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CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases
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Fraser named Bowes Biomedical Investigator
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Preventing drug shortages before they arise

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Pioneers of computational drug discovery receive 2018 UCSF Medal
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Our academic focus is on therapeutics—medications, medical devices, and diagnostic tests.

We find ways to improve them and better ways to use them in patients. We educate PhD scientists and PharmD clinicians to carry forward this work in new and creative ways.

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Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue

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Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, right, was able to curb obesity in mice by tweaking two genes involved in controlling appetite.

Thu Jan 17

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

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Elisabeth Fall

James Fraser, PhD, developed new ways of doing crystallography over a wide range of temperatures.

Wed Jan 9

Fraser appointed to Bowes Biomedical Investigator Program

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UCSF

Michael Keiser, PhD, received a Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which will support his research into novel therapies for neurodegeneration.

Tue Jan 8

Keiser receives $2.5 million to apply machine learning towards new therapies for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

Chest x-ray, showing a possible lung cancer tumor.

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National Cancer Institute

A chest x-ray showing a possible lung cancer tumor (National Cancer Institute)

Wed Dec 19

Combination drug therapy overcomes drug-resistant lung cancer in the lab

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Majed Abolfazli

Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD, is an expert on P450 enzymes and his latest work looks at their role in tuberculosis infections.

Mon Dec 17

Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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B. Joseph Guglielmo: How pharmacists can help solve medication errors

Thu Aug 16

Canada’s longest living dialysis patient makes push for UCSF’s artificial kidney

Thu Jul 19

More California kids are having pot-related health scares, poison control officials warn

Fri Jul 13

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