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  As genetic testing grows popular, UCSF clinic emerges to provide context

  Fiat Lux - Robin Marks

  The ease by which patients can dive into their own genetics has opened new doors to understanding personal health, but it has also left consumers with mounds of information to digest before they can make informed decisions. “We’re at a transformational point in genetics,” says Ophir Klein, M.D., …

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  Painless dental lasers can render teeth cavity-resistant

  Fiat Lux - Nina Bai

  Almost as soon as lasers were invented in the 1960s, curious dentists wondered if these powerful forms of light could be used on teeth, though those early lasers were much too crude for any useful dental work. Researchers persisted through the decades in honing laser’s use, and today, they may be on …

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  How to control worrying (according to science)

  Fiat Lux - J.D. Warren

  Popular music and clichés aren’t the only evidence that the waiting is the hardest part. Research backs it up as well; waiting for potentially bad news can be at least as difficult as receiving the news. People try lots of things to mitigate the suffering that comes with waiting for exam scores, …

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  The evolutionary advantage of the teenage brain

  Fiat Lux - Andy Murdock

  Teens. OMG. What on earth is going on inside their brains to make them act so, well, like crazy teenagers? The mood swings, the fiery emotions, the delusions of immortality, all the things that make a teenager a teenager might just seem like a phase we all have to put up with. However, research …

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  Biochemist Peter Walter Receives 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

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  Peter Walter, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco, has been named winner of a 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, …

• “UC and national lab scientists team up to accelerate new cancer therapies”

  

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  UC and national lab scientists team up to accelerate new cancer therapies

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  The nation’s most advanced supercomputing capabilities will soon be unleashed in a quest to dramatically accelerate the development of new, personalized cancer therapies. University of California researchers, affiliated national laboratory scientists and industry experts have teamed up on an effort …