UC Berkeley receives grant to study climate change

The University of California, Berkeley has received a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of climate change on the San Francisco Bay Area. The project will bring together scientists from a variety of disciplines to study the region's climate, ecosystems, and infrastructure.

UC Berkeley researchers develop new method for treating cancer

UC Berkeley researchers have developed a new method for treating cancer that uses a patient's own immune system to fight the disease. The method, called CAR T-cell therapy, involves genetically engineering a patient's T cells to recognize and attack cancer cells.