2016 Media Coverage

https://web.archive.org/web/20210320003507/https://www.nimh.nih.gov/archive/news/2016/designer-agent-blocks-pain-in-mice-without-morphines-side-effects.shtml

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/national-institute-mental-health

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-sn-drug-mimics-opioids-20160817-snap-story.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20221207234928/http://khn.org/news/genetic-insights-about-health-risks-limited-by-lack-of-diversity-study-finds/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/kaiser-health-news

http://www.technologyreview.com/s/602178/a-big-step-forward-in-the-quest-for-a-better-painkiller/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/mit-technology-review

http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i33/Agent-kills-pain-like-morphine.html

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/cen-chemical-engineering-news

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160816134151.htm

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/science-daily

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/memorialcare-health-system-chief-transformation-officer-helen-macfie-named-among-nations-50-top-patient-safety-experts-and-8-top-chief-transformation-officers-300294877.html

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/memorialcare-health-system

https://jerryfahrni.com/2016/06/the-scope-of-iv-room-errors/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/jerry-fahrni

https://spectrum.ieee.org/three-ways-to-build-an-artificial-kidney

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/ieee-spectrum

https://web.archive.org/web/20190129075340/https://www.revolutionmedicines.com/media/revolution-medicines-names-academic-co-founder-michael-fischbach-phd-and-senior-advisor-eric

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/revolution-medicines

https://web.archive.org/web/20160617081153/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/why-are-health-studies-so-white/487046/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/atlantic

http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/06/06/could-more-diverse-studies-reduce-health-disparities/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/kqed

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/science/african-american-dna.html?_r=0%20

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/new-york-times-0

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/26/478878991/its-still-hard-to-get-birth-control-pills-in-california-without-a-prescription

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/news/ci_29909917/alameda-resident-receives-prestigious-gold-medal?source=rss%20

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/east-bay-times

https://www.sfgate.com/healthredesign/article/Did-you-know-you-don-t-need-a-prescription-to-get-7857495.php

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/sfgate

https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/186069/law-allows-women-to-obtain-birth-control-without-prescription-but-few-pharmacies-offer-service

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20160406.691536/full/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/health-affairs

https://khn.org/news/prices-and-health-care-quality-many-consumers-dont-see-a-link/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/05/07/uc-san-francisco-limb-growth-study-looks-at-bats/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/mercury-news

https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/182687/ucsf-study-smokers-quit-and-health-care-costs-drop-in-next-year

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2016-05-10/if-1-in-10-us-smokers-quits-63-billion-saved

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/us-news-world-report

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/science-so-white

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/buzzfeed-science

http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i18/Chemical-cocktail-induces-fibroblasts-become.html

https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/177125/fentanyl-overdoses-in-bay-area-linked-to-counterfeit-painkiller

https://www.ipscell.com/2016/04/groundbreaking-dynamic-duo-of-all-chemical-direct-reprogramming-reports/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/niche-knoepfler-lab-stem-cell-blog

https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/153628/when-a-robot-counts-out-your-pills-what-will-your-pharmacist-do

http://fraserlab.com/2016/03/16/BeerAndTacos/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/news-fraser-lab

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160406/Scientists-find-new-way-to-inhibit-growth-of-tuberculosis-causing-bacterium.aspx

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/news-medicalnet

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cost-quality-idUSKCN0X31ZM

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/reuters

https://issuu.com/aacp/docs/apn-2016issue1/10

https://web.archive.org/web/20160412180522/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/crean-un-rinon-bio-artificial

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/vanguardia-mx

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330205412/https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article68658717.html

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/sacramento-bee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/03/28/scientists-investigate-the-weird-genetics-of-bat-wings/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/washington-post

https://www.kqed.org/news/program/kqed-newsroom/?pid=21782%20

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/science/asap-bio-biologists-published-to-the-internet.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20180727112146/https://scalablestartup.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/ewmba-icorps-success-story-caring-dr/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/scalable-startups

http://abc7news.com/health/artificial-kidney-could-free-thousands-from-dialysis/1231408/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/abc7-news

https://web.archive.org/web/20190129090924/http://www.slas.org/eln/michelle-arkin-all-things-are-one-thing/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/slas

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/For-many-women-HIV-is-a-byproduct-of-a-lifetime-6858571.php

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/san-francisco-chronicle

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/02/25/ucsf-lab-working-to-make-smarter-device-to-help-people-with-diabetes/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/cbs

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Biden-visits-UCSF-to-talk-with-cancer-survivors-6858318.php

http://www.forbes.com/sites/luketimmerman/2016/02/18/drugs-to-stop-lung-and-liver-scarring-third-rock-is-wagering-45m-it-can-be-done/#44c1b2052be6

https://nursing.ucsf.edu/scienceofcaring/news/ucsf-and-others-strive-create-true-health-care-teams

