Inspiring Change: Health and Well-being
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Researchers pinpoint target for treating virus that causes the stomach bug
New study reveals how human astroviruses bind to humans cells and paves the way for new therapies and vaccines
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Effort aims to uncover the learning and reasoning potential of brain organoids
The Braingeneers team will test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time
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New AI tool detects hidden cancer mutations
UC Santa Cruz researchers unveil DeepSomatic, a deep learning method that will help make genomic sequencing a routine part of how cancer is diagnosed and treated
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NIH awards Fitnat Yıldız $7.7 million to find new molecular paths for preventing cholera
Grants will fund research to determine the mechanisms and consequences of a molecule produced by the bacteria that causes the disease
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UCSC-led international collaboration sheds new light on bacterial mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving antibiotic resistance.
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Carol Greider receives American Cancer Society Professor Award
The award includes a grant that will support Greider’s research that advances her Nobel-winning discovery of the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres