Anthony Donatelli received a heart, liver and kidney transplant after a rare disease caused his organs to fail. The triple organ transplant was a first for UC San Diego Health.
UC San Diego Health is the first in the nation to offer an injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.
An artist’s rendering of the concept of re-engineered native bacteria that serve as chassis to introduce therapeutics into the gut microbiome to treat or cure disease. Photo credit: Thom Leach, Amoeba Studios
Spirit Halloween’s 2022 in-store fundraiser raised $124,696 for the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department. Child life supports the emotional needs of pediatric patients and families.
UC Davis School of Medicine researchers analyzed diversity strategies at dozens of graduate medical education programs nationwide. Now they’re sharing their findings about best practices.
Patient Mariel Garcia shares how UC Davis Women's Cardiovascular Medicine Program stood out in its efforts to provide dedicated care for women who have heart disease.
Oakland Promise’s Brilliant Baby program seeds $500 college funds for Medi-Cal-eligible babies, provides families with free financial coaching, and offers educational programming for caregivers.
Emily Goldberg's lab studies what happens during aging to a particular set of immune cells: those embedded in fat tissue. She hypothesizes that changes to these cells during aging could be key to age-related inflammation.
Vissers’ work on RNA tags helped found the field of epitranscriptomics, the study of how chemical marks on RNA, rather than their sequence alone, dictate the function of the molecules.
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