Posts by University of California - San Diego
Researchers develop sensors to detect and measure cancer’s ability to spread
The spread of invasive cancer cells from a tumor’s original site to distant parts of the body is known as metastasis. It is the leading cause of death in people with cancer. …
Read Full ArticleNew cancer immunotherapy approach turns immune cells into tiny anti-tumor drug factories
Cancer immunotherapy — efforts to better arm a patient’s own immune system to attack tumors — has shown great potential for treating some cancers. Yet …
Read Full ArticleImmunotherapy better than chemotherapy for subtype of head and neck cancer
A randomized clinical trial involving 97 medical centers in 20 countries, including Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, found that treating patients who have chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancer …
Read Full ArticleInfectious prions detected in eyes of CJD patients
By the time symptoms of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are typically discovered, death is looming and inevitable. But, in a new study, researchers at University of California San Diego …
Read Full ArticleKawasaki disease: One inflammatory disease, multiple triggers
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and international collaborators have evidence that Kawasaki Disease (KD) does not have a single cause. …
Read Full ArticleIs the next big step in cancer therapy personalized vaccines?
Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than three years. Current treatments, although effective for her, are highly toxic. Tamara enrolled in a first-of-its-kind, pilot study …
Read Full ArticleCancer immunotherapy might benefit from previously overlooked immune players
Cancer immunotherapy — efforts to boost a patient’s own immune system, allowing it to better fight cancer cells on its own — has shown great promise for some previously intractable cancers. Yet immunotherapy …
Read Full ArticleZika virus strips immune cells of their identity
Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells. …
Read Full ArticleNeutrophil nanosponges soak up proteins that promote rheumatoid arthritis
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed neutrophil “nanosponges” that can safely absorb and neutralize a variety of proteins that play a role in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.
Read Full ArticleGreater levels of vitamin D associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest higher levels of vitamin D are associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer. Their epidemiological study is published in the June 15 online …
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