Precision Targeting Provides New Insights Into Therapy-Resistant Cancers

Professor Fabian FilippThe National Cancer Institute’s “cancer moonshot” tasks researchers with, among advancing other new biotechnologies, delving into immunotherapy and epigenomic analysis.

Cancer Patients’ Care Requires More Than Written Instructions

Professor Nancy Burke is a medical anthropologist.The depth and breadth of post-diagnosis care for cancer patients often depends on the resources available to them.

New UC Grant Enables Deeper, Broader Valley Fever Research

Professors Hernday, Hoyer and Nobile (from left to right) play integral roles in a new Valley fever research project.Researchers at UC Merced are playing key roles in the new UC Valley Fever Research Initiative, studying ho

Young Students a Glimpse of College Life, Leadership

National Society of Black Engineers students highlight engineering careers. Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July.

Campus Research Taking a Healthy Approach

By Jeremy Olson for UC Merced Magazine

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the fall 2015 issue of UC Merced Magazine.

Project Aims to Fight Breast Cancer One Message at a Time

Susana RamirezResearch indicates that obesity can increase a woman’s risk of developing and dying from breast cancer.

Valley Fever Lecture Series to Bring Attention to ‘Silent Epidemic’

Valley fever, described as a “silent epidemic” by the Centers for Disease Control, will be explored through a series of wide-ranging talks at the University of California, Merced.