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Topics and Expertise: genes

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

Thu Jan 17, 2019
Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue
Susan Merrell

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

A recent study by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, showed that obesity caused by a gene mutation could be treated in animal models.

Voigt and synthetic biology: art meets calculus

Tue Jul 3, 2007
Voigt
Christopher A. Voigt, PhD, faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, is studying how to engineer living systems to solve widespread problems of society, such as our dependence on petroleum-based fuels.

Genotyping could lead to stereotyping

Tue Aug 22, 2006
Burchard
While tailoring medications to a group's genetic ancestry can be important, scientists warn that these generalizations might also be misleading.

Voigt pioneers field of synthetic biology

Thu Jul 6, 2006
Chris Voigt
Christopher A. Voigt, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy scientist, and colleagues are engineering bacteria to target tumors and create images.
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