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Reading life’s building blocks. Harvard researchers develop tools to speed DNA sequencing. In a recent Nature Nanotechnology paper, researchers from Harvard demonstrated that nanowire transistors can locally read and amplify the DNA translocation signal from a nearby nanopore./ Image courtesy of Ping Xie, Qihua Xiong, Ying Fang, Quan Qing, and Charles M. Lieber. Scientists are […]
For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return Anaar Gul registers his return to Afghanistan at a UNHCR voluntary repatriation centre, near Quetta in southern Pakistan. Though born in Pakistan, the refugee feels the time is right to return to his homeland. QUETTA, Pakistan, January 5 (UNHCR) – Having never seen his homeland before, Anaar […]
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Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion Streamlining electronic funds transfers in health care will bring total savings to more than $16 billion over 10 years New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs […]
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URMC Smoking Cessation Expert Offers Tips for Smokers Trying to Quit Success Comes After Making a Plan, Receiving Support from Loved Ones With the start of a New Year, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is a popular resolution, and an appropriate one […]
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Journalist George Stroumboulopoulos Visits Haiti Two Years After Quake Almost two years after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger George Stroumboulopoulos went to the Caribbean island to see how the nation was faring. WFP’s Stephanie Tremblay took the Canadian journalist to a camp near Port au Prince where WFP and its partners are […]
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UCSF to Host Wellness Expo on January 18 The UCSF community is invited to attend “Living Well at UCSF” during the Second Annual Wellness Expo on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the Millberry Union on the Parnassus campus. The day is dedicated to promoting health and wellness of faculty, staff and students by offering them an […]
Flatworm Flouts Fundamental Rule of Biology Discovery at UCSF and Stowers Institute Shows Worm Regenerates Without Centrosome, a Structure Long Thought Necessary for Cell Division A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to […]
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New Leadership Offerings Give HSPH Students Hands-on Practice It’s one thing to understand the public health implications of scientific evidence. It’s quite another to use that information to successfully implement real public health improvements. HSPH student Shaniece Criss participated in the group dynamics workshop The challenge of leaping from theory to practice has prompted the […]
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Technology Becoming Key to Personalized Patient Care at UCSF Future UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay to Showcase Advances A mock up of an acute pediatrics room at the future UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay shows a multimedia wall. A man with a rare form of cancer sits in his longtime doctor’s office, […]
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Fatuma Elmi in Geneva’s Palais des Nations during last month’s UNHCR ministerial conference Fatuma Elmi in Geneva’s Palais des Nations during last month’s UNHCR ministerial conference Washington D.C., January 4 (UNHCR) – Fatuma Elmi, a resettled refugee from Somalia, recently attended an international conference on the world’s forcibly displaced and stateless organized the UN refugee agency.The meeting […]
