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Cordyceps infected insect

Cordyceps infected insect.

How Real Is ‘The Last of Us’? UCSF Fungus Expert Weighs In

The blockbuster HBO show, The Last of Us, uses an intriguing premise to explain the world’s post-apocalyptic setting: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis — aka the “zombie-ant fungus” — has jumped from insects to humans.
May 2, 2023
Cindy Ow
Graduate Division
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How the brain forms

February 17, 2016
Lauren Shields
The human brain can process a picture in just 13 milliseconds. The cellular functions underlying this incredible processing speed involve...
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Understanding Immune Tolerance

February 3, 2016
Lauren Shields
The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...
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Hacking Cells to Prevent Obesity

January 27, 2016
Maxwell Coyle
Your fat is alive. Your fat is alive and it is talking. It is listening. It is reading its DNA...
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When the Immune System Attacks

January 20, 2016
Lauren Shields
While our immune system functions to protect us from such things as invading microbes, these same defenses can also erroneously...
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A Messenger of Pain

January 13, 2016
Maxwell Coyle
This past weekend I sliced my finger while attempting to slice a carrot. The Wusthof cut through the nail on...
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Emphasize Sex in Research, orders National Institutes of Health

December 16, 2015
Lauren Shields
Reproducibility in biological research — or more specifically the lack of it — is an ongoing issue. While experiments may...
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A Powerful Weapon for Battling Breast Cancer

December 11, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Cancer begins from a single mutation in a single cell. By the time it is a full-blown tumor, it carries...
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Dying to Make Life

December 9, 2015
Maxwell Coyle
As you read these words, hold out your hand. Notice the space between your fingers, the fragments of MacBook you...
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New Treatment Extends Lives for AIDS Patients

December 2, 2015
Lauren Shields
Today, HIV infection is no longer a death sentence for those with access to anti-retrovirals. These drugs suppress replication of...
Science
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