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Oct. 21 Web Event: Confronting Ageism in Health Care: A Conversation for Patients, Caregivers and Clinicians

The covid pandemic has provided more visibility for longstanding ageist attitudes and practices that run through the health care system, at times...

How do developing spinal cords choose ‘heads’ or ‘tails’?

A new human organoid developed by Gladstone scientists mimics one of the key steps in early embryonic development SAN FRANCISCO, CA–June 21, 2021–The...

Overcoming a newly recognized form of resistance to modern prostate cancer drugs

Some prostate tumors transition from being glandular to more nerve-like in response to drugs that block the androgen receptor; a new preclinical study...

Portland startup Gabbi raises $1M to develop breast cancer risk assessment tool

New funding: Gabbi, a Portland-based health care startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round of funding. The company is piloting a...

Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare awarded to immigrant cofounders of pre-health dreamers

The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation have announced Dr. Jirayut ‘New’ Latthivongskorn and Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez as joint recipients...

Alpha, Beta Instead Of Britain, South Africa. Why The WHO Is Renaming COVID Variants

Enlarge this image The World Health Organization says it will start...

Analysis: Google’s Starline shows promise and perils of 3D chats

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Google's Project Starline 3D videoconferencing system, unveiled last week, is well-timed for a post-pandemic world but...

Gene editing expands to new types of immune cells

Gladstone researchers fine-tuned CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to work on human immune cells called monocytes In the decade since the advent of CRISPR-Cas9 gene...

Why do some neurons degenerate and die in Alzheimer’s disease, but not others?

New Gladstone research points to a mechanism driven by a protein associated with a higher risk of developing the disease SAN FRANCISCO, CA–May...

AGS recognizes expert and emerging geriatrics leaders at 2021 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting

New York (April 30, 2021)–The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually recognizes researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding...

A New CRISPR Tool Flips Genes On and Off Like a Light Switch

CRISPR is revolutionary. It’s also a total brute. The classic version of the gene editing wunderkind literally slices a gene to bits just to...

UCI-led team awarded $2.3 million as part of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine

Precision medicine used to study the impacts of adverse and unpredictable experiences on children’s neurodevelopment Irvine, CA – April 1, 2021 – A...

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