The Disease Detective

Joe DeRisi invented a way to find pathogens that scientists didn’t even know to look for. Can it help prevent the next pandemic?

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The New York Times 7:08 pm on December 16, 2020
Tags: california ( 1,035 ), Cancer ( 80 ), Clinical Trials ( 277 ), Food and Drug Administration ( 275 ), Prostate Cancer ( 5 ), Prostate Gland ( 2 ), Radiation ( 22 ), Tests (Medical) ( 433 ), University of California, Los Angeles ( 20 ), University of California, San Francisco

New Scan Finds Prostate Cancer Cells Hiding in the Body

The test seems likely to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a disease that kills 33,000 American men each year.

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The New York Times 11:26 pm on October 15, 2020
Tags: Abbott Laboratories ( 12 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 10,754 ), Disease Rates ( 463 ), Food and Drug Administration ( 275 ), Hispanic-Americans ( 197 ), Mission District (San Francisco, Calif), San Francisco (Calif) ( 103 ), Tests (Medical) ( 433 ), United States ( 2,506 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-science ( 921 )

A Rapid Test Offers Hope for Community Screening

In a small study in San Francisco, Abbott’s BinaxNOW identified infectious people nearly as accurately as a P.C.R. test.

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The New York Times 4:59 pm on October 8, 2020
Tags: Animal Behavior ( 112 ), Brain ( 65 ), Epilepsy ( 4 ), Fish and Other Marine Life ( 89 ), Mammals ( 13 ), Sea Lions ( 5 ), Seizures (Medical) ( 10 ), Six Flags Great Adventure, Surgery and Surgeons ( 46 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-animals ( 136 ), your-feed-science ( 921 )

Novel Brain Surgery Seeks to Reverse Epilepsy in Sea Lion

Cronutt, like a growing number of ocean mammals, developed seizures because of toxins in the water. Scientists hope the pioneering procedure he underwent this week could help.

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The New York Times 4:55 pm on August 13, 2020
Tags: Art ( 819 ), Black People ( 1,958 ), Mason, Biddy, Murals ( 34 ), San Francisco (Calif) ( 103 ), University of California, San Francisco, Zakheim, Bernard (1898-1985)

A Black Nurse Saved Lives. Today She May Save Art.

Once a slave, Biddy Mason went on to a life of extraordinary accomplishments. The fact that she figures in W.P.A. murals in San Francisco may save them from destruction.

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The New York Times 5:21 pm on July 28, 2020
Tags: Alzheimer's Assn ( 6 ), Alzheimer's Disease ( 43 ), Clinical Trials ( 277 ), Dementia ( 32 ), Eli Lilly and Company ( 24 ), Frontotemporal Dementia ( 2 ), Journal of the American Medical Assn ( 14 ), Lund University, Research ( 760 ), Tests (Medical) ( 433 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-science ( 921 )

‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.

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The New York Times 9:01 am on July 22, 2020
Tags: Beijing (China) ( 37 ), China ( 1,476 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 10,754 ), Deaths (Fatalities) ( 761 ), Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of ( 7 ), Nanchang (China), Politics and Government ( 2,196 ), San Francisco (Calif) ( 103 ), San Francisco General Hospital, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) ( 49 ), taiwan ( 133 ), United States ( 2,506 ), University of California, San Francisco, Wuhan (China) ( 71 )

My Uncle Died of Covid-19 in America. In China, Would He Have Lived?

My father, a Chinese pulmonologist, believes his brother could have been saved.

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The New York Times 1:52 pm on July 7, 2020
Tags: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ( 55 ), Brazil ( 243 ), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) ( 362 ), Tests (Medical) ( 433 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-science ( 921 )

Patient Is Reported Free of H.I.V., but Scientists Urge Caution

Brazilian scientists say the man no longer shows signs of the infection after taking a powerful drug cocktail. But the preliminary results require confirmation.

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