect For New Cardiovascular Center - 10/05/04

Treat Children To A Safe Halloween - Tips From the Poison Center - 10/21/04

UCSD School of Medicine Admits New Class of Leaders, Scientists, Humanitarians - 10/04/04

UCSD-Led, Multi-Center Study Indicates Minor Depression Is Effectively Treated with Medication - 10/01/04
Journal of Psychiatry, L. Judd

UCSD School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes 30 Future Pharmacists - 09/27/04

UCSD Medical Researchers Find Degree of Hippocampus Damage Determines Effect on Spatial & Recognition Memory  - 09/27/04
PNAS, N. Broadbent, R. Clark, L. Squire

UCSD Health Walk 2004 - 09/24/04

Strep Bacteria Uses a Sword and Shield to Win Battle Against Immune System, UCSD Medical Team Discovers - 09/20/04
PNAS, G. Liu, V. Nizet

SDSU, UCSD Researchers Start Five-Year Partnership With San Ysidro Community to Study Latino Health Issues  - 09/20/04

New Anti-Inflammatory Strategy For Cancer Therapy Identified by UCSD Medical Researchers - 09/20/04
Cancer Cell, M.Karin, Jun-Li Luo

Moores UCSD Cancer Center Marks 25 Years of Service to Community - 09/08/04

17th Annual Lopiccola Marlin Tournament To Benefit Moores UCSD Cancer Center - 08/31/04

Titans of Industry Headline 10th Annual Re-Shaping Health Care Conference - 08/30/04

Under-Recognized Condition Important In Treatment of High Blood Pressure - 08/30/04
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, M. Criqui

Moores UCSD Cancer Center Awarded Grant to Plan Public-Private Drug Development Center - 08/24/04
S. Howell

Dangers Of Summer: Dehydration, Heat Exhaustion And Heatstroke - 08/19/04
M. Kabongo

UCSD Patient Finds Relief with New Minimally Invasive Surgery for Back Pain - 08/18/04
W. Taylor, TLIF

Top Pharmacist at National Institutes of Health Joins UCSD as Pharmacist in Chief, Associate Dean - 08/18/04
C. Daniels

UCSD Trauma Center Celebrates 20 Years of Achievement - 08/17/04

The 19th Annual UCSD Healthcare All Staff Dinner Dance Photos

Comprehensive ALS Center Opens At UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest - 08/12/04
N. Desai, G. Sheean, D. Cleveland, Lou Gehrig’s disease

The Dangers of Mixing Medications and Herbal Remedies - 08/11/04
C. James

Study Reveals Pediatricians Overlook Kawasaki Disease in Extremes of Pediatric Age Ranges - 08/10/04
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, J. Burns

Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Nucleus Shown by UCSD/VA Medical Researchers - 08/05/04
Science, D. Looney, RNA, DNA

UCSD Medical Researchers Are First to Demonstrate Molecular Link Between Inflammation and Cancer - 08/05/04
Cell, M. Karin, CAC, Moores UCSD Cancer Center

UC San Diego Names Thomas J. Kipps to Endowed Chair in Cancer Research - 08/04/04

Sustained Remission in Schizophrenia Is Possible in Some Patients - 08/01/04
American Journal of Psychiatry, D. Jeste,SIRA

International Study Shows Safe, Effective Therapy For Previously Untreated Patients With HIV & Hepatitis C - 07/28/04
New England Journal of Medicine, F. Torriani, HIV, HCV

Difference Between Humans and Apes Linked to a Missing Oxygen Atom - 09/25/98
NOTE: This news release is reproduced from 1998 for archive purposes in 2004; PNAS, A. Varki

UCSD Team Solves Mystery of Centromeres, the Genetic Machinery for Proper Cell Division - 07/28/04
Nature, D. Cleveland

Protecting the Skin from Sun Damage 101 - 07/23/04
T. O'Grady

UCSD Researchers’ Finding About Pathogen In Newborns, May Aid Vaccine Development - 07/19/04
PNAS, A. Varki, V. Nizet, Group B Streptococcus (GBS), sepsis and meningitis

Detailed Description of Staph Infection Described by UCSD Researchers in PNAS - 07/19/04
PNAS, G. Silverman, C. Goodyear

UCSD Partners with Peru in NIH Grant To Battle Malaria, World’s Number 2 Killer - 07/19/04
J. Vinetz

Donepezil May Have Short-Term Benefit For Mild Cognitive Impairment 07/18/04
National Institute on Aging, L. Thal, Alzheimer Association’s 9th International Conference on Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ICAD)

