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University of California Announces Collaboration with Janssen to Expand Data Science Research in Healthcare

By Laura Kurtzman on June 28, 2019
New fellowship program facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation to recruit data scientists for high-impact, data-driven healthcare research

UC Announces Collaboration in Data Science Research

By Laura Kurtzman on June 28, 2019
New fellowship program facilitated by Johnson & Johnson with UCSF and UC Berkeley to recruit data scientists for data-driven healthcare research.

Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis

By Charles Chiu MD, PhD on June 14, 2019
BACKGROUND Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has the potential to identify a broad range of pathogens in a single test.

GlaxoSmithKline taps UC’s CRISPR expertise to speed drug discovery

By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley on June 13, 2019
Jennifer Doudna and Jonathan Weissman are the key players in a new collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline to apply CRISPR techniques to the discovery of new drug targets, potentially leading to new therapies for genetic diseases.

UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. and UCSF Enter Exclusive License Agreement on alpha-Klotho Protein for the Treatment of Age-Related Cognitive Decline

By Laura Kurtzman on June 05, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNITY Biotechnology, Inc.

Exploring a Patient-First Partnership

By Adelle Infante on May 23, 2019
Published on Abbvie.com on May 23, 2019 - Link Making a Match Do your passions overlap? Do you have the same long-term goals? Are you willing to do long-distance from the Chicago area to San Francisco? Answering these questions may be reminiscent of online dating, but they have an important...

Tumor Regression Discovery Gets FDA Green Light

May 16, 2019
Once considered an undruggable target, the Shokat group discovered a novel, small molecule approach to induce tumor regression. The US FDA has cleared the IND application for clinical development.

Tmunity and UCSF Announce Collaboration

By Laura Kurtzman & Mike Beyer on May 02, 2019
Tmunity and UC San Francisco Announce Exclusive License and Research Collaboration to Advance TCR T Cell Therapies for Pediatric Cancers   – Collaboration will broaden Tmunity’s pipeline to include a glioma T cell therapy engineered to express a newly discovered T cell receptor – – Initial...

Scientists Create Speech From Brain Signals

By Benedict Carey on April 24, 2019
A prosthetic voice decodes what the brain intends to say and generates (mostly) understandable speech, no muscle movement needed.

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