Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall
Federal funding will fuel new innovations combining basic science and clinical care; brings total support to $140 million since institute opened in 2010
ACE inhibitor drugs like Ramipril are widely used for various cardiovascular conditions; researchers want to see if they might also provide benefit to patients infected by SARS-CoV-2
Clinical trials at UC San Diego Health and elsewhere will assess whether tocilizumab can reduce out-of-control inflammation that damages lungs and increases risks for ventilation and death
Serological tests look for antibodies produced in response to infection, and will help determine who may have potentially acquired immunity to COVID-19—and who remains at risk
In corticospinal injuries using a mouse model, adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic state and that regeneration is sustained by a surprising gene
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