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A half-corroded barrel seeps toxic waste into the seafloor.
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Untold amounts of toxic waste were carelessly, though legally, disposed of off the California coast. Their presence continues to haunt human and wildlife health.

Award-winning documentary explores the unfinished tale of DDT

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Meghan Morrissey behind lab equipment.
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Matt Perko
Meghan Morrissey

‘Brave and bold’ new strategies for cancer immunotherapy
Meghan Morrissey uses a micropipette in her lab.
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Matt Perko
Morrissey’s group is working to harness macrophage immune cells for novel cancer therapies.

Prof. Meghan Morrissey honored by the American Cancer Society for her work on cancer immunotherapy
illustration of two women, one of whom is pregnant, standing in front of a balancing scale

Abortion access linked to future economic and educational success
Denise Montell
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Denise Montell

Professor Denise Montell wins second NIH Pioneer Award, receiving $5.5 million for immune therapy research
A globe made out of healthy foods with a stethoscope against a blackboard background.
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Billions worldwide consume inadequate levels of micronutrients critical to human health
An illustration of macrophages attacking a cancer cell.
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Priming macrophage immune cells could supercharge certain cancer therapies.

An appetizer can stimulate immune cells’ appetite, a boon for cancer treatments
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Understanding aging on a cellular level
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Investigating the changing disease ecology of California
An illustrative image of small peptide helices.
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Matt Perko
This is a story about proteins, how they malfunction, and what cells do to prevent that.

Researchers reveal a new approach for treating degenerative diseases
Beijing’s Forbidden City lies shrouded in industrial smog.
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China’s infamous air pollution affects its citizens’ minds as well as their bodies.

Clearing the air reduces suicide rates
A blue macrophage engulfs a magenta lymphocyte, as rendered by ChatGPT4.
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ChatGPT4, prompt by Denise Montell
A blue macrophage engulfs a magenta lymphocyte, as rendered by ChatGPT4.

When bad cells go good: harnessing cellular cannibalism for cancer treatment
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Examining the effects of climate change and extreme weather on HIV
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