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Chronic stress spawns protein aggregates linked to Alzheimer's

Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mar 26, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Study identifies gene expression abnormalities in autism

A study led by Eric Courchesne, PhD, director of the Autism Center of Excellence at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has, for the first time, identified in young autism patients genetic ...

Autism spectrum disorders Mar 22, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Discovery provides blueprint for new drugs that can inhibit hepatitis C virus

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution structure of a molecule that when attached to the genetic material of the hepatitis C virus prevents it from reproducing.

Medical research Mar 19, 2012 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0 |

How to best help your child lose weight: Lose weight yourself

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and The University of Minnesota indicates that a parent's weight change is a key contributor to the success of a child's weight loss in ...

Health Mar 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Botox now used for urinary incontinence

When you think of Botox injections, you probably think of getting rid of unwanted wrinkles around the eyes or forehead, but recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved using the injections to help patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mar 14, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A new approach to faster anticancer drug discovery

Tracking the genetic pathway of a disease offers a powerful, new approach to drug discovery, according to scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine who used the approach to uncover a potential ...

Cancer Mar 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0 |

New weight loss surgery folds stomach into smaller size

(Medical Xpress) -- Patients seeking a weight-loss surgery that does not require an implanted device or permanent change to their anatomy, have a new clinical trial option at UC San Diego Health System. Santiago ...

Surgery Mar 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

A lifetime of research may be leading to a life-saving treatment for shock

A 200-patient Phase 2 clinical pilot study will be initiated this month to test the efficacy and safety of a new use, and method of administering, an enzyme inhibitor for critically ill patients developed by University of ...

Medical research Mar 12, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

New drug target improves memory in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of Cincinnati, and American Life Science Pharmaceuticals of San Diego have validated the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mar 07, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Embryonic development protein active in cancer growth

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center has identified a novel protein expressed by breast cancer cells – but not normal adult tissues – that could ...

Cancer Mar 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function

A small clinical trial led by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) found that patients with advanced heart failure and type 2 diabetes showed improved mitochondrial structure ...

Health Mar 02, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

UC San Diego among first in nation to treat brain cancer with novel viral vector

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center researchers and surgeons are among the first in the nation to treat patients with recurrent brain cancer by directly injecting an investigational viral vector into their tumor. ...

Cancer Mar 01, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Injectable gel could repair tissue damaged by heart attack

(Medical Xpress) -- University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.

Cardiology Feb 22, 2012 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 3 |

UCSD uses heat energy to fix odd heart beat

(Medical Xpress) -- UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart ...

Cardiology Feb 17, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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