Yao Huang

Staples is one of many businesses in Berkeley to have closed in the past months because of a larger movement away from retail.

Previously, there was no quick and accurate way to test blood supplies for prion-related diseases, which include neurodegenerative conditions caused by misfolded proteins or prions. Now there is, however,  according to a study published Sept. 12 involving Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers.

This was where I met Michael Dowdy, a homeless veteran who brings chess and dominoes almost every day so that he and various community members can play.

A group of campus and UCSF researchers created a computer algorithm to detect acute hemorrhages in CT scans.

Texas-based developer The Dinerstein Companies, or TDC, bought $180 million of UC Berkeley student housing from real estate company Equity Residential.

There was one encounter that made me question whether or not the lack of money is really the main reason businesses discriminate against homeless people.

The UC’s family of eight patents covers CRISPR methods for editing genes in any environment, whether the cells are in a plant, an animal or a human. This newest patent focuses specifically on the use of CRISPR gene editing within cells.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced an interference between multiple UC and multiple Broad Institute patents, a signal that the USPTO will resolve the seven-year ownership debate regarding CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in eukaryotic cells.

British multinational corporation GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK, announced its partnership with UC Berkeley and UCSF on June 13 to build a state-of-the-art laboratory for CRISPR research, a revolutionary genetic modification technology.

Chinese scientist He Jiankui genetically mutated twins born last year to be resistant to HIV infection through the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology — however, according to an analysis released June 3 by UC Berkeley researchers, this mutation also comes with a 21 percent increase in mortality later in life.