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Autism Diagnoses Prove Highly Stable as Early as 14 Months

UC San Diego Health — May 12, 2022

Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by trained professionals in children as young as 14 months are remarkably stable, suggesting that accurate screening and earlier treatment is feasible, report scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Balance of Two Enzymes Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Survival

UC San Diego Health — May 12, 2022

UC San Diego School of Medicine research sets the stage for clinicians to potentially one day use levels of a pancreatic cancer patient’s PHLPP1 and PKC enzymes as a prognostic, and for researchers to develop new therapeutic drugs that inhibit PHLPP1 and boost PKC as a means to treat the…

Arthritis Drug Presents Promise as Treatment for COVID-19 Pneumonia

UC San Diego Health — May 12, 2022

UC San Diego Health has launched a Phase III clinical trial to assess whether a medication used to treat rheumatoid might also have therapeutic value for patient with COVID-19 who have developed or are at high risk of developing serious lung damage from SARS-CoV-2 infections.

AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, Will Fare

UC San Diego Health — May 12, 2022

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections, providing a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics.

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