UC San Diego Health Researchers Join Pancreatic Cancer “Dream Team”
International effort will seek to develop and test new therapies for deadly malignancy — In an effort to advance research on one of the deadliest forms of cancer, University of California, San Diego...
View ArticleCAR Trials Drive Leukemia and Lymphoma Treatment in New Direction
Experimental cellular-immunotherapy may boost body’s ability to find and destroy specific cancers — Cancer immunology is based upon boosting the body’s own immune system to vanquish malignancies. It is...
View ArticleAltman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Building Opens March 4
Stunning structure will house array of scientists and centers dedicated to speeding basic research into new treatments and therapies — Rising above Interstate 5 on the east campus of University of...
View ArticleAltman Clinical and Translational Research Building Makes Its Debut
New structure will be campus hub for advancing basic science to clinical applications — Rising above Interstate 5 on the east campus of UC San Diego, the Altman Clinical and Translational Research...
View ArticleUC San Diego Health Joins National Clinical Trial on Hemophilia B Gene Therapy
69-year-old hemophilia sufferer joins trial after lifetime of spontaneous bleeding — The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center at UC San Diego Health has joined a nationwide clinical trial testing...
View ArticleStudy Shows Ozanimod as Effective in Treating Ulcerative Colitis
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shown that ozanimod (RPC1063), a novel drug molecule, is moderately effective in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Results...
View ArticleDiabetes Drug Found No Better Than Placebo at Treating NAFLD
But randomized, double-blind clinical trial suggests better way to conduct future trials — A diabetes medication described in some studies as an effective treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease...
View ArticlePersonalized Medicine Leads to Better Outcomes for Patients with Cancer
In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that therapeutic approaches using...
View ArticlePoison Drummer Rikki Rockett Cancer-Free Following Immunotherapy at UC San...
Rikki Rockett, drummer for the band Poison, got the best news of his life last week: his cancer is gone. Rockett was diagnosed with oral cancer more than a year ago. Several months ago, he came to...
View ArticleStudy Finds Psoriasis Drug Significantly Effective in Treating Crohn’s Disease
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shown that ustekinumab, a human antibody used to treat arthritis, significantly induces response and remission in patients with...
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