This Date in UCSF History: Promising New Abortion Drug
[Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 2, 1993.] Every year there are some four million unintended pregnancies in the United States, approximately 1.6 million end in abortion.
T Cells Make Me Anxious
Prioritization is an important skill in life, ensuring that the most important tasks are completed first -- turns out the...
Slowing The Aging Process
Dr. Judith Campisi envisions a future where treatments would destroy cells that drive aging, thus lengthening our healthspan. Campisi delivered...
Retooling Cancer Model
Cancer is an ever-present scourge in modern society. More than 1.6 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2016, and...
Discovering The Mysteries of Life
Next time you’re on a hike in a Redwood forest, running along Ocean Beach simply packed into a Muni car...
Only A Mother's Immunity
Scientists are making discoveries that give hope to global improvements in healthy pregnancies. The immune system is naturally primed to...
This Date in UCSF History: Regents renew contracts for Nuclear Weapons Labs
The UC Board of Regents renewed five-year contracts for two highly controversial nuclear weapons laboratories on Sept. 18, 1987. The...
Big Picture Thinking
If you peer closely at a drop of pond water with a microscope, what do you think you’ll see? If...
App-Controlled Designer Cells Treat Diabetes
Electronic monitoring and storing of health data is all of the rage right now. Many of us track the number...
Marching is a Start
On a rainy Saturday in Washington DC, I joined 40,000 scientists from all academic disciplines gathered to March for Science...