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/science-caring

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/306659.php

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/medical-news-today

https://web.archive.org/web/20160220114623/https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2016/02/how-light-microscopy-forever-changed-scientific-imaging

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/laboratory-equipment

http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i8/Designed-Protein-Shelters-Radical.html

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/otc-smoking-cessation-products-can-be-equally-effective-as-rx-methods

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/pharmacy-times

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/05/465699654/high-costs-for-drugs-used-by-a-few-are-starting-to-add-up

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/npr

http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/new-startup-marketplace-matches-mba-students-ucsf-scientists

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/haas-now-news-haas-school

https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(16)00348-0/fulltext

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/pharmacy-today

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2016/01/25/the-forest-in-your-mouth/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/national-geographic

https://www.foxnews.com/health/converting-skin-cells-to-pancreatic-cells-may-help-protect-against-diabetes

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/fox-news

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/diabetes-conversion-of-skin-cells-to-produce-insulin-could-lead-to-new-treatments-a6799931.html

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/independent-uk

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2016/01/diabetes-stem-cells-gladstone-institutes-ucsf.html

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/san-francisco-business-times

https://web.archive.org/web/20160729080215/https://clinicalnews.org/2015/12/22/uga-research-links-inorganic-mercury-exposure-to-damaged-cell-processes/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/clinicalnewsorg

https://web.archive.org/web/20190312215203/http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201512/JournalNews/JBCEnzymes/

https://pharmd.ucsf.edu/article-sources/asbmb-today

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459871070/lack-of-diversity-in-clinical-trials-presents-possible-health-consequences

2016 Media Coverage

Immunizing Against Stress8

IBM, The NSF And UC San Francisco Combine To Power Up The Exciting World Of Cellular Engineering10

College students take to Wikipedia to rewrite the wrongs of Internet science12

Two Californian research teams are on the path to ending the opioid crisis14

Designer Agent Blocks Pain in Mice Without Morphine’s Side Effects16

Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects18

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds19

A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller21

Agent kills pain like morphine but loses some side effects23

Gene variant explains differences in diabetes drug response25

Helen Macfie, PharmD, Named Among Nation’s 50 Top Patient Safety Experts27

The scope of I.V. room errors29

Three Ways to Build an Artificial Kidney31

Revolution Medicines Names Michael Fischbach as Academic Co-Founder33

Why Are Health Studies So White?35

Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies37

Tales of African-American History Found in DNA39

It’s Still Hard To Get Birth Control Pills In California Without A Prescription41

UCSF researcher receives prestigious gold medal42

Did you know you don’t need a prescription to get birth control pills?44

Law Allows Women to Obtain Birth Control Without Prescription, But Few Pharmacies Offer Service46

Podcast: Comparison Shopping For Health Care?47

Prices And Health Care Quality: Many Consumers Don’t See A Link49

UC San Francisco limb growth study looks at bats50

UCSF Study: Smokers Quit and Health Care Costs Drop — in Next Year52

If 1 in 10 U.S. Smokers Quits, $63 Billion Saved53

#ScienceSoWhite Threatens The Health Of People Of Color, Researchers Say55

Chemical cocktail induces fibroblasts to become heart cells57

Fentanyl Overdoses in Bay Area Linked to Counterfeit Painkiller58

Big stem cell news: dynamic duo of all-chemical direct reprogramming reports59

Robots Are Now Handling Pills. Will Pharmacists Be Liberated or Out of Work?61

On being quoted in the NYT, Preprints, and Beer (and Tacos) 62

Scientists find new way to inhibit growth of tuberculosis-causing bacterium64

Many Americans say higher prices don’t mean better healthcare66

Evolving Education68

Crean un riñón bio artificial [Create a bioartificial kidney]69

Five deaths in Sacramento County related to street drug painkillers71

Scientists investigate the weird genetics of bat wings73

Raising the Smoking Age75

Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet76

Berkeley-Haas EW-MBA NSF iCorps Success Story77

Artificial kidney could free thousands from dialysis79

Michelle Arkin: All Things are One Thing81

For many women, HIV is a byproduct of a lifetime of trauma83

UCSF Lab Working To Make Smarter Device To Help People With Diabetes85

Joe Biden, wife hold cancer roundtable at UCSF87

Pliant Therapeutics, Third Rock’s New $45M Startup, Looks to Stop Lung Scarring88

UCSF and Others Strive to Create True Health Care Teams89

Implantable artificial kidney based on microchips sees major progress91

How Light Microscopy Forever Changed Scientific Imaging93

Designed protein shelters reactive organic radical95

OTC Smoking Cessation Products Can Be Equally Effective as Rx Methods96

High Costs For Drugs Used By A Few Are Starting To Add Up98

New Startup Marketplace Matches MBA Students & UCSF Scientists100

Oral contraceptive exposure in newly pregnant women not linked to birth defects102

