KEN-TAL NEWS - AUG 19, 2020

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Stay Safe, San Diego

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have been scientists to also . aser said. “UCSD is Re s em ” in st s, sy re r su la es so r pr ou e r By Gar y Robb the money went fo l R&D for the privat emic might reduce of ca t nd iti en cr pa rc s in ru pe ng vi gi 60 na ga ro rly en co ea e N Th cus dampened llment this fall. It ine, with a heavy fo at might have been th or ct se UC San Diego’s enro school ’s massive health and medic s ha ch ronavirus, whi the by profit pressures.” on defeating the co has already slowed where S. U e th in le op pe m. is sharply targeting ty si er iv un e Th killed nearly 150,000 construction progra n its standing as ey. in past , more than ai it is looking for mon And as was the case But UCSD will maint search universithe m fro e m ca e contributing to ey ar s on re er m t e research y an “M 60 percent of th s one of the 10 larges ce ur n by so unity, state and natio 9-relatrnment. Other large tions m ve m go l co r ra ou de fe ties in the country. it organiza d COVID-1 pulled in a record ickly pivoting towar ude private, non-prof qu cl in ’s The campus says it e th g Sandra Brown, UCSD arch durin d se ai re s . ” , r ry ts fo st n or du eff llio in bi d ed 5 an .4 $1 by the rech. d on June 30. That ’s chancellor for resear have a chalditional jobs created d services ad ce e vi Th fiscal year that ende d an o ersities goods an than a year ag “We and other univ search funding, and added another $100 million higher of the at th ar ye e iv ut ec cons result, ahead as the impact a ad as ro d g se in ha ng rc le pu al represents the 11th ral d the $1 billion mark. $1.23 billion to the region’s gross region lds. This is why fede se fo as un rp ic su em s nd ha pa SD C U targeted to suppor t st year, estimate funds pump alth lly pa , e ca ar th ifi ye g ec a rin sp er g du ov t in ed uc nd fu prod Averag cal right now.” economist at Point new research ever y universities is so criti re some of the ed Lynn Reaser, an rsity. most $4 million into whe ma Nazarene Unive nds beyond the Here is a sample of Lo it is day. t es rg -la nd came from and how ct ex te ’s seco pa ey ty im on un e m co tiv e ch si th ar po — se e re SD Th “ C U d dollars. e Navy — got grants te effects on jobs an ia ing used. ed m im employer behind th e th arch and devel- be ng from se hi re yt g er tin ev uc y nd ud st co to is UCSD and gifts ty virus to how to spot tivity for public safe nature of the corona and better enable opment (R&D) ac y wildfires more quickl

-19 Fighting CnaOl InVstID itutes of Health

Fu nd er : Natio t us disease specialis io ct fe in , A m ou nt : $700,000 ay ch Ca d or : Dr. Edwar zen new studies Pr in ci pa l In ve st ig at two hospitals, currently has about a do fight COVID-19. to es UCSD, which operat sed on developing drugs and vaccines cent plascu es fo al e nv ar co using of s es underway that en tiv ec eff d d to the virus. e safety an Cachay is testing th VID-19 after a person has been expose antibodies CO ma (CP) to prevent infusing patients with red from es lv vo “in y ap er th the essfully recove The university says nors who have succ do stems of d oo bl e th m t to their immune sy will os bo ex tracted fro ng lti su re e th hope that e.” Cachay COVID-19, with the severit y of the diseas ent COVID and e th ce du re d an th hylactic to prev will shor ten the leng to test CP as a prop t rit y. an gr e th of 00 ,0 ng the disease’s seve icole Steinuse $200 ci du re r fo t en m at a tre ers N $500,000 to test it as a variety of approaches. Nano-engine nce Foundation g ie in Sc l try na The university is 00,000 by the Natio $2 in n ve gi e er w ki vi rs corona rus vaccine a s er liv de ly met z and Jon Poko ss le in e patch that pa that infects leto work on a wearabl archers say they will use a plant virus se just one dose. The re to resemble the novel coronavirus. it er ne gumes and engi t COVI D-19 ma ca n pr ev en st in g wh et he r pl as te is ay ch Ca Ed . Dr vir us . (USAF) su re to th e co ro na afte r a kn ow n ex po

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