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Chewing spectral tarsier

Did your great-great grandpa eat bugs?

UC Berkeley
May 22, 2018

A gene for digesting crunchy insects suggests that our common ancestor in the Age of Dinosaurs was an insect eater.

All of Us UC Irvine doctors

Be one in a million: Massive $1.5B precision medicine research effort kicks off

UC San Diego and San Diego Blood Bank
May 3, 2018

UC Irvine and UC San Diego are state co-leads of an unprecedented project to gather medical data for new cures.

UC San Diego mammoth

Should we bring back the Woolly Mammoth?

UC San Diego
April 26, 2018

Scientists are getting closer to bringing big animals, and big questions, to life.

Doctor with clipboard

Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain

UCLA via The Conversation
April 25, 2018

Genetic makeup changes how we experience pain, making it difficult to figure out what each patient needs.

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute receives funding for Human Cell Atlas projects

UC Santa Cruz
April 19, 2018

Three new projects will support efforts to develop a comprehensive reference atlas of all cells in the human body.

El Campeon Farms horses UC Santa Cruz

Saving the wild horses of the Channel Islands

UC Davis
April 12, 2018

Only 60 Santa Cruz Island horses remain. UC Davis researcher Amy McLean is working to keep the line alive.

Junk DNA UC San Diego

How ‘junk’ DNA plays a role in cancer

UC San Diego
April 5, 2018

Nearly 200 mutations have been identified that play a functional role in cancer, opening new avenues for treatment.

UC Merced Fabian V. Filipp

Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment

UC Merced via The Conversation
April 5, 2018

New research exposes how cancer can resist treatment — and how scientists can improve their response.

Atacama UCSF

Once-mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ illuminates genetics of bone disease

UCSF
March 22, 2018

UCSF researchers sequence the genome of the ‘Atacama skeleton’ and discover new mutations.

young blood and neurons

Cognitive benefits of 'young blood' linked to brain protein in mice

UCSF
February 22, 2018

Infusing old mice with the blood of younger mice leads to brain rejuvenation. UCSF researchers may now have figured out how.

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