The Forest In Your Mouth104

Converting skin cells to pancreatic cells may help protect against diabetes106

Diabetes: Conversion of skin cells to produce insulin could lead to new treatments108

Stem cell shortcut points S.F. scientists to potential therapy for diabetes110

UGA research links inorganic mercury exposure to damaged cell processes112

Engaging with enzymes: Reflections on Ortiz de Montellano’s passion for heme and renewal114

Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials Presents Possible Health Consequences116

Links

Immunizing Against Stress⁸

IBM, The NSF And UC San Francisco Combine To Power Up The Exciting World Of Cellular Engineering¹⁰

College students take to Wikipedia to rewrite the wrongs of Internet science¹²

Two Californian research teams are on the path to ending the opioid crisis¹⁴

Designer Agent Blocks Pain in Mice Without Morphine’s Side Effects¹⁶

Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects¹⁸

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds¹⁹

A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller²¹

Agent kills pain like morphine but loses some side effects²³

Gene variant explains differences in diabetes drug response²⁵

Helen Macfie, PharmD, Named Among Nation’s 50 Top Patient Safety Experts²⁷

The scope of I.V. room errors²⁹

Three Ways to Build an Artificial Kidney³¹

Revolution Medicines Names Michael Fischbach as Academic Co-Founder³³

Why Are Health Studies So White?³⁵

Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies³⁷

Tales of African-American History Found in DNA³⁹

It’s Still Hard To Get Birth Control Pills In California Without A Prescription⁴¹

UCSF researcher receives prestigious gold medal⁴²

Did you know you don’t need a prescription to get birth control pills?⁴⁴

Law Allows Women to Obtain Birth Control Without Prescription, But Few Pharmacies Offer Service⁴⁶

Podcast: Comparison Shopping For Health Care?⁴⁷

Prices And Health Care Quality: Many Consumers Don’t See A Link⁴⁹

UC San Francisco limb growth study looks at bats⁵⁰

UCSF Study: Smokers Quit and Health Care Costs Drop — in Next Year⁵²

If 1 in 10 U.S. Smokers Quits, $63 Billion Saved⁵³

#ScienceSoWhite Threatens The Health Of People Of Color, Researchers Say⁵⁵

Chemical cocktail induces fibroblasts to become heart cells⁵⁷

Fentanyl Overdoses in Bay Area Linked to Counterfeit Painkiller⁵⁸

Big stem cell news: dynamic duo of all-chemical direct reprogramming reports⁵⁹

Robots Are Now Handling Pills. Will Pharmacists Be Liberated or Out of Work?⁶¹

On being quoted in the NYT, Preprints, and Beer (and Tacos) ⁶²

Scientists find new way to inhibit growth of tuberculosis-causing bacterium⁶⁴

Many Americans say higher prices don’t mean better healthcare⁶⁶

Evolving Education⁶⁸

Crean un riñón bio artificial [Create a bioartificial kidney]⁶⁹

Five deaths in Sacramento County related to street drug painkillers⁷¹

Scientists investigate the weird genetics of bat wings⁷³

Raising the Smoking Age⁷⁵

Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet⁷⁶

Berkeley-Haas EW-MBA NSF iCorps Success Story⁷⁷

Artificial kidney could free thousands from dialysis⁷⁹

Michelle Arkin: All Things are One Thing⁸¹

For many women, HIV is a byproduct of a lifetime of trauma⁸³

UCSF Lab Working To Make Smarter Device To Help People With Diabetes⁸⁵

Joe Biden, wife hold cancer roundtable at UCSF⁸⁷

Pliant Therapeutics, Third Rock’s New $45M Startup, Looks to Stop Lung Scarring⁸⁸

UCSF and Others Strive to Create True Health Care Teams⁸⁹

Implantable artificial kidney based on microchips sees major progress⁹¹

How Light Microscopy Forever Changed Scientific Imaging⁹³

Designed protein shelters reactive organic radical⁹⁵

OTC Smoking Cessation Products Can Be Equally Effective as Rx Methods⁹⁶

High Costs For Drugs Used By A Few Are Starting To Add Up⁹⁸

New Startup Marketplace Matches MBA Students & UCSF Scientists¹⁰⁰

Oral contraceptive exposure in newly pregnant women not linked to birth defects¹⁰²

The Forest In Your Mouth¹⁰⁴

Converting skin cells to pancreatic cells may help protect against diabetes¹⁰⁶

Diabetes: Conversion of skin cells to produce insulin could lead to new treatments¹⁰⁸

Stem cell shortcut points S.F. scientists to potential therapy for diabetes¹¹⁰

UGA research links inorganic mercury exposure to damaged cell processes¹¹²

Engaging with enzymes: Reflections on Ortiz de Montellano’s passion for heme and renewal¹¹⁴

Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials Presents Possible Health Consequences¹¹⁶