Bay Area researchers find Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic technique

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