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Tumor-activated protein promotes cancer spread

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels that transports and ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality

Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Ag ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

International consortium builds 'Google Map' of human metabolism

Building on earlier pioneering work by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, an international consortium of university researchers has produced the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction ...

Medical research created Mar 03, 2013 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Binding sites for LIN28 protein found in thousands of human genes

A study led by researchers at the UC San Diego Stem Cell Research program and funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) looks at an important RNA binding protein called LIN28, which ...

Genetics created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Evolved, mutated gene module linked to Joubert syndrome

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.

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gone, but not forgotten: Scientists recall EP, perhaps the world's second-most famous amnesiac

An international team of neuroscientists has described for the first time in exhaustive detail the underlying neurobiology of an amnesiac who suffered from profound memory loss after damage to key portions ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sexual selection by sugar molecule helped determine human origins

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that losing the ability to make a particular kind of sugar molecule boosted disease protection in early hominids, and may have ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Structure of vital protein complex, G protein-coupled receptors, described in unprecedented detail

Three international teams of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan and Stanford University, have published a trio of papers describing in unprecedented ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Enzyme accelerates malignant stem cell cloning in chronic myeloid leukemia

An international team, headed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has identified a key enzyme in the reprogramming process that promotes malignant stem cell cloning ...

Cancer created Dec 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds women who drink alcohol before pregnancy less likely to take multivitamins

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego School of Medicine, have found a link between multivitamin use ...

Health created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug treatment corrects autism symptoms in mouse model

Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Regular chocolate eaters are thinner: study

Katherine Hepburn famously said of her slim physique: "What you see before you is the result of a lifetime of chocolate." New evidence suggests she may have been right.

Health created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Common nutritional supplement offers promise in treatment of unique form of autism with epilepsy

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Yale University schools of medicine, have identified a form of autism with epilepsy that may potentially be treatable ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excess protein linked to development of Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say overexpression of a protein called alpha-synuclein appears to disrupt vital recycling processes in neurons, starting with the ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With two new methods, scientists hope to improve genome-wide association studies

As scientists probe and parse the genetic bases of what makes a human a human (or one human different from another), and vigorously push for greater use of whole genome sequencing, they find themselves increasingly ...

Genetics created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast