2019
Strip Steak: Bacterial Enzyme Removes Inflammation-Causing Meat Carbohydrates
UC San Diego Health News | September 2019
Evolutionary Gene Loss May Help Explain Why Only Humans are Prone to Heart Attacks
UC San Diego News Center |
July 2019
How an ancient mutation may predispose humans to heart disease
Medical News Today |
July 2019
Gene Mutation Could Explain Humans' High Risk of Heart Attack
The Scientist |
July 2019
Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
Science Daily
|
July 2019
How Gonorrhea "Tricks" the Human Immune System - and How We Might Stop It
UC San Diego Health News |
January 2019
Research suggests how gonorrhea 'tricks' immune system
U Mass Med Now |
January 2019
2018
New National Training Program Aims to Mainstream Glycosciences
National Institutes of Health awards $20 million to train the next
generation of researchers in glycosciences — the study of complex
carbohydrate molecules and their roles in human development and health. | August 2018
Why Humans Get Diarrhea and Other Mammals Don't
UC San Diego Health News
| July 2018
2017
Ancient Sugar Molecule Could Timestamp Human Evolution
In animal fossils dating back millions of years, researchers detect
traces of a glycan once synthesized by ancestral human lineages. | September 2017
When Ancient Fossil DNA Isn't Available, Ancient Glycans May Help Trace Human Evolution
Researchers at UC San Diego and Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya have
discovered a new kind of glycan that survives under conditions where
ancient DNA does not. | September 2017
Refers to publication A251
New clues to making an effective HIV vaccine found by Scripps Research scientists
San Diego Union Tribune
| September 2017
Glycobiology: Sweet Success
Nature
| July 2017
Switching Sugars in the Brain
Why don’t humans display Neu5Gc on our cell surfaces like other mammals do? | January 2017
2016
Many animals seem to kill themselves, but it is not suicide
Do dogs, whales, horses and other animals intend to end their lives? | July 2016
2015
Newly Evolved, Uniquely Human Gene Variants Protect Older Adults from Cognitive Decline
Humans evolved unique gene variants that protect older adults from
neurodegenerative disease, thus preserving their valuable contributions
and delaying dependency. | November 2015
Refers to publication A236
More Anti-inflammatory Genes Mean Longer Lifespans for Mammals
Mammal species with higher copy numbers of siglec receptor genes have longer maximum lifespans | April 2015
Refers to Publication A231
2014
Sugar Molecule Links Red Meat Consumption and Elevated Cancer Risk in Mice
Neu5Gc, a sugar found in red meat, promotes inflammation and cancer progression in rodents | December 2014
Refers to publication A229
Typhoid Mary, Not Typhoid Mouse
Lack of enzyme explains why typhoid fever is a human-specific disease | December 2014
Refers to publication A227
Cancer and the Immune System: A Double-Edged Sword
Cell surface sugars can promote or inhibit cancer depending upon stage | September 2014
Refers to publication A225
For Good and Ill, Immune Response to Cancer Cuts Both Ways
UCSD Newsroom | April 2014
Scientists learn how pathogens hack our immune systems to go undetected
Researchers describe how pathogens target or take advantage of key
molecules on the surfaces of cells to evade detection or boost infection. Sugar receptors on immune cells evolve rapidly in response to even more
rapidly evolving pathogens, leading to a never-ending evolutionary arms
race. | March 2014
The "Red Queen Effect"
UCSD Newsroom | March 2014
Refers to publication A218
2012
How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins
Inactivation of two genes may have allowed escape from bacterial pathogens | July 2012
Refers to publication A201
2011
Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins
UCSD Newsroom | October 2011
Refers to publication A197
Glycans Enter Mainstream of Biomedical Science
UC San Diego leads new national program to further develop the science of glycobiology | July 2011
A Cancer Treatment and Marker in One?
