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UC San Diego Health Launches Drone Transport Program with UPS, Matternet

UC San Diego Health — January 29, 2020

UC San Diego Health launches pilot project using drones to move medical samples, supplies and documents between Jacobs Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center and the Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine, speeding delivery of services and patient care currently managed through ground transport.

New Injection Technique May Boost Spinal Cord Injury Repair Efforts

UC San Diego Health — January 29, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues, describe a new method for delivering neural precursor cells to spinal cord injuries in rats, reducing the risk of further injury and boosting the propagation of potentially reparative cells.

Opioid Dependence Found to Permanently Change Brains of Rats

UC San Diego Health — January 24, 2020

Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, with five to 10 percent developing an opioid use disorder or addiction. In a new study, UC San Diego researchers found that opioid dependence produced permanent changes in the brains of rats.

Liver Fibrosis 'Off Switch' Discovered in Mice

UC San Diego Health — January 23, 2020

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified several genetic switches, or transcription factors, that determine whether or not liver cells produce collagen — providing a new therapeutic target for liver fibrosis.

Unfruitful: Eating More Produce Will Not Cure, Stop Prostate Cancer

UC San Diego Health — January 14, 2020

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that patients with prostate cancer assigned to eat seven or more servings of vegetables and fruits daily saw no extra protection from the increased consumption of micronutrients, running contrary to current thought.

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