News & Announcements
April 15, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
How RNA Research Could Transform Medicine, If We Let It
April 10, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Inside the HUMANOID™ Center at UC San Diego
April 8, 2025 | Announcements
Moores Director Named One of San Diego’s Top 50 Women Leaders for 2025
April 7, 2025 | Announcements
Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, Appointed Executive Officer of Alliance Respiratory Committee, Leading National Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
April 3, 2025 | Announcements
Moores Member Appointed Faculty Ambassador to Drive Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Funding Opportunities
April 3, 2025 | Announcements
NCCN Foundation Celebrates 2025 Young Investigator Award Recipients Shaping the Future of Cancer Research
April 2, 2025 | Announcements
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Underscores Moores Pancreatic Cancer Leadership
April 1, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Sending Microbes to Space Could Improve Astronaut Health
March 31, 2025 | Announcements
Moores Member Receives UC San Diego Faculty Startup of the Year Award
March 27, 2025 | Announcements
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Receives $1M Donation from Pfizer for Early Cancer Detection
March 27, 2025 | Announcements
New American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
March 24, 2025 | Events
Inside the Kidney Cancer Patient Summit
March 18, 2025 | Patient Stories
A Strike Against Pancreatic Cancer
March 18, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
UC San Diego Team Develops New Dose Prediction Model for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
March 12, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Colorectal Cancer Awareness: What You Need to Know
March 8, 2025 | Announcements
Assemblymember Boerner Honors San Diego Women for International Women’s Day
March 5, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
A New Way to Predict Cancer’s Spread? Scientists Look at ‘Stickiness’ of Tumor Cells
March 3, 2025 | Announcements
UC San Diego Innovators to Spotlight Transformative Science at SXSW 2025
March 2, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Rana McKay, MD, on Real-world Data of Radium-223 in mCRPC
February 26, 2025 | Announcements
What Cuts to NIH Funding Mean for Cancer Patients and Their Families
February 20, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Butterfly Wings Inspire New Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnosis
February 19, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Expanding Access to Fertility Preservation
February 19, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
How Fluorescence-Guided Surgery is Advancing Cancer Treatment
February 19, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Transforming Cancer Treatment with Artificial Intelligence
February 19, 2025 | Community Stories
Bridging Gaps, Building Health with YMCA
February 19, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Moores Cancer Center Director’s Vision for Innovation and Patient Care
February 19, 2025 | Philanthropy
New Breast Center Honors the Legacy of Barbara Parker, MD
February 19, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
PRECEDE Study Aims to Boost Pancreatic Cancer Survival
February 10, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Battling Bladder Cancer: New Gene Therapy to The Rescue
February 10, 2025 | Announcements
Moores Member Receives 2025 Prebys Leadership Award
February 9, 2025 | Leadership Highlight
From Basketball Champion to Surgeon and Leader
February 4, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
How Healthy Stem Cells Turn Into Oral Cancer
February 3, 2025 | Events
Empowering Patients: The Prostate Cancer Summit at UC San Diego Health
January 29, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Bowel Cancer Prediction Test for IBD Patients 90% Accurate
January 22, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
New Research Reveals How Location Influences How Our Immune System Fights Disease
January 21, 2025 | Announcements
Rob Knight Named 2025 Scientist of the Year by ARCS San Diego
January 21, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Why Our Biological Clock Ticks: Research Reconciles Major Theories of Aging
January 16, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
What Does It Mean When Cancer Has Metastasized?
January 15, 2025 | Announcements
Ivy Brain Tumor Center Expands Global Phase 3 Gliofocus Study to the EU and Additional U.S. States
January 14, 2025 | Announcements
Innovative Partnership Helps Low-Income Tobacco Users Quit
January 3, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Scientists Unveil Surprising Human vs Mouse Differences in a Major Cancer Immunotherapy Target
January 2, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
A “Ticking Time Bomb” for Liver Cancer
January 2, 2025 | Research and Discoveries
Enzyme Promoting Tumor Growth and Spread in Pancreatic Cancer Identified
December 12, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
Social Risks Impede Cancer Screening, Even with Access to Care
December 5, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
Changes in Blood Cell Production Over the Lifetime Could Impact Leukemia Outcomes
December 2, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
How Artificial Intelligence Could Automate Genomics Research
November 26, 2024 | Announcements
UC San Diego Ranks 9th in the World for Most Influential Researchers
November 13, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
How an AI program could personalize breast and ovarian cancer care
October 25, 2024 | Events
Delivering Discoveries: Updates in Oncology
October 16, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
Study: Breast Cancer Drug Shows Potential for Rare Appendix Cancer
July 25, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
Navigating the Frontiers of Medulloblastoma: A Q&A with Anusha Preethi Ganesan, MD, PhD
June 25, 2024 | Events
Moores Cancer Center Clinical Trials Patient Appreciation Day
June 6, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
New Avenues in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: A Q&A with Corina Antal, PhD
June 5, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
Machine Learning for Personalized Cancer Care: Distinguished Scientist Director's Seminar Series
June 4, 2024 | Research and Discoveries
UC San Diego Health First in Region to Provide Novel Therapy for Melanoma
January 8, 2024 | Announcements
Diane M. Simeone, MD Appointed Director for Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health
December 14, 2023 | Announcements
Ramez N. Eskander, MD Appointed Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Director for Oncology at UC San Diego Health Oncology and Moores Cancer Center
December 7, 2023 | Announcements
Kathryn A. Gold, M.D. Appointed Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UC San Diego, Moores Cancer Center
November 13, 2023 | Announcements
J. Silvio Gutkind, Ph.D. Receives American Cancer Society (ACS) Research Professor Award
June 21, 2023 | Announcements
Melody K. Schiaffino, PhD, MPH, Named Inaugural Moores Cancer Center, Associate Director for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Dr. Melody Schiaffino is a health services researcher and epidemiologist who specializes in health disparities as they relate to population health, health services delivery, and quality outcomes.
June 7, 2023 | Announcements
Sunil J. Advani, MD, Appointed Co-Leader of the Cancer Biology and Signaling Program of the Moores Cancer Center
Sunil J. Advani, MD, as the new Co-Leader of the Moores Cancer Center (MCC), Cancer Biology and Signaling (CBS) Research Program, will join current Co-Leader, Jing Yang, PhD at the helm of the program.
April 27, 2023 | Announcements
Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS Appointed Co-Leader of the Structural and Functional Genomics Research Program of Moores Cancer Center
Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS has been appointed as the new Co-Leader of the Moores Cancer Center (MCC), Structural and Functional Genomics (SFG) Research Program, and will join current Co-Leader, Jill Mesirov, PhD at the helm of the program.
April 27, 2023 | Announcements
Leslie A. Crews, PhD Appointed Co-Leader of the Hematologic Malignancies Research Program of Moores Cancer Center
Leslie A. Crews, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego, as the new Co-Leader of the MCC Hematologic Malignancies Program, joining current Co-Leader, Thomas Kipps, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Evelyn and Edwin Tasch Chair in Cancer Research.
March 27, 2023 | Announcements
Dr. John M. Carethers Elected to AACR Board of Directors
Moores Cancer Center Member and Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego, John M. Carethers, M.D., has been elected a Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Board of Directors for the 2023–2026 term.
January 17, 2023 | Research and Discoveries
In Cells, UV-Emitting Nail Polish Dryers Damage DNA and Cause Mutations
Researchers at UC San Diego studied the UV light-emitting devices used to cure gel manicures, and found that the chronic use of these nail polish drying machines is damaging to human cells.