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Clinical Trial Teaches Binge Eaters to Toss Away Cravings
February 09, 2012
Of 190 million obese Americans, approximately 10-15 percent engage in harmful binge eating. During single sittings, these over-eaters consume large servings of high-caloric foods. Sufferers contend with weight gain and depression including heart dis... (More)

New Method Makes Culture of Complex Tissue Possible in any Lab
February 09, 2012
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in the journal Advanced Materi... (More)

UC San Diego Professor Kim Barrett Selected President-Elect of the American Physiological Society
February 07, 2012
Kim E. Barrett, PhD, professor of medicine and dean of graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, will become president-elect of the American Physiological Society (APS).  APS is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization devoted ... (More)

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly Brain Tumor
February 03, 2012
One of few clinical trial sites, worldwide Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).  In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 pat... (More)

Grant to UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center Supports Research in Blinding Eye Diseases
January 26, 2012
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of blinding eye disea... (More)

Scientists Link Evolved, Mutated Gene Module to Syndromic Autism
January 26, 2012
A team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that newly discovered mutations in an evolved assembly of genes cause Joubert syndrome, a form of syndromic autism. The findings are published in the J... (More)

Four Breast Cancer-Related Studies Seeking Participants
January 25, 2012
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center researchers examine role of diet and exercise An active lifestyle and a healthy diet can help you feel more energetic, control your weight, help you sleep better, and reduce your risk of many diseases.  Researchers... (More)

Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons From Pluripotent Stem Cells
January 25, 2012
First-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, scientists have, for the first time, created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of ... (More)

New Fluorescent Dyes Highlight Neuronal Activity
January 25, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have created a new generation of fast-acting fluorescent dyes that optically highlight electrical activity in neuronal membranes. The work is published in this week’s online E... (More)

UC San Diego Health System Expands, Acquires Nevada Cancer Institute
January 23, 2012
UC San Diego Health System has received approval to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), the official cancer institute of the state of Nevada, as an affiliate health care provider. The expansion represents a partnership between California and... (More)

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