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    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2020

    Tweeting a Pandemic

    How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.

    Robert Wachter, MD, sitting in his home, working on a tablet, with a computer in his lap, and his dog by his side.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2020

    How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

    As the United States’ testing regime floundered early in the pandemic, scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.

    Vida Ahyong, Joe DeRisi, and Emily Crawford in face masks, lab coats, and gloves.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2020

    We Must Learn from Our Past

    A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.

    Illustration of a silhouette of a man and a child in a dome shaped bubble; a labyrinth of coronavirus cells and graph-like curves are displayed in the background; a sun and clouds are peaking out from behind.
    • Media Coverage
    • 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.

    • 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

    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.

    Illustration of a red, autumnal leaf, with a green pencil coloring over the leaf and turning it green.
    • 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

    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

    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.

    Conceptual photo illustration of cut-outs of George Washington on the dollar bill, cells, hypodermic needs, grids, lines, boxes, number, and pills.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Winter 2020

    Should You Take a Direct-to-Consumer DNA Test?

    With the rise of “direct-to-consumer” DNA tests, investigating your genes is easier than ever. But taking one of these tests may not be right for you, says UCSF professor Kathryn Phillips, PhD, who studies new health care technologies.

    Illustration of person in lab coat at a microscope. The microscope has images popping out of it: blood cells, double helix, molecules, and a group of diverse people.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2019

    The UCSF Guide to Healthy and Happy Eating

    Healthy eating can be difficult to do, especially when the science isn’t clear. Our experts have weighed in to give you the best advice based on solid research, allowing you to make better choices when it comes to your nutrition.

    Photo of a doctor’s hand in a white coat holding a bunch of carrots on a blank blue background.
    • Media Coverage
    • Carry the One Radio: “Jazz Bands and MRI Scans: How Brains are Creative”

    Carry the One Radio: “Jazz Bands and MRI Scans: How Brains are Creative”

    Have you ever wondered what’s going on in a musician’s head while they improvise? In this episode, Charles Limb, MD, a UCSF surgeon and neuroscientist, explores the process of creativity by scanning the brains of jazz musicians and rappers as they improvise. Tune in to learn what brain processes allow creative thought and why creativity matters.

    • Media Coverage
    • Twisting Fate: My Journey with BRCA – from Breast Cancer Doctor to Patient and Back

    Twisting Fate: My Journey with BRCA

    UCSF oncologist Pamela Munster, MD, has advised thousands of women on how to deal with the life-altering diagnosis of breast cancer. But when she got a call saying that her own mammogram showed irregularities, she found herself experiencing a whole new side of the disease. Munster’s book weaves together her personal story with her team’s research on the BRCA gene, which is responsible for breast cancer and many other inherited cancers.

    • UCSF Magazine
    • Winter 2019

    Sugar’s Sick Secrets

    The sugar industry has driven decades of biased research that shirk sugar's responsibility for chronic disease. UCSF researchers are uncovering thousands of industry documents to combat this misinformation, and steer Americans away from what is becoming a growing health crisis.

    Illustration of a repeating pattern of boxes that read “Sugar Shock.”
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Winter 2019

    Decoding the Mystery of the Super-Ager

    A growing number of researchers at UCSF and elsewhere have turned their attention to questions around why and how some people who age thrive and are more resilient than others.

    Illustration of a silhouette of an elderly man with a cane, wearing a hat; there is a patchwork of colors in the silhouette.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Winter 2019

    The First Genome Surgeons

    The ascendancy of CRISPR systems raises a grand hope: If these tools can illuminate the causes of disease in the laboratory, why not bring them into the clinic to treat patients?

    Portrait of Theo Roth, MD-PhD, in blue surgeon scrubs in front of an orange background; over his right shoulder is an illustrated double helix DNA strand with a little black oval shaped cartoon in a surgeon cap and mask holding scissors, hanging from the double helix.
    • Media Coverage
    • NPR’s Nerdette: “I Have A Rare Genetic Disease. CRISPR Might Fix It.”

    NPR’s Nerdette: “I Have A Rare Genetic Disease. CRISPR Might Fix It.”

    As a kindergartener, Nerdette co-host Greta Johnsen was diagnosed with an eye condition that is among the best diseases for experimenting with the gene editing tool CRISPR. This episode follows Greta, her father, and UCSF geneticist and Gladstone Institutes investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, as he tries to develop the perfect CRISPR system to remove the faulty DNA from Johnsen’s eye cells.

    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2018

    Startup Science

    Silicon Valley is helping researchers like Wendell Lim move basic science breakthroughs into translational applications, making treatments available to patients faster than normally possible.

    Wendell Lim and nanobots
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2018

    2018: A Drug Odyssey

    The journey from discovering and developing effective, precise medications to using them correctly and safely in patients is hardly fast and easy. Nor is it a straight shot. Scientists in the UCSF School of Pharmacy are challenging the status quo every step of the way.

    Illustration of a beakers, test tubes, and a hypodermic needle; from the needle flows a large droplet shape made of lines and colored circles; amorphous plumes come in from the edges.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Summer 2018

    Streets of Pain

    UCSF public health researcher Daniel Ciccarone, MD, shares his quest to understand the nation’s opioid epidemic, one user at a time.

    Daniel Ciccarone stands on a city street.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Winter 2018

    Brainy Bridge

    Neuroscientist Ashley Smart shares the wonders of the brain through art.

    Illustration of Parnassus Heights depicted as a brain; Sutro Tower sits on top and fog floats around the brain hill; bottom right corner reads “UCSF Neuroscience”
    • Media Coverage
    • Carry the One Radio: “The Hidden Addiction”

    Carry the One Radio: “The Hidden Addiction”

    Sugar scientist and professor of health policy Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, explores the tactics corporations use to get people hooked on sugary products – and how she and her colleagues are fighting back. Carry the One Radio is produced by a dedicated band of young UCSF scientists, graduate students, and postdocs.