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High-profile claim for potential diabetes cure refuted by UC Davis paper

November 27, 2017

UC Davis study discredits paper’s claims of simple path to diabetes cure A key tenet in the scientific method is showing that an experiment, holding...

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Zebrafish making waves in ovarian cancer research

November 26, 2017

Gene found in zebrafish may advance cancer research A tiny fish is making a whale of a contribution toward cancer research at UC Davis. In...

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Conserving genetic diversity of ancient, towering California trees

November 24, 2017

Coast redwood, giant sequoia tree genomes to be fully sequenced by UC Davis, Johns Hopkins research partnership Scientists are going to learn much more about...

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UC Davis awarded grant to study parents, children of Mexican origin

November 20, 2017

California Babies Project to study stress in Mexican-origin children, families Leah Hibel, an associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, and her team have...

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UC Davis researchers turn to unusual source of protein

November 20, 2017

Larvae supplement chicken feed as synthetic methionine phased out of organic use In a collaborative effort, researchers from the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering...

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Greener pastures aren’t always best

November 16, 2017

UC Davis researchers make efforts to prevent costly citrus disease from spreading Grapefruits, oranges and other delicious citrus fruits are tasty to the Asian citrus...

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App Built By UC Davis Freshmen tackles awkward introductions

November 16, 2017

Questi uses anonymity to help people overcome shyness The hardest part of any social interaction, whether it’s asking for job advice, help with homework or...

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Monogamy in Titi monkeys

November 14, 2017

UC Davis Professor Karen Bales, team study pair bonds in Titi monkeys Titi monkeys are some of the few monogamous mammals that form a lifelong...

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PvP Biologics Creates First Therapeutic Enzyme for Celiac Disease

November 13, 2017

New treatment may lessen effects of gluten consumption Around 1 percent of the American population is affected by celiac disease. For the approximately three million...

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Can you Foldit? Unique answers to scientific questions in crowdsourced game

November 13, 2017

Recently updated puzzle game helps researchers battle aflatoxins Foldit is a human computation or “citizen science” game, which relies on input from the public to...

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California Environmental Policy and Law Center screens Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Sequel”

November 12, 2017

Hope and determination necessary for smart energy transformation “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” was screened to a full auditorium at King Hall on Oct....

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Article 26 Backpack uses cloud drive to help reboot lives

November 12, 2017

Article 26 Backpack initiative will give displaced students secure access to textbooks, transcripts, college registrars Cloud storage has integrated itself within the technological mainstream the...

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UC Davis responds to big data

November 9, 2017

Growing landscape of data science leads UC Davis to implement Data Science Initiative The rapid onset of the digital era has revolutionized the world, but...

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New club on campus: Aggies for CureDuchenne

November 6, 2017

UC Davis forms first university-based organization to raise Duchenne awareness Duchenne, a fatal muscle disease in children, is a form of muscular dystrophy. Primarily affecting...

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Bacterial DNA simplifies in stepwise fashion

November 5, 2017

Computational modeling reinforces biological hypothesis of DNA-unlinking mechanisms A team of international scientists have provided compelling evidence of how complex chains of bacterial DNA can...

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