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Acadia Pharmaceuticals recently reported new study results suggesting their Parkinson's drug may also be effective at warding off hallucinations and delusions in Alzheimer’s patients. -
As Trump prepares to take office, experts say it's unclear whether the FDA will push forward with proposed regulations of unproven and expensive stem cell treatments. -
The research may not have direct applications in humans yet, but experts say it shows that aging may be a more malleable process than many people think. -
If you knew your genetic risk of developing a disease, would you adopt healthier habits to keep that disease at bay? If you're anything like the participants of a recently published study, you probably wouldn't. -
La Jolla-based Stemgenex wants patients to have access to what the company calls "life-altering" stem cell treatments. But patients currently suing the company say they paid thousands of dollars for treatments that didn't work. -
The rats didn't regain crystal-clear vision, but the study shows for the first time that scientists can insert beneficial genes into fully developed, non-dividing cells. -
Like Dorothy stepping into Oz, UC San Diego researchers have brought color to the highly detailed images produced by electron microscopes. -
One in five Americans in need of a liver transplant dies on the wait list. San Diego-based Organovo hopes to change that by creating transplantable liver tissue in the lab. -
Darrell Issa's congressional race is closer than he would perhaps like. A local company refers a patient for a costly, unproven stem cell treatment. And Barrio Logan braces for a very large new neighbor. -
Jin-Quan Yu, a chemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, and Victoria Orphan, a Caltech geobiologist who grew up in San Diego, are among those receiving MacArthur fellowships this year.
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