Why Are Drugs So Expensive? It’s Not What You Think
Pharmaceutical companies argue that high drug prices are required to recuperate the expenses of research and development, but researchers discovered no relationship between the two….
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Researchers Successfully Use Bacteria-Eating Viruses To Treat Complex Lung Infections Without Side Effects
Twenty complex, antibiotic-resistant lung infections were treated by researchers using bacteria-eating viruses; there were no negative side effects, and more than half of the patients…
Highly-Efficient New Neuromorphic Chip for AI on the Edge
The NeuRRAM chip is the first compute-in-memory chip to demonstrate a wide range of AI applications while using just a small percentage of the energy…
Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
A New Chronic Pain Treatment: Meditation Can Reduce Your Pain by 32%
The neural circuitry supporting mindfulness-induced pain reduction is revealed by University of California San Diego research. Neuroscientists have just lately been able to investigate if…
Curing Debilitating Genetic Diseases: “Soft” CRISPR May Offer a New Fix for Genetic Defects
Targeted repairs with ‘nicks’ of single DNA strands provide the foundation for novel disease therapies. One of the great challenges of modern medicine is curing…
Encouraging Tumor Growth: How Breast Cancer Causes Diabetes
Together, diabetes and breast cancer can pose a serious risk Type 2 diabetes and breast cancer would seem to be very different conditions, sharing nothing but…
Scientists Discover Why Staph Vaccines Do Not Work in Humans
The sometimes-pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus has a long and intimate relationship with people, one that helps it fend off our immune response. Staphylococcus aureus is…
Rewarding Violence Might Make Criminals Less Likely To Hurt Others
The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego is conducting research to see if providing incentives might reduce violence. According to research from the…
New Lithium-Ion Batteries That Work Well in Scorching Heat and Extreme Cold
Engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have developed new lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures, while…
Gene Therapy Successfully Treats Spinal Cord Injuries Without Side Effects
In mouse studies, pain-blocking neurotransmitters produced long-lasting benefits without detectable side effects. An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California…
25% of the World’s Internet Users Rely on Infrastructure That Is Susceptible to Attacks
About 25% of the world’s Internet users live in countries that are more vulnerable to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure than previously thought. Many…
Keeping the Pounds Off: New Weight-Loss Intervention Targets Instinctive Desire To Eat
People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and, importantly, were more successful at keeping the pounds off using a new alternative weight-loss…
Preventing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – An Incurable Disease
UC San Diego researchers describe an imbalance of opposing cell signals that cause deadly disease, and how a novel monoclonal antibody therapy might treat or…
COVID-19, MIS-C and Kawasaki Disease Share Underlying Molecular Patterns and Immune Response
The inflammatory disorders share similar underlying molecular patterns, a University of California San Diego (UCSD) study reports; findings may improve disease diagnosis and treatment and…
Compact Wearable “Lab on the Skin” Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, and Lactate
Imagine being able to measure your blood sugar levels, know if you’ve had too much alcohol to drink, and track your muscle fatigue during a…
Warning About Brain-Boosting Supplements After Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Discovery
Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease, and a study…
Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
The study proves the value of electromagnetic techniques in a new polar environment. Researchers have made the first detection of groundwater beneath an Antarctic ice…
