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Buyer beware: Massive experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-second fees

February 25, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

drip pricing

By Morgan Foy, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley | February 9, 2021 There’s a reason that online ticket sellers hit you with those extra fees after you’ve picked your seats and are ready to click “buy.” Pure profit. A massive field experiment by Berkeley Haas Prof. Steven Tadelis with the online ticket marketplace StubHub concluded that so-called ... Continue Reading »

Partners help us stay connected during pandemic

February 18, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

social connection during COVID

J.D. Warren, UC Riverside | February 16, 2021 pair of UCR studies reveal that living with a romantic partner helps people feel more socially connected during COVID-19. But no other pandemic-era social dynamic carries notable benefits, the researchers found: not your kids, not kibitzing with your bestie on FaceTime, and not your adorable-adoring pets. “Research prior to ... Continue Reading »

Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors

February 18, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

radioactive bone cement

UC Irvine | February 16, 2021 A radioactive bone cement that’s injected into bone to provide support and local irradiation is proving to be a safer alternative to conventional radiation therapy for bone tumors, according to a study led by University of California, Irvine researchers. The study shows that this brachytherapy cement can be placed into spinal bones to ... Continue Reading »

New test predicts tumors most likely to respond to radiation, chemotherapy

February 18, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

tumor treatment susceptibility test

By Jeffrey Norris, UC San Francisco | February 12, 2021 Many cancer patients might respond better to treatments with the help of a new prognostic indicator based on a distinctive pattern of gene activity within tumor cells, according to a new study of human cancer data and experiments on human cancer cell lines grown in the lab.  The new research, led by scientists ... Continue Reading »

The Odd Structure of ORF8: Scientists Map the Coronavirus Protein Linked to Immune Evasion and Disease Severity

January 29, 2021 by lwangdu

Biologists used crystallography performed at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source to reveal the new virus’s unusual protein structure News Release Aliyah Kovner • January 12, 2021Share194TweetReddit16Share210SHARES A team of HIV researchers, cellular biologists, and biophysicists who banded together to support COVID-19 science determined the atomic ... Continue Reading »

Breaking Bad: How Shattered Chromosomes Make Cancer Cells Drug-Resistant

January 28, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

Cancer is one of the world’s greatest health afflictions because, unlike some diseases, it is a moving target, constantly evolving to evade and resist treatment.  In a paper published in the December 23, 2020 online issue of Nature, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer ... Continue Reading »

Youth Using E-cigarettes Three Times as Likely to Become Daily Cigarette Smokers

January 28, 2021 by Kathleen Wong

An analysis of a large nationally representative longitudinal study by University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science report that starting tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major risk factor for people becoming daily cigarette smokers. Reporting in the January 11, 2021 online edition ... Continue Reading »

UC awards $19M in grants to support groundbreaking research to benefit Californians

January 17, 2021 by lwangdu

UC Office of the PresidentThursday, January 14, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how easily infections can be transmitted. Today, even a routine doctor’s visit can be risky. It’s no surprise, then, that telehealth visits — online medical appointments — have increased dramatically over the past year. However, telehealth has its limits. As much as these video ... Continue Reading »

UCSF study: Masks protect wearer from coronavirus

January 12, 2021 by lwangdu

While health officials have been urging us to wear masks to protect those around us, research out of the University of California, San Francisco suggests masks insulate the wearer from the coronavirus more than previously thought. Think of it like an umbrella that can keep you from getting too wet, as this new study suggests masks can keep you from getting too ... Continue Reading »

UC Davis researchers run COVID-19 childhood vaccine trials on infant primates

January 12, 2021 by lwangdu

monkey vaccine

By Annette Campos The development of a children’s vaccine would allow kids to return to normal developmental environments and help curb the coronavirus pandemic Dr. Koen Van Rompay, a researcher at the UC Davis California National Primate Center, is leading a team dedicated to developing a childhood COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently being tested on infant primate ... Continue Reading »

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