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Survivors of Severe COVID Face Persistent Health Problems

A study reveals the life-altering impact of COVID-19 on individuals who developed severe illness, the majority of whom had to be placed on mechanical ventilators. Two-thirds still had physical, psychiatric, and cognitive problems for up to a year later.

Dr. Anil Makam examines a male patient with a stethoscope at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

In Judo Move, Scientists Use Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It

Cancer immunotherapy is hindered by the fact that engineered immune cells often get worn out and depleted before they've killed a tumor. A UCSF team has identified mutations that give cancerous lymphoma T-cells their superpower and transfer those genes into engineered, therapeutic immune cells.

A microscopy of fluorescent T cells in a skin cancer carcionma