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Tumor Reasons Why Cancers Thrive in Chromosomal Chaos

UC San Diego Health — October 26, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes — aneuploidy and unfolded protein response — are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumor survival and growth.

Tips for a COVID-safe Halloween

UCLA Health — October 26, 2021

‘We have quite a few tools in our toolkit to make this Halloween safe,’ says UCLA Health pediatrician and infectious disease expert Annabelle de St. Maurice

UC Davis Health physician treats patients at 35,000 feet

UC Davis Health — October 26, 2021

For the last six months, emergency medicine and critical care physician Roderick Fontenette has been serving as the theater director of the Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCAT) out of Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

Air Force Lt. Colonel Roderick Fontenette and Critical Care Air Transport Team

MIND Institute drive-through trunk-or-treat event major success

UC Davis Health — October 26, 2021

The UC Davis MIND Institute’s free drive-through trunk-or-treat event last weekend was so popular that it reached the maximum number of registrations in just a week. Over 150 families enjoyed the decorated car trunks, volunteers in costume, and treats and toys.

New School of Medicine building begins construction

UCR Health — October 26, 2021

UC Riverside began construction Friday, Oct. 22 of a new School of Medicine building that will allow for growing class sizes and increasing the number of physicians trained in the underserved Inland Southern California. Campus and community leaders celebrated the start of the project at a groundbreaking ceremony at the…

School of Medicine education building

$2.1 Million Gift Launches Comprehensive Breast Cancer Database

UC San Diego Health — October 25, 2021

Philanthropists Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $2.1 million to develop and maintain the Dean-Hertzberg Breast Cancer Database System Initiative at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center to support the work of Anne Wallace, MD and her collaborators at Moores Cancer Center.

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