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.
Understanding Immune Tolerance
The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...
Hacking Cells to Prevent Obesity
Your fat is alive. Your fat is alive and it is talking. It is listening. It is reading its DNA...
When the Immune System Attacks
While our immune system functions to protect us from such things as invading microbes, these same defenses can also erroneously...
A Messenger of Pain
This past weekend I sliced my finger while attempting to slice a carrot. The Wusthof cut through the nail on...
Emphasize Sex in Research, orders National Institutes of Health
Reproducibility in biological research — or more specifically the lack of it — is an ongoing issue. While experiments may...
A Powerful Weapon for Battling Breast Cancer
Cancer begins from a single mutation in a single cell. By the time it is a full-blown tumor, it carries...
Dying to Make Life
As you read these words, hold out your hand. Notice the space between your fingers, the fragments of MacBook you...
New Treatment Extends Lives for AIDS Patients
Today, HIV infection is no longer a death sentence for those with access to anti-retrovirals. These drugs suppress replication of...
The Hottest (and Coldest) Trends This Thanksgiving
Although it can be cooked in a separate pot, stuffing is traditionally cooked right inside the turkey, absorbing the bird’s...