UC Davis hematologist Brian Jonas awarded the National Cancer Institute Research Specialist Award (R50) to further his leadership in NCI-funded cancer research.
In California, one in three children is at risk for toxic stress, which can lead to health conditions including chronic lung disease, heart disease and mental health conditions.
UCSF researchers are working across disease specialties. Diabetes researchers are looking at how oncologists use CAR T-cell therapy to reprogram a person’s immune system to attack cancer cells, for example. They hope to similarly reprogram the immune system to fight diabetes.
An Oregon prison is testing a Norwegian-inspired approach to prison reform that’s designed to bring greater humanity to corrections and improve conditions for staff and prison residents. This includes reducing the use of solitary confinement.
Looking at a baby’s entire DNA sequence through rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) allows doctors to diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases earlier, sometimes even in utero.
UC Davis and the University of Oxford researchers developed a new software tool, SparkMaster 2, that allows scientists to analyze normal and abnormal calcium activity in cells.
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