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  • Human Nature

Human Nature: How Will CRISPR Change our Relationship with Nature?

How will the gene-editing tool CRISPR change our relationship with nature? Will it affect human evolution? This documentary explores these questions through interviews with the pioneering scientists who discovered CRISPR, the families whose lives are altered by this new technology, and the bioengineers who are testing it. UCSF alumna Sarah Goodwin, who earned her PhD in cell biology, is the leading science adviser on the film, as well as a producer.

  • Media Coverage
  • Coping in Terrible Times

NPR: “Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times”

This NPR piece follows an unusual “pain rescue team” dedicated to easing the suffering of seriously ill kids in severe pain. The episode delves into the wrenching but powerful work of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco’s integrative pediatric pain and palliative care team, which combines traditional pharmaceutical pain care with techniques such as acupuncture and massage. The program is one of just a handful of such teams in the nation.

  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

The Case of the Elusive Infection

For 15 years, nobody could figure out what was making a young woman so sick. Then neurologist Michael Wilson, MD, tried a radical new test.

Male doctor in lab coat looking at organisms and dna through a magnifying glass; woman sweating and looking distressed.
  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

Radical Investment in San Francisco’s Future

UCSF sociologist Howard Pinderhughes, PhD, says insufficient housing, economic opportunity, and educational inequity stand in the way of a healthy San Francisco. Nevertheless, he believes there is room for optimism and the possibility for change.

Portrait of Howard Pinderhughes with blue skies, trees, and foliage in the background.
  • Research

UCSF Releases Report on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Testing Protocols

Scientists from UCSF, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have concluded an independent review of the appropriateness of the radiation testing protocols used by the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Navy to assess radiation contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard.

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  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

The End of Infertility Is in Sight

Advances in medicine and public health have dramatically extended the lifespan of hearts, lungs, and other vital organs. But for women, the ovaries remain a stubborn exception. That may soon change, says fertility expert Marcelle Cedars.

Illustration of eggs in a basket made of double helix dna strands.
  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

AI Will Give Your Doctor Superpowers

Artificial intelligence manages our phones and homes, helps us navigate, and advises us what to watch, read, listen to, and buy. Soon it will transform our health, says trauma surgeon and data-science expert Rachel Callcut.

Illustration of the back of a female doctor, who is facing a wall of screen images with charts, graphs, speech bubbles and files, floating in space.
  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

Can Technology Mend Our Broken Minds

Scientists have documented the influence of information overload on attention, perception, memory, decision-making, and emotional regulation. But the same technologies contributing to the cognition crisis could help solve it, argues neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley.

Illustration of a pill bottle with smartphone app symbols in it, and a smartphone with pills on the screen.
  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

Aging Is Not Optional. Or Is It?

With the global population of seniors projected to reach 1.5 billion by 2050, it will be more important than ever to reduce the burden of age-related disease. In the future, science will allow us to intervene in the aging process to make this a reality, according to geriatrician John Newman.

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  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

How Scientists Might Tame Cancer

Basic scientist Zena Werb, who has studied cancer cells in UCSF labs for more than four decades, shares her take on the future of cancer medicine.

Illustration of floating circles with marbled colors inside, with a gradation from bright pink to light blue, to represent cancer cells.
  • UCSF Magazine
  • Winter 2020

Who Will Benefit From Precision Medicine?

A future in which precision medicine benefits everyone is not guaranteed. For that to happen, UCSF experts argue, the health care industry must first tackle today’s health disparities, including differences in disease outcomes and access to care based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

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