MCASD’s New Exhibit Examines Illness & Disability
The twitch of a finger. The twist of a palm. At first, it looks like a hand simply moving in space. But then you see it for what it is: a dance. These are the rhythmic, deliberate maneuvers of choreographer Yvonne Rainer, filmed in 1966 as she recovered from surgery in a hospital bed.This dance welc
Diverse Research Now Looks to Bring Racial Equity to Medical Trials
In the early 1950s, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital sampled cells from Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman dying of cervical cancer. Those samples became the basis for the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping, and other breakthroughs in biomedical research—but the cells were taken
UCSD Studying The Links Between Global Warming & Pollutants in Fish
The world’s oceans are in trouble—this we know. What we’re less sure about are the best ways to protect our waters and the delicious fish that call them home.But San Diego is on the case.This April, UC San Diego was awarded a $7.35 million multidisciplinary grant from the National Science Foundation
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