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Cigarette Smoke Makes Superbugs More Aggressive
In lab and mouse experiments, cigarette smoke helps drug-resistant bacteria fight off the immune system — Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause...
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Some Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receive Unnecessary Blood Thinners
Researchers believe cardiology specialists may be unaware of risk — About one quarter of all atrial fibrillation patients at the lowest risk for stroke receive unnecessary blood thinners from...
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Clinical Trial Launched to Assess Safety and Efficacy of Autism Drug Treatment
UC San Diego researchers open first study of suramin in children with autism — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have launched a clinical trial to investigate...
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New Biomarkers Might Help Personalize Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Low levels of two genes predicts positive response to chemotherapy and longer survival times — Metastatic colorectal cancer patients tend to live longer when they respond to the first line of...
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At the Nexus of Substance Abuse and HIV
UC San Diego Researcher Wins Major Award to Study New Treatments and Preventions — Dan Werb, PhD, an internationally noted epidemiologist at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has...
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UC San Diego and GSK Collaborate to Eradicate Cancer Stem Cells, Treat Leukemia
First California institution selected to participate in GSK’s bench-to-bedside academia-industry collaboration program — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and...
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Leading Metabolics Researcher Joins UC San Diego School of Medicine
Alan Saltiel will head unified effort to create comprehensive diabetes center — Alan R. Saltiel, PhD, whose studies of the hormone insulin have helped drive research of obesity, diabetes and other...
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Nanospheres Safely Deliver High Chemotherapy Doses in Response to Tumor...
Scientists have designed nanoparticles that release drugs in the presence of a class of proteins that enable cancers to metastasize. That is, they have engineered a drug delivery system so that the...
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New Drug Combination Treats Hepatitis C Patients Also Infected with HIV
Novel treatment has 97 percent success rate in co-infected patients — Roughly 20 to 30 percent of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are also infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)....
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Researchers Illuminate Key Role of NOX Proteins in Liver Disease
Study adds credence to new treatment approach now in clinical trials — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated a direct connection between two...
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