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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Bay Area researchers find Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic technique

Infographic describing study visually interpreting tau-PET to detect Alzheimer's
Joseph Casey/Senior Staff

Researchers looked at 274 unique brain scans to develop a new method to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease, the leading cause of dementia, in live patients.
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State

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom provides COVID-19 updates, responses

As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine ensues, California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled coronavirus updates and responses on Monday, touching on topics ranging from case numbers to immunization.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, October 29, 2020
Trees

UC Berkeley researcher cultivates Chilean soapbark tree for use in COVID-19 vaccine

Ricardo San Martin, the Sutardja Center’s Alt: Meat Lab Director and Industry Fellow, is working on cultivating Quillaja saponaria — the Chilean soapbark tree — so it can be used in an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
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State

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

UC Berkeley professor named chair of state COVID-19 vaccine advisory group

UC Berkeley School of Public Health professor Arthur Reingold was named chair of the Scientific Safety Review Workgroup, which was created Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to advise the state on the safety and equity of COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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Unregulated cosmetics are unfortunately safe until proven toxic

Until comprehensive cosmetics regulation is passed, it is up to us as consumers to keep harmful cosmetic chemicals out of our body.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
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Stopping rising superbugs

Slowly, right under our noses, bacteria are becoming resistant to the antibiotics and other medical defenses we’ve developed.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, October 1, 2018

Nobel Prize awarded to former UC Berkeley research director

Immunologist and former director of the UC Berkeley Cancer Research Laboratory James Allison was awarded the Nobel prize in medicine Monday.
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ASUC

Monday, October 14, 2013

ASUC Senate passes bill opposing FDA ban on blood donations from gay men

The ASUC Senate unanimously passed a bill last Wednesday in opposition to the Food and Drug Administration’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men.
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Op-Eds

Monday, July 2, 2012

Affordable Care Act is about patient protection, not partisan protection

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act must not be a weapon wielded by partisan interests. Instead of using this op-ed as a platform to preach along party lines for why this legislation is good for America, I want every reader to walk away with something more useful than partisan talking points.
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