Nerve Cells Successfully Regenerated Following Spinal Cord Injury - 07/13/04
Journal of Neuroscience, M. Tuszynski, P. Lu

Lung Transplant’s Unsung Hero - 07/13/04
Cleo Cloud, C. Smith

Twins Spend 30 Days in Bed For Space-Age Technology Healing - 07/08/04
NASA, A. Hargens

The Smart Person’s Guide to Preventing Summer Sports Injuries - 07/08/04
R. Pedowitz

Mitochondria in Spinal Cords is ALS Target According to UCSD Medical Researchers 07/07/04
Neuron. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, D. Cleveland

UCSD Team Determines Cellular Stress Within Body Is Critical Component of Cell Growth & Immune Response - 07/06/04
PNAS, osmotic stress, S. Ho

UCSD Medical Center Programs Rank Among the Nation’s Best - 07/02/04

UCSD Center for Human Genetics/Genomics Formed to ID Novel Diagnostics and Therapies - 06/30/04

6thAnnual UCSD Christini Fund Golf Tournament Celebrates Achievements In Mitochondrial Medicine - 07/20/04

On-screen Smoking by Movie Stars Leads Young Teens to Smoke, Says Moores UCSD Cancer Center Study - 06/29/04
J. Pierce, American Journal of Public Health

Estrogen Therapy Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk When Started in Older Women - 06/22/04
R. Langer, JAMA

Joan Heller Brown Appointed Chair of UCSD’s Department of Pharmacology - 06/18/04

UCSD Surgeons Perform First “Domino” Liver Transplant In San Diego County - 06/17/04

Warm Weather Safety Warnings and Tips For The 4th of July and Summer - 06/17/04
California Poison Control System

108 Men and Women Graduate From UCSD School of Medicine - 06/08/04

Summer Weather Brings More than Sunburns -- Youths and Fire Hazards - 06/07/04
UCSD Regional Burn Center, D. Lozano

UCSD Planning New Cardiovascular Center, Thornton Hospital Expansion - 05/20/04
A. DeMaria, R. Liekweg

UCSD Clinical Trial Seeks Atopic Dermatitis Patients For Study of Immune Reactions to Skin Viruses - 05/19/04
NIAID

UCSD Researchers Determine Fatty Liver Disease Different in Obese Children than in Adults - 05/18/04
J. Schwimmer, Digestive Disease Week, NAFLD

UCSD Fundraiser to Benefit East Africans Orphaned by HIV/AIDS - 05/13/04
E. Masliah, D. Langford

PBS Program on Memory Features UCSD Faculty Experts - 05/07/04

Scott D. Emr Elected To American Academy of Arts & Sciences - 05/06/04

Sleep Apnea Treatment Could Save Lives & Money By Reducing Auto Accidents, According to Researchers - 05/01/04
T. Davidson, A. Sassani, journal Sleep

UCSD to Highlight Stroke Innovations for Stroke Month - 04/16/04
P. Lyden, C. Jackson, B. Meyer

UCSD Finds Genetic Time Bomb in Heart That Leads To Heart Failure in Some Congenital Heart Disease Patients - 04/29/04
K. Chien, Cell

Preliminary Results are Promising In Alzheimer’s Gene Therapy Trial - 04/27/04
M. Tuszynski, American Academy of Neurology, ADRC, L. Thal, H.S. U

UCSD Dedicates Leichtag Biomedical Research Building - 04/27/04

UCSD Plans Couch-Potato Marathon Fund-raiser For Huntington’s Disease Month in May - 04/26/04

In Memoriam: William L. Ashburn, M.D. - 04/23/04

Lansche Family Endows Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology at UCSD’s Shiley Eye Center - 04/22/04

UCSD Medical Center is Part of National Collaborative to be Recognized by Secretary Tommy Thompson for Organ Donation Increase - 04/20/04
Lifesharing Community Organ & Tissue Donation

UCSD Develops Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy That Re-Educates Body's Immune Response - 04/20/04
S. Albani, PNAS, D. Carson

UCSD Fundraiser to Benefit East Africans Orphaned by HIV/AIDS - 05/13/04

UCSD Researchers Determine Fibrin Depletion Decreases Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms - 04/19/04
PNAS, K. Akassoglous

UCSD Names Steven L. Gonias New Chair of Pathology - 04/16/04

UCSD Hand Surgeons Charged with Saving Colleague’s Hand - 04/13/04
S. Spector, R. Bodor

Annual Research Review from Stein Institute on Aging Scheduled for Public Presentation April 29 at UCSD - 04/08/04

