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Despite strong recommendations from the CDC, pregnant people in the U.S. continue to show low vaccination rates against COVID-19. It's been a tough choice for many parents or soon-to-be parents, so... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Academic scientists rely on grants to fund their research, and the largest funder of biomedical research is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Unfortunately, many of the racial inequities... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

David Gonzalez, PhD, is an associate professor at UC San Diego, where his lab studies how bacteria affect our health. He's also a first-generation Mexican-American from San Diego County. Gonzalez,... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Climate change and COVID-19 are arguably the two greatest crisis of our time. The other thing they have in common is the fact that they disproportionately affect the same people — primarily... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Despite political risk to researchers and participants, a new study provides the first glimpse into the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health care workers in Nicaragua, a country where the government... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

More than 5 million people around the world die from causes associated with a lack of physical activity. The news comes as many people have transitioned to working from home, are dealing with local... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Around the world, at least 53 COVID-19 vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials. Four of the largest and most promising have reached the final Phase III stage. UC San Diego is a testing site... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

We don’t yet have a vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but we do have a vaccine for another respiratory virus: influenza. In this episode,... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode we speak with Aaron Carlin, MD, PhD, and Sandra Leibel, MD, assistant professors and physician-scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Carlin studies viruses such as Zika virus... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode, Candis Morello, pharmacist and educator at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego, shares her career path — inspired by her grandmother's peach... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

By day, postdoctoral researcher Beata Mierzwa, PhD, studies cellular division. By night, she makes clothing — dresses, pants, shoes, backpacks — covered in colorful dividing cells. In this episode,... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Lisa Madlensky, PhD, director of the Family Cancer Genetics Program at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, explains the difference between medical grade DNA tests and consumer genetic... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

As a kid, Alec Calac knew he wanted to be a doctor, following in his father's footsteps — but it wasn't until he started college in another state and left his community behind that he discovered his... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Susan Hopkins, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine and radiology working to figure out how the lungs work — and in particular, what happens to the lungs under stress. Following a winding road that... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Sunny Smith, MD, is co-medical director of UC San Diego School of Medicine's Student-Run Free Clinic, a popular elective that offers free care for San Diego's underserved and provides a unique... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

For most of history, scientific and medical studies have tended to involve primarily white people, and mostly white men. We now know those findings don’t always apply to people from different genetic... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode we talk to Alan Shahtaji, DO, family and sports medicine physician at UC San Diego Health and a team doctor for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. We caught up with Shahtaji on... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Trey Ideker and Samson Fong teach a course at UC San Diego School of Medicine called Biological Networks and Biomedicine. It’s designed to introduce graduate students to the concept of network... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

"Tiny ice skaters on your uterus" is how a patient with endometriosis describes the pain she lived with for nine years before being diagnosed. In this episode, Monica Cain shares her personal journey... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Tamara Strauss, the first patient to enroll in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health to test a personalized vaccine using her unique cancer mutations to... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In our previous episode on cancer survivorship, Michelle Brubaker shared her recent cancer journey. In this episode Laurie Knight, a licensed clinical social worker, and Cecilia Kasperick, breast... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

When a person shows no evidence of cancer, they transition into the phase known as "survivorship." While this is a joyous moment, it can also be emotional, says Michelle Brubaker. Only recently has... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode, we talk to Kathryn Gold, MD, a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of head, neck and lung cancer, about clinical trials — what they are, why someone might want to... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

We talk to Mary Hackim and Jan Hebert about their 37 year nursing career at UC San Diego Health. They served in a variety of roles in Women & Infant Services, specializing in the neonatal intensive... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode we talk to neuroscience graduate student Alison Caldwell, internet-famous as Alie_Astrocyte on Twitter and Neuro Transmissions on YouTube, about her research, life as a graduate... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Congenital syphilis has been on the rise since 2001, with a sharp increase in 2014 across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although many may not think... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

According to the most recent data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, incidents of trafficking in the United States rose by more than 35 percent in 2016. The thought of human trafficking... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In the 2002 science fiction movie "Minority Report," Tom Cruise’s character leads a futuristic police unit that prevents crimes based on mutated humans called "precogs" who "previsualize" crimes via... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Despite a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer and ongoing chemotherapy, Mike Levine competed in one of the most grueling of physical competitions: the Ironman World Championship. When Mike's... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Your genome is like a recipe book with all the recipes that a cell in your body needs to make the proteins it needs to function. Each of your 10 trillion cells has a full copy of the full recipe... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In a recent clinical trial, some patients with type 2 diabetes showed a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose after taking an anti-asthma drug for 12 weeks. Here we talk to Alan Saltiel,... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Here we talk to Richard Gallo, MD, PhD, a dermatologist and researcher whose team recently tested a “microbiome transplant” cream on a small group of eczema patients. People with eczema tend to have... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In a small, clinical trial, a single dose of the drug suramin produced measurable, but transient, improvements in five boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, lead researcher Robert K.... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

It’s a privilege to share the story of Tom Patterson, PhD, and his wife, Steffanie Strathdee, PhD, both faculty members at UC San Diego School of Medicine. In November 2015, they were vacationing in... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

For years, computer scientist Larry Smarr, PhD, meticulously monitored and documented almost every aspect of his physiological being, down to the microbial diversity of his colon and its output — all... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In our last episode, we talked about the pros and cons of opioids for pain management. Here we talk to Mark Wallace, MD, about an alternative method for managing chronic pain — a type of... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about the U.S.’s opioid addiction epidemic in the news. But chronic pain is an epidemic, too, and sometimes opioids are the best treatment. We talk to experts... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

What are e-cigarettes? How are they different than traditional cigarettes? Are they any better for you? In this episode, Laura Crotty Alexander, MD, a pulmonologist and researcher at UC San Diego... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Tiffany Taylor recently defended her graduate thesis and was awarded a PhD in biomedical sciences. (Congrats, Tiffany!!) In the laboratory of Frank Furnari, PhD, at UC San Diego School of Medicine... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Seems like every day there’s a new food study that contradicts the one before it: eggs are bad, eggs are good; gluten is poison, no red dye is poison – just eat kale! Where’s the science and what... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In episode 8, we heard from rock star Rikki Rockett about his experience with cancer and immunotherapy. Here, we go deeper on this leading-edge approach, which fights cancer by boosting a patient’s... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this extra-long, extra personal episode, Heather talks to Rikki Rockett, drummer in the band Poison, on the day he was at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health for a scan that would tell him... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Scott and Heather talk to three researchers about all the new information on Zika virus that has emerged in just the past few months — proof that the virus causes microcephaly, a potential... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Michelle and Melanie learn the science behind the saying “breast is best” from Lars Bode, PhD, associate professor in pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and dedicated... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Yadira and Heather discuss nanomedicine—using tiny particles to deliver diagnostics and therapeutics—and how this approach helps overcome the biggest challenge to health care today: people. They talk... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Scott and Heather learn about CRISPR/Cas9, the hot new technique for editing genes. They talk to John Steele, a postdoctoral researcher in Larry Goldstein’s lab in the UC San Diego School of... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Michelle and Heather talk about a young athlete who recently lost his leg due to an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. How does that happen? Why do antibiotics sometimes fail? What other... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

Michelle and Heather discuss the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to stem cells -- everything from regenerative medicine and stem cell tourism to cancer. Features Leslie Crews, senior project... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.

In this episode, Scott and Heather talk about the gut microbiome — the unique constellation of microbes living inside you. We also learn about a citizen science initiative called the American Gut... A podcast about science and discovery at UC San Diego Health. In each episode, we bring you the story of one project, one discovery or one scientist.