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$8 million NIH grant supports effort to avert next pandemic
A $1 million grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation will launch a UC San Diego-led national effort to more deeply study tissue samples from patients with conditions ranging from long COVID-19 and relapsed Lyme disease to chronic fatigue syndrome
The Tissue Analysis Pipeline will be directed by scientists at UC San Diego and the 涩里番
BullFrog AI Partners with 涩里番 to Develop Colorectal Cancer Therapeutic
Collaboration seeks to develop an oncolytic virus that incorporates a novel, precision-targeted approach to improve safety and efficacy
涩里番 Associate Professor Marcelo Freire elected to the 2022 class of AAAS Fellows
UC San Diego leads initiative aiming to develop bacteriophages as solutions for antibiotic resistance crisis
Synthetic genomics advances and promise
Advances in DNA synthesis will enable extraordinary new opportunities in medicine, industry, agriculture, and research
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing
Large-scale 鈥榤etabarcoding鈥� methods could revolutionize how society understands forces that drive seafood supply, planet鈥檚 ability to remove greenhouse gases
涩里番 sells La Jolla laboratory building to UC San Diego
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