UCSD Researchers Determine New Role For IKK In Embryonic Development of Skull & Skeleton  - 04/07/04
Nature, M. Karin

UCSD Study Cites Lack of Vigorous Exercise As Primary Factor in Adolescent Obesity - 04/05/04
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, K. Patrick

Schizophrenia Patients Don’t Take Medications Regularly Resulting in Higher Medical Costs, UCSD Researchers Find - 04/01/04
D. Jeste, T. Gilmer, American Journal of Psychiarty

UCSD Institute of Molecular Medicine Announces Beijing Partnership - 03/26/04
K. Chien, Rui-Ping Xiao

National Foundation For Cancer Research Names UCSD’s Webster Cavenee NFCR Fellow - 03/23/04

UCSD Pharmacologists Collaborate On New Approach to Drug Design - 03/22/04
PNAS, P. Taylor

CMM West Named For Nobel Laureate George Palade - 03/19/04

Dr. Dilip Jeste Named Director of UCSD’s Stein Institute for Research on Aging - 03/19/04

Match Day 2004 - 03/18/04

UCSD Researcher Douglas Richman Named to Riford Chair for AIDS Research - 03/18/04

Mechanism Leading to Life-Threatening Infection Identified by UCSD School of Medicine Researchers - 03/17/04
M. Karin, Nature, anthrax, bubonic plague and typhoid fever

UCSD Healthcare Opens New Scripps Ranch Clinic - 03/12/04

San Diegans Encouraged to Give Input at Major Community Health Forum - 03/11/04
AB 1220 (Berg), the California Heart Disease and Stroke Task Force

Zeroing in on Stress Receptors Could Lead to Treatment of Heart Failure - 03/10/04
K. Peterson, PNAS, K. Chien, W. Vale

China-California Biomedical Alliance Is Topic of UCSD Symposium March 30 - 03/30/04

Bye Rudy! - 03/04/04 UCSD Regional Burn Center, D. Lozano

 UCSD’s Dr. Leon Thal to Receive Potamkin Prize, One of Neurosciences’ Highest Honors - 03/02/04

Acclaimed Novelist and UCSD School of Medicine Alumnus Khaled Hosseini to Discuss His Novel The Kite Runner At UCSD

Food, Fitness and Prostate Cancer is Topic of Cancer Center’s Spring 2004 Kaplan Lecture - 03/09/04

Ride4AIDS to Benefit UCSD Research And “Being Alive San Diego” - 02/11/04

HIV Infection Higher Than Expected Among Pregnant Tijuana Women - 02/10/04
R. Viani, S. Spector

HHT Comes to the Forefront - 02/04/04
F. Miller, Osler–Weber-Rendu disorder, hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia

In Memoriam- Dr. Paul Jagger - 02/09/04

Moores UCSD Cancer Center Director Honored With International Award for Drug-Discovery Work - 02/04/04
D. Carson

New Minimally Invasive Treatment for Varicose Veins Now Available at UCSD  - 02/03/04
G. Rivera, EndoVenous Laser Treatment

Editorial in Journal SLEEP Cites Evidence Of Longer Life with 6 to 7 Hours Sleep - 02/02/04
D. Kripke, Sleep

Probiotics Beneficial Even When Inactive, According to UCSD Study - 02/02/04
E. Raz, Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

UCSD Dedicates New State-of-the-Art Glaucoma and Retina Centers - 01/27/04

UCSD Researchers Describe Cell Activity Leading to Disruption of Neuron Migration - 01/21/04
J. Gleeson, Neuron, neurosciences

Filmless Imaging the Future at UCSD - 01/15/04
G. Yoshitake, E. Babakanian, radiology, PACS

Successful, Rapid Protein Crystallization Possible With Technique Developed by UCSD Researcher - 01/15/04
V. Woods, PNAS, DXMS, ExSAR

In Memoriam- Robert Oden Stuart, II, M.D. - 01/14/04

UCSD, Salk Researchers Define Role of Abnormal Muscle, Fat & Liver in Common Metabolic Disorder - 01/09/04
J. Olefsky, metabolic syndrome,Nature Medicine, PNAS

UCSD Medical Center Receives NIH Contract to Set Up National Tuberculosis Educational Curriculum - 01/07/04
A. Catanzaro, pulmonary, Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center (TCCC), M. Jackson, S. Harrity, H. Hoffman

Arm Position Matters in Blood Pressure Readings According to UCSD Medical Researchers - 01/06/04
D. Guss, T. Hemingway, Annals of Internal Medicine

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