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Rewriting the code: The inside story of the first CRISPR cure

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...
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Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars

Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car ...
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A new way to diagnose deadly lung infections and save lives

Researchers at UC San Francisco have devised a method to identify pneumonia — using both genetic information and AI — that ...
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Trinidad Quiroz signs professional contract with Necaxa Femenil

UC Merced women’s soccer star Trinidad Quiroz is the first Bobcat to sign a contract with the highest level of women’s football in Mexico.
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Fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their children’s metabolic problems

While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...
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On first anniversary of L.A. wildfires, health effects linger, but progress continues

UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain, long after ...
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University of California sets enrollment records

The University of California announced today (Jan. 8) a record-breaking 301,093 students enrolled for fall 2025, the largest student body in the system’s history. The total enrollment includes over ...
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Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level

Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly melanoma. Tanning bed users are known to ...