http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:46 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34475 Three young faculty members - Nicole King, Michael Rape & Russell Vance - have won the most sought-after appointment for a researcher at any American university: as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The institute will pay their salaries in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and provide research funding, freeing them from constant application for federal research grants.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/feed/ 0 http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/bakarfellows/cell-s-everywhere-molecule http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/bakarfellows/cell-s-everywhere-molecule#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:19:38 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34379 "Ubiquitin" is the apt term for a molecule that plays a vital role in every cell in our body. Associate Professor Michael Rape, winner of a 2012 Bakar Fellowship, is now on the trail of a potential drug to interrupt excessive ubiquitin production and prevent uncontrolled cell division, a hallmark of cancer.]]> http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/bakarfellows/cell-s-everywhere-molecule/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/11/new-details-on-egfr/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/11/new-details-on-egfr/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:01:26 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34036 Chemist Jay Groves and colleagues at Berkeley Lab have used cutting-edge tools to reveal the workings of the epidermal growth factor receptor, which is screwed up in numerous cancers. Their picture of how the receptor changes structure when activated could help scientists understand other cancer triggers.]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/11/new-details-on-egfr/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29056 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29056#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:53:29 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34031 File your California tax return and join the fight against cancer! By checking a box, the public can direct some of their tax payment to the California Breast Cancer Research Fund and the California Cancer Research Fund. Both are administered by UC for research on the diagnosis and treatment of all cancers and dissemination of information about cancer prevention and early diagnosis.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29056/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/17/malignant-breast-cells-grow-normally-when-compressed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/17/malignant-breast-cells-grow-normally-when-compressed/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:00:31 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33554 UC Berkeley researchers have found that compression can guide malignant breast cells back to a normal growth pattern. The findings, presented at the American Society for Cell Biology meeting, demonstrate the influence of mechanical forces on a cell's destiny. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/17/malignant-breast-cells-grow-normally-when-compressed/feed/ 0 http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/120904_lymphgefasesse_fb/index_EN http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/120904_lymphgefasesse_fb/index_EN#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:00:29 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32859 Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and UC Berkeley have found that statins, widely prescribed to help lower cholesterol, can inhibit the growth of lymphatic vessels. The effect was detected by Michael Detmar, professor at ETH Zurich, and Lu Chen, UC Berkeley assistant professor of vision science and optometry. Chen, a leading expert in corneal lymphatic research, showed that a compound found in statins significantly suppressed lymphatic vessel growth in the cornea, an ideal and widely used tissue for lymphatic examination.]]> http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/120904_lymphgefasesse_fb/index_EN/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/lois-swirsky-gold-expert-on-toxins-and-carcinogens-dies-at-70/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/lois-swirsky-gold-expert-on-toxins-and-carcinogens-dies-at-70/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:44:18 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31039 Lois Swirsky Gold, a political scientist who became a self-taught expert on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of chemicals, died May 16 at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., after a brief battle with cancer. Gold, a resident of Oakland and a UC Berkeley researcher, was 70.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/lois-swirsky-gold-expert-on-toxins-and-carcinogens-dies-at-70/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/18/carolyn-bertozzi-qa/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/18/carolyn-bertozzi-qa/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:09 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=18235 Newly elected to the Institute of Medicine, chemistry professor Carolyn Bertozzi answers questions about her research and teaching and the creative atmosphere at UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/18/carolyn-bertozzi-qa/feed/ 0 http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/cancer_disparities.php http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/cancer_disparities.php#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:46:09 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=5980 In Alameda Country, researchers from the School of Public Health and Kaiser Permanente are reaching out, through local churches, to offer health screening and education to two groups — African Americans and Afghan refugee women.]]> http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2011/cancer_disparities.php/feed/ 0 http://sciencematters.berkeley.edu/archives/volume7/issue58/story1.php http://sciencematters.berkeley.edu/archives/volume7/issue58/story1.php#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:44:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=6044 Berkeley biophysicist Jan Liphardt, director of the new Bay Area Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, believes that a new, multidisciplinary approach to understanding fundamental aspects of cancer is key to making progress in the ongoing war against the disease.]]> http://sciencematters.berkeley.edu/archives/volume7/issue58/story1.php/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/20/topoisomerase/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/20/topoisomerase/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 22:27:30 +0000 Robert Sanders http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2651 A new discovery by UC Berkeley biochemists could pave the way for new research into how to re-design some of the standard antibiotic and anti-cancer drugs to make them more effective poisons for cancer cells and harmful bacteria. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/20/topoisomerase/feed/ 0