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    • UCSF Magazine
    • Spring 2014

    Culturing For Cures

    There are 100 trillion bacterial cells living in and on our bodies. In the spring issue of UCSF Magazine, find out how these bacteria could be the key to treating and preventing a number of conditions from asthma to obesity.

    Illustration of a human made out of microbiome bacterial cells with bacteria floating all around them.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    The Gene Machine

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 5: Omics Medicine. Molecular biologist Nevan Krogan's work is not only illuminating how genes and proteins function, it's also shedding light on the underlying biology of disease for each person.

    Illustration of intertwining circles with silhouettes of a diverse groups of people along the circles with a constellation of connected dots in the middle.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    A Digital Path to Health

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 6: Digital Health. The Center for Digital Health Innovation shepherds the development of digital health innovations created at UCSF and validates the effectiveness of devices from both inside and outside the institution.

    Illustration of intertwining circles with silhouettes of a diverse groups of people on one circle.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    Big Data, Tailored Care

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 3: Clinical Discovery. Researchers are taking vast amounts of patient data, often collected through first-ever clinical studies, and putting it into tools like MS Bioscreen that have a direct impact on patient care.

    Illustration of intertwining circles with silhouettes of a diverse groups of people along the circles; one person is highlighted in orange.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    The Fabric of Disease

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 4: Computational Health Sciences. Computationally intensive approaches are used to analyze and cross-analyze large but discrete collections of data, such as patient health histories and genetic makeup.

    Illustration of silhouettes of a diverse groups of people in a line.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    Digging Deeper Into Cancer

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 2: Basic Discovery. The long path to developing potent new treatments often starts with an observation in the lab that then leads to a question about a fundamental life process.

    Illustration of silhouettes of a diverse groups of people.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2013

    It’s All About Networking

    Precision Medicine Pillar No. 1: Knowledge Network. With an increased ability to harvest information automatically and more powerfully, scientists can find the connections among discoveries that would otherwise go unrecognized.

    Illustration of intertwining circles with silhouettes of a diverse groups of people along the circles.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Spring 2013

    Trial Buster

    Pharmacologist Lisa Bero, PhD, answers our questions about industry bias in clincial trials.

    Lisa Bero in her office.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Spring 2013

    Nobel Prize Rockets Stem Cell Program to New Heights

    Shinya Yamanaka's Nobel Prize for stem cell research brought fresh attention to something UCSF long ago sensed and seized: the promise of regeneration medicine for repairing or replacing damaged cells, tissues, and even whole organs.

    Photo collage of science images, people, and San Francisco landmarks.
    • UCSF Magazine
    • Fall 2012

    Improving Health By Our Own Devices

    Five UCSF scientists – bioengineers Tejal Desai and Shuvo Roy, MD/PhD candidate Mozziyar Etemadi, microbiologist Joe DeRisi, and physician/surgeon Michael Harrison – trace their path toward five inventions that are changing the face of medicine.

    Technical illustration on graph paper of the "birth alert" system.