UC San Diego School of Medicine partners with The Michael J. Fox Foundation on a clinical study to identify biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease. The study seeks to recruit 4,000 participants by the end of 2023.
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Organoids Reveal Similarities Between Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Rett Syndrome
Using brain organoids, UC San Diego researchers discover mutational commonalities between muscular dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome, suggesting the potential of a similar treatment for both.
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Search for the World’s Oldest Ice to be Initiated
Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will join colleagues from around the country in an effort to discover Antarctica’s oldest ice and through it, learn more about how the earth’s… […]
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Non-Coding DNA Located Outside Chromosomes May Help Drive Glioblastoma
Cell study, extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going ? elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to trea… […]
