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The Center for Unmet, Rare, and Emerging Diseases (CURED) invites applications for the inaugural CURED: Cultivate Grant Program. This program funds research projects led by a UC Berkeley faculty member working in one of the CURED priority areas: cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, rare diseases, and infectious diseases and global health.
CURED was featured in the Chancellor’s letter:- What happens if a disease is new, uncommon, or concentrated in developing countries?
CURED’s new approach to advance medicine and global health in Berkeley’s Inspire’s interview with professor of immunology and molecular medicine in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB), Andrew Dillin
By: Marni Ellery New approach could lead to therapies for a wider range of diseases and with fewer side effects Lymph nodes, considered the command centers of our immune system, often get swollen and stiff when fighting infection. Now, a UC Berkeley-led team of researchers has discovered that this mechanical change may help instruct our…
Microbiologist, and CURED Affiliate, Daniel Portnoy cofounded a startup that’s turning Listeria into a tool to improve survival in children with leukemia and potentially other cancer patients. After nearly 40 years of research on how Listeria bacteria manipulate our cells and battle our immune system to cause listeriosis, Daniel Portnoy and his colleagues have discovered a way…
By: Berkeley Public Affairs The new members have worked on mobile phone microscopes and health disparities. The National Academy of Medicine has added two UC Berkeley faculty members to its ranks of scholars, the academy announced Monday. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine,…
Seven UC Berkeley faculty members from a broad range of fields are among the 2024 class of fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals.
An image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (in magenta) in a lung 25 days after infection (Image credit: Ophelia V. Lee) By: Alexander Rony Russell Vance is an immunology professor, infectious disease researcher, and the director of UC Berkeley’s Cancer Research Laboratory. By studying the immune system’s response to bacteria that cause tuberculosis and dysentery, Vance hopes…
Climate change has become a pervasive influence in nearly every facet of our lives. From the air we breathe to the food we eat and the vehicles we drive, the way we navigate the world impacts our environment, often in negative ways. UC Berkeley is a powerhouse for energy and climate research where faculty, postdocs…
The culture and spirit of innovation at UC Berkeley throughout history can be seen in the changemakers who have helped in countless ways to improve our lives and our world. CURED Affiliates Jennifer Doudna and Aaron Streets are featured. Read more here.
