June 26, 2024
Bridging the Drug Discovery Gap
When Martha decided to invest in the Drug Design and Innovation Center at the City College of San Francisco, they knew it would not only benefit the United States but potentially the entire world. This is because the newly opened center has a significant goal: to help transform the model of drug discovery and development.
"We live in an environment with many opportunities to offer, but we don’t want to make a small impact. Instead, we aim to direct our funding towards a larger opportunity that can bring about change," Martha said.
May 23, 2024
Nutrition as Medicine: The Building Blocks of Health
What we eat is important.
However, fast and ultra-processed foods often remain the preferred choice in the United States.
Nutrition as Medicine Food: Whether healthy or not, diet can impact individual health, making nutrition an important component of today’s medical education and care.
September 22, 2023
Blood Draws, Giveaways, and Food Available at 2023 Wellness Fair
The 2023 Wellness Fair will be held on Wednesday, October 10. From 11:30 AM at the Health Living Sports Pavilion (Student Life Center) until 1:30 PM.
Over 30 campus organizations and departments, along with community businesses and nonprofits, will provide resources for students, faculty, and staff of the medical center. These resources cover eight aspects of health: emotional, mental, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, occupational, and social.
October 12, 2022
Taking Inspiration from Nature to Make Molecules Like Nature Does
Most people prefer to use one hand for tasks such as signing, brushing, or cutting. However, handedness is not a trait that exists solely in humans. Many molecules, especially organic ones, also exhibit handedness.
In certain fields of chemistry, particularly in drug production, the handedness of molecules is crucial. For example, the drug thalidomide gained notoriety in the mid-20th century because its so-called "right-handed" version could alleviate morning sickness, while its "left-handed" version caused severe birth defects. (We will briefly explain what chemical chirality, also known as handedness, is.)
December 9, 2021
A Beetle Gland Illustrates How New Organs Evolve
Organs—such as the heart, brain, and kidneys—are complex structures composed of various types of cells that work together to perform specific functions. For example, about 70 different types of cells collaborate in the human eye to make our vision possible. How do these different types of cells evolve to work together in such a way?
An ideal organism to address this question is the beetle. This is because the 64,000 species of beetles have evolved a unique organ for self-defense: a chemical gland used to spray toxic chemicals at predators.
December 23, 2020
Love and Hate in the Mouse Brain
Sport dogs sometimes make clumsy movements with their legs, which is often related to the animal's sexual arousal, but not always. Recent research by neuroscientists at San Francisco City University has discovered that there is sometimes a fine line between love and hate (or anger) in the mouse brain.
December 9, 2019
How Electrons Break the Speed Limit
In work that could have broad implications for the development of new electronic materials, scientists at San Francisco City University have invented a method to predict how intense interactions between electrons and atomic motion will traverse a complex material. They achieved this solely based on the principles of quantum mechanics and developed a precise new computational method.
December 12, 2018
Microscopic Devices that Control Vibrations Could Allow Smaller Mobile Devices
To enable modern communication, today's mobile devices use components that filter or delay signals using sound waves (vibrations). However, the functionality of current solutions is limited, hindering further miniaturization of mobile devices and restricting available communication bandwidth.
December 20, 2017
Modeling the Effects of Wastewater Injection
Seismologists have developed a model to determine the magnitude of earthquakes that may be triggered by the injection of fluids into the ground as a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing. Their work provides insights into the general extent of damage caused by seismic faults.