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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains
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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains

Joan Pulupa. Credit: Timothy White
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Joan Pulupa joins Scripps Research faculty to study the organization of DNA in brain cells and its links to neurodegeneration

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  • Scripps Research study links sleep variability with sleep apnea and hypertension
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    Scripps Research study links sleep variability with sleep apnea and hypertension

    How consumers’ digital activity trackers could enable personalized health screening and early intervention for cardiovascular health and beyond.

  • Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
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    Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

    Study will investigate whether a GIP/GLP-1 dual receptor agonist, currently approved for type 2 diabetes, obesity and obstructive sleep apnea, can reduce symptoms of long COVID.

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    AI model detects hidden diabetes risk by reading glucose spikes

    Scripps Research scientists reveal how wearable sensors and artificial intelligence could transform the way we detect and manage pre-diabetes.

  • Genomic data shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak
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    Genomic data shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak

    Researchers show that mpox circulated among humans in Nigeria for eight years before the international outbreak, highlighting the need for improved surveillance.

  • Eric Topol authors book on the science of healthy aging
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    Eric Topol authors book on the science of healthy aging

    Latest book by Scripps Research executive vice president guides readers through medical breakthroughs that are primed to extend healthspan

  • Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins
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    Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins

    An international collaboration between Scripps Research, University of Arizona, CNRS and others provides additional analysis of how the pandemic began.

  • Giorgio Quer and Evan Muse
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    New AI tool simplifies heart monitoring: Fewer leads, same accuracy

    Scripps Research scientists showed that, with help from an AI tool, cardiologists can diagnose heart attacks using a simpler, easier and more accessible electrocardiogram technology.

  • Timing matters: Scripps Research study shows ways to improve health alerts
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    Timing matters: Scripps Research study shows ways to improve health alerts

    Wearable health sensors are a powerful tool in disease detection and in stemming the spread of infections.

  • New sleep study aims to understand cognitive decline in women
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    New sleep study aims to understand cognitive decline in women

    Scripps Research launches digital trial to identify sleep-related risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias using activity trackers.

  • TIME100 Health list features Scripps Research Executive Vice President Eric Topol
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    TIME100 Health list features Scripps Research Executive Vice President Eric Topol

    New list honors 100 individuals who most influenced global health in 2024.

  • Scripps Research Executive Vice President Eric Topol gives TED talk on transformative power of AI in medicine
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    Scripps Research Executive Vice President Eric Topol gives TED talk on transformative power of AI in medicine

    Topol provides an overview of how AI models can improve diagnostic accuracy, liberate clinicians from keyboards and restore the doctor-patient relationship.

  • Scripps Research receives $1.5M to surveil infectious disease threats in wastewater
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    Scripps Research receives $1.5M to surveil infectious disease threats in wastewater

    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation award to support the development of multi-pathogen wastewater surveillance tools and protocols.

  • Eric Topol and Julia Moore Vogel
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    Scripps Research receives momentous award from NIH to lead key programs in national All of Us Research Program

    The award renews support for Scripps Research Translational Institute and partner organizations involved in expanding one of the largest and most inclusive health data resources of its kind.

  • Scripps Research awarded $46.8 million by NIH to promote human health through innovative translational science and training
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    Scripps Research awarded $46.8 million by NIH to promote human health through innovative translational science and training

    The Translational Institute is harnessing genomic and digital technologies with machine learning to revolutionize health research.

  • Scripps Research scientists granted up to $12.8M to study viral infections
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    Scripps Research scientists granted up to $12.8M to study viral infections

    Grant renewal from the NIH-NIAID will help uncover critical information about the viruses that cause COVID-19, Lassa and Ebola, including how they evolve.  

  • “COVID rebound” is common, even in untreated patients
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    “COVID rebound” is common, even in untreated patients

    Preliminary results from a Scripps Research and eMed digital medicine study show an unexpectedly high proportion of COVID-19 rebound cases in untreated people, as well as those treated with Paxlovid.

  • Scripps Research launches study to reduce hospitalization of immunocompromised people with COVID-19
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    Scripps Research launches study to reduce hospitalization of immunocompromised people with COVID-19

    In partnership with Cue Health, the study will deploy at-home COVID-19 tests, on-demand telemedicine and delivery of antiviral medication in an effort to lessen severe disease outcomes.

  • Scripps Research receives $2.5M CDC contract for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program
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    Scripps Research receives $2.5M CDC contract for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program

    Work will include fast analyses of virus transmission in the San Diego area and across the U.S.- Mexico border.

  • Lassa virus endemic area may expand dramatically in coming decades
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    Lassa virus endemic area may expand dramatically in coming decades

    New analysis finds that climate change and other factors could soon make deadly Lassa fever a much bigger public health problem in Africa

  • Scripps Research scientists identify how SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the Middle East
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    Scripps Research scientists identify how SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the Middle East

    Findings highlight biases in viral sampling and urgent need for better global health infrastructure.

  • Pair of studies illuminates COVID-19 pandemic origins
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    Pair of studies illuminates COVID-19 pandemic origins

    Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases suggest pandemic started in Wuhan’s Huanan market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.

  • Scientists develop tools for early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater
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    Scientists develop tools for early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater

    New tools developed at Scripps Research and UC San Diego are helping public health officials around the world get vital information about pathogen variants from wastewater.

  • Smartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to COVID-19 vaccine
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    Smartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to COVID-19 vaccine

    Scripps Research scientists find digital biomarkers that could be associated with vaccine-induced immune response.

  • Scripps Research develops a smartphone app to calculate genetic risk for heart attack
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    Scripps Research develops a smartphone app to calculate genetic risk for heart attack

    Study showed that at-risk users who downloaded the app increased life-saving statin use.

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