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Beating Seizures by Jamming the Cellular Circuitry

May 31, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Beating Seizures by Jamming the Cellular Circuitry

UCSF researchers discover how gabapentin interacts with calcium channels, opening doors for more effective treatments in epilepsy and Lupus by influencing channel biogenesis. […]

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Psychedelic Inspires New Treatments for Addiction and Depression

May 4, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Psychedelic Inspires New Treatments for Addiction and Depression

A traditional African psychedelic plant medicine called ibogaine is the blueprint for two new drug candidates that could treat addiction and depression. […]

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Remembering Henry Bourne (1940-2023)

May 2, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Remembering Henry Bourne (1940-2023)

Henry Bourne, MD, a long-time UCSF researcher who chronicled its rise to prominence in the 1970s, has died at the age of 83. […]

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Making Sense of Scents

March 15, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Making Sense of Scents

In a first, UCSF scientists created a molecular-level, 3D picture of how an odor molecule activates a human odorant receptor. […]

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What We Were Taught About RNA in High School is Only Half the Picture

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on What We Were Taught About RNA in High School is Only Half the Picture

Vissers’ work on RNA tags helped found the field of epitranscriptomics, the study of how chemical marks on RNA, rather than their sequence alone, dictate the function of the molecules. […]

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The Omicron Effect: Can We Predict the Next Viral Killer?

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on The Omicron Effect: Can We Predict the Next Viral Killer?

Angela Phillips, PhD, leads research that could help predict future viruses like COVID and the antibodies we might use to treat them. […]

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What Enzymes Can Tell Us About Human Health and Global Warming

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on What Enzymes Can Tell Us About Human Health and Global Warming

Because proteins can adapt to extremes, Margaux Pinney, PhD, believes they can show how living organisms might adapt to climate change. […]

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Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease?

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease?

Faranak Fattahi’s lab is a national leader in growing stem cells to model peripheral nerves, focusing on gastrointestinal diseases. […]

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Can We Turn Back Time on Age-Related Diseases?

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Can We Turn Back Time on Age-Related Diseases?

Emily Goldberg’s lab studies what happens during aging to a particular set of immune cells: those embedded in fat tissue. She hypothesizes that changes to these cells during aging could be key to age-related inflammation. […]

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Why Stem Cell Therapy Might Not Work for Older Patients

February 8, 2023 San Francisco Biotechnology Network News Comments Off on Why Stem Cell Therapy Might Not Work for Older Patients

Leanne Jones, PhD, is at the forefront of studying how stem cells are influenced by their surrounding environment and directed to differentiate into one type of cell or another – research that’s critical for stem cell therapies to be successful. […]

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