Bird Rock looking to hold July 4 parade with ‘modifications’
In addition to a planned return of the La Jolla Fourth of July fireworks in The Village, the traditional Bird Rock Fourth of July community parade is planned to return this summer.
Representatives of Murfey Construction, which has coordinated and sponsored the Bird Rock parade, are proceeding with obtaining and securing permits from the city of San Diego.
Murfey representatives sent an update to the Bird Rock Community Council for its May 4 meeting.
According to the update, read by BRCC President John Newsam, “It goes without saying that this year’s parade, assuming permits are issued and reopening plans continue in their current direction, will be different from years past, with modifications and considerations for appropriate distancing. Those exact specifics will depend on what the state of affairs is as we get closer, but there will definitely be modifications needed. We understand that a safe parade is in e
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IMAGE: A miniature ultrasound device (inset) is placed directly over a patient s spleen, directing low-intensity sound waves at the organ to potentially reduce severe inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection.. view more
Credit: Photo courtesy of SecondWave Systems.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have begun a pilot clinical trial to test the efficacy of using ultrasound to stimulate the spleen and reduce COVID-19-related inflammation, decreasing the length of hospital stays. It s a pilot study to evaluate whether ultrasound stimulation focused on the spleen can reduce inflammatory biomarkers in hospital patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, said Imanuel Lerman, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine and an affiliate of Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego, where his lab is based. This will allow us to determine whether treating patients this way can really affect clinical outcomes
Normalizing cholesterol metabolism in microglia alleviates chronic neuropathic pain
Chemotherapy can induce a painful peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a chronic condition and common adverse effect for cancer patients undergoing treatment. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used a mouse model to demonstrate the pivotal role of cholesterol in CIPN, and proposed a novel therapeutic approach to reverse it.
The findings are published in the May 10, 2021, online issue of the
Journal of Experimental Medicine.
The study was a collaboration between the laboratories of senior study author Yury Miller, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, and Tony Yaksh, PhD, professor of anesthesiology and pharmacology, both at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Miller studies cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular and neuro inflammation. Yaksh specializes in neuropathic pain.
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Chemotherapy can induce a painful peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a chronic condition and common adverse effect for cancer patients undergoing treatment. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used a mouse model to demonstrate the pivotal role of cholesterol in CIPN, and proposed a novel therapeutic approach to reverse it.
The findings are published in the May 10, 2021, online issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
The study was a collaboration between the laboratories of senior study author Yury Miller, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, and Tony Yaksh, PhD, professor of anesthesiology and pharmacology, both at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Miller studies cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular and neuro inflammation. Yaksh specializes in neuropathic pain.
Controlling Cholesterol in Microglia Reduces Chronic Pain by Angela Mohan on May 11, 2021 at 2:57 PM
Journal of Experimental Medicine.
The study was a collaboration between the laboratories of senior study author Yury Miller, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, and Tony Yaksh, PhD, professor of anesthesiology and pharmacology, both at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Miller studies cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular and neuro inflammation. Yaksh specializes in neuropathic pain. It was truly gratifying to work at the intersection of two disciplines and identify the role cholesterol plays in activation of microglia immune cells of the spinal cord and regulation of chronic pain, said first author Juliana Navia-Pelaez, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Miller s lab.