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‘Limitless Potential’ of Artificial Protein Ushers in New Era of ‘Smart’ Cell Therapies
Researchers devised “smart” cells that behave like tiny autonomous robots which may be used to detect damage and disease, and deliver help at just the right time and in just the right amount.
Celebrating 20 Years of the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research
The program, supported by philanthropists Herb and Marion Sandler, funds ideas that challenge generally-accepted theories and have potentially transformative effects.
Talk on a Blood Test for Concussions Wins 2019 UCSF Grad Slam
Ten finalists competed in the fifth annual Grad Slam to inform and entertain with three-minute talks based on their own research.
Four Faculty Inducted Into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Butte, Kortemme, and Link were inducted as fellows during the AIMBE annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019.
Initiative Will Bring Together Engineers at UCSF to Tackle Challenges in Health
The Health Innovation Via Engineering program will be led by Tejal Desai.
Hana El-Samad Delivers 2019 Byers Award Lecture on Designing Smart Cells
Hana El-Samad’s research may one day make it possible to take a broken cell and bring it back to health by dynamically sensing its pathology and fixing it.
James Fraser Selected as Bowes Biomedical Investigator
As a program investigator, James Fraser will receive $1.25 million over the next five years to support his research and teaching.
CRISPR Joins Battle of the Bulge, Fights Obesity Without Edits to Genome
A weighty new study shows that CRISPR therapies can cut fat without cutting DNA.
Bringing Artificial Limbs to Patients Who Need Them
UCSF researchers are talking to patients about what they want in artificial limbs with the aim of improving and speeding the FDA approval process.
Pediatric Device Consortium Celebrates Future Innovations with $6.7M FDA Grant
Thanks to a $6.7 million grant, the newly named UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium can focus on the development of revolutionary, low-cost gadgets to diagnose and cure pediatric health conditions.
T Cell Engineering Breakthrough Sidesteps Need for Viruses in CRISPR Gene-Editing
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UCSF scientists have genetically reprogrammed human immune cells without using viruses to insert DNA
How CRISPR Tools are Unlocking New Ways to Fight Disease
The already famous CRISPR system allows scientists to edit faulty genes by cutting and replacing sections of DNA, but new and improved CRISPR techniques developed at UCSF have expanded CRISPR’s scalpel into a Swiss Army knife.
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.
