Presenters line up after giving their talks during Postdoc Slam 2025 at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on Sept. 17. Photos by Noah Berger “Tangled string is a nuisance when knitting, but did you know that ...

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Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training - that is, learning to perform well under low-oxygen conditions. It turns out that cancer-fighting ...

In a groundbreaking study, a healthy fatty acid in olive oil and nuts has been found to "supercharge" immune cells specialized to fight cancer. Meanwhile, another kind of natural fatty acid undermines ...

Covid vaccines may come with a tantalizing benefit that has nothing to do with the virus they’re designed to protect against: boosting the immune system to better fight tumors during cancer treatment.