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Research on understudied lung cancer drivers may improve treatments

Research on understudied lung cancer drivers may improve treatments

To diagnose and treat cancer, researchers and clinicians typically look at a person’s genetic material to find any mutations in genes that may “drive” cancer, helping to create a specialized treatment plan. They don’t normally look at the gene’s “isoforms” — slightly different versions of the genes that can be created in the body’s processes of translating genetic code into proteins.

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Ancient DNA expert Beth Shapiro named CSO of Colossal

Ancient DNA expert Beth Shapiro named CSO of Colossal

Beth Shapiro will be taking a leave of absence from UC Santa Cruz to be Chief Scientific Officer of Colossal, a company that is working to bring ancient species back from extinction. Beth Shapiro is Associate Director for Paleogenomics at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and author of two books, including How to Clone a Mammoth on the science of de-extinction

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Opening volley

Opening volley

UC Santa Cruz is broadening the federal Year of Open Science—aimed at making taxpayer-funded research findings more accessible to the public—into the Year of Open Scholarship, with the goal of normalizing open access to data and discovery

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