UCSF’s Kevan Shokat, PhD, just won the $1M Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer. He cracked KRAS, a cancer driver long considered “undruggable.” Drugs built on his work now treat lung and pancreatic cancer. ow.ly/xVlw50ZRSXh
How do you run a clinical trial when it’s hard to hide the real drug from placebo? It’s one of the biggest challenges in psychedelic research. A UCSF team proposed a new approach to help researchers better understand whether these drugs actually work.
What if a video game could reveal how your brain weighs risk? UCSF & @UCBerkeley scientists built one, revealing a tug-of-war that plays out in milliseconds and can predict your decision a half second before you make it.
