Vitamin D deficiency linked to Type 1 diabetes
16 NOV 2012 A study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found a correlation between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence…
Pepper and halt: Spicy chemical may inhibit gut tumors
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that dietary capsaicin – the active ingredient in chili peppers – produces chronic activation of a receptor…
Acute glaucoma discovered to be an inflammatory disease
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2014 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen University in China have shown that acute glaucoma in mice is largely…
In a bizarre twist, Cyclin D, long believed to promote cancer, actually activates tumor suppressor
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 2-Jul-2014 Upending a cancer dogma Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say a protein essential to regulating cell cycle progression – the…
Vitamin D does not contribute to kidney stones, study asserts
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego Increased vitamin D levels may prevent a wide range of diseases, according to recent studies. However, some previous studies…
Researchers show that fibrosis can be stopped, cured and reversed
Public release date: 26-Dec-2007 Modified protein developed by UC-San Diego researchers may lead to first cure for cirrhosis of the liver University of California, San Diego researchers have proven in…
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