UC San Diego Researchers Finds Promise in Non-Human Sialic Acid Antibodies | April 2011
Refers to publication A191
Missing Sugar Molecule Raises Diabetes Risk in Humans
UCSD Newsroom | February 2011
2010
Non-human Sugar in Biotech Drugs Causes Inflammation
UCSD Newsroom | July 2010
Cutting to the Bone Of Human Origins
Computed tomography scans of a large collection of skeletons from
closely monitored captive chimpanzees will soon become part of the
growing "anthropogeny" database at the University of California, San
Diego. Science, Vol. 328. No. 5974, pg. 43 | April 2010
2009
The meat we eat: Exploring the link between Western diets & cancer
Cancer Research Institute | August 2009
Leading Pathogen in Newborns Can Suppress Immune Cell Function
Medical Press | July 2009
Varki Receives Senior Scholar in Aging Award
Ellison Medical Foundation | April 2009
2008
How Eating Red Meat Can Spur Cancer Progression
UCSD Newsroom | November 2008
Eating Red Meat Sets Up Target for Disease-Causing Bacteria
UCSD Newsroom | October 2008
Novel Publishing Approach Puts Textbook in More Hands
UCSD Newsroom | October 2008
New Center for Study of Human Origins Opens in San Diego
Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego | September 2008
Final "Evolution Matters" Lecture Finds Clues to Human Disease in Genetics of Primates
UCSD Newsroom | April 2008
UC San Diego and Salk Institute Establish Center to Study the Origin of Humans
Salk News | March 2008
2007
Award to UCSD to Fund Novel Approaches to Detecting Cancer
UCSD Newsroom | October 2007
UCSD's Ajit Varki to Receive Glycobiology's Highest International Honor
UCSD Newsroom | March 2007
2006
UCSD Faculty Named to Prestigious Organization
UCSD Newsroom | October 2006
UCSD Researcher Named Honorary Distinguished Professor at Indian Institute of Technology
UCSD Newsroom | August 2006
T Cell “Brakes” Lost During Human Evolution
UCSD Newsroom | May 2006
2005
UCSD Professor Receives Top Honor in Field of Glycobiology
UCSD Newsroom | November 2005
UCSD Researcher Cites Human/Chimpanzee Genetic Differences That Offer Clues to Human Diseases
UCSD Newsroom | September 2005
Refers to publication A147 and A146
UCSD Scientists Propose Ethical And Scientific Guidelines For Study Of Captive Great Apes
UCSD Newsroom | August 2005
Refers to publication B093
Current Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Contaminated with Potentially Dangerous Non-Human Molecule
UCSD Newsroom | January 2005
Refers to publication A140
2004
UCSD Researchers' Finding About Pathogen In Newborns, May Aid Vaccine Development
UCSD Newsroom | July 2004
Refers to publication A137
Vaccines and Diagnostics Using the Native Capsule of Group B Streptococcus
UCSD Newsroom | July 2004
2003
Non-human Molecule Is Absorbed by Eating Red Meat According to Study by UCSD Researchers
UCSD Newsroom | September 2003
Refers to publication A133
National Library of Medicine Selects UCSD Textbook for Searchable Website
UCSD Newsroom | April 2003
2002
Ancient Fossils help UCSD Researchers Determine Date that Humans Genetically Diverged from Apes
UCSD Newsroom | August 2002
Refers to publication A129
UCSD Researchers Discover Enzyme Defective in Bleeding Abnormality
UCSD Newsroom | July 2002
Refers to publication A125
Insight into human-chimp differences
UCSD Newsroom | April 2002
Refers to publication A121
Researchers Uncover Brain Patterns That Differentiate Humans From Chimpanzees
UCSD Newsroom | April 2002
Refers to publication A121
2001
NIGMS Awards Glue Grant to Study Cell Talk
UCSD Newsroom | October 2001
UCSD Research Shows Common Drug Prevents Spread of Cancer In Mice
UCSD Newsroom | March 2001
Refers to publication A111
1998
Difference Between Humans and Apes Linked to a Missing Oxygen Atom
UCSD Newsroom | September 1998
Refers to publication A097