ucsf and the city have a long partnership beginning 150 years ago, when ucsf doctors began caring for san franciscans in the city's general hospital. today ucsf clinicians continue to care for the city's most vulnerable, including children and adults, at san francisco general hospital and in a range of outstanding community-focused programs for those suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders. from our division of city-wide case management, our division of substance abuse and addiction management, our psychiatric emergency services to name just a few. as chair of the department of psychiatry at ucsf, i could not be more proud of our people and our long-standing partnership with the city that has allowed us to work every day to make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. as a representative of ucsf here today, i can't stress enough our commitment to collaborate in taking on these big challenges, our department of psychiatry, the new homelessness and housing initiative, our students, our faculty and trainees are all determined to work together to fi

so for san francisco, this includes ucsf parnassis. and then, for other cardiac care services, cpmc, ucsf, and kaiser all have cardiac catheterization labs, and those hospital locations are designated stemi centers, which means that they're equipped to treat emergent coronary heart attacks. so for any cases that need to be medically transferred from st. mary's, patients will go to cpmc vanness or ucsf parnassis. so regarding a network of care through a review of the accepted insurance plans that st. marquis's accepts, all but one plan is accepted by cpmc and ucsf? both especially medicare, medi-cal, and chai -- accept medicare, medi-cal, and chinese community health plan. went too fast. so another question was also raised about hospital capacity and the current ability of san francisco hospitals to take on the average of 30 patients that are seen at st. mar he's's annually for cardiovascular surgery? and st. mary's has stated they've had conversations with cpmc and ucsf, and they're knowledgeable about the case log and they're prepared

one of the great things of san francisco is the partnership we've had historically with ucsf. it's my great honor to introduce a leader, an internationally known leader in h.i.v. research. she really brought the model that was being used internationally and successfully. i was able to be part of those early conversations about what's going on locally and how do we turn the tide locally? what do we need to do? i think that key commitment of ucsf and the key commitment of professor diane havlier in her team, making sure we're looking locally, she has been an amazing advocate. a key supporter of getting to zero. she's going to talk a bit about her vision today. thank you. diane havlier. >> it's an honor to be here today. i'm going to be talking on behalf of getting to zero. what is that? that is bringing people together from different sectors and communities with a common goal of ending the aids epidemic. it is built on the spirit of san francisco because it requires collaboration, volunteerism, and action. so the report that came out just a few minutes ago is our report card. it

at ucsf we strongly believe in the mayor's transit policies. we run our electric shuttle services to keep our patients, staff, students out of cars. we promote the use of transit whenever we can. that includes allowing city employees to access our transit to zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. i would like to especially thank the mayor, who from day one has made a commitment to the opening of the chase center and the operations of the chase center the great success that i know it will be. with the cooperation of the m.t.a. for their terrific work on this new pavilion. my office is just here. i can actually see this transit center and see the chase center from my office. i believe i'll be looking directly into rick's office. we'll be able to monitor very carefully how this all works, but we're very excited about welcoming the warriors to our neighborhood. i thank the members of the ucsf community, but the broader community who have tolerated a lot of construction including our own construction and the warriors and the transit. it will all

last year ucsf's music therapists strummed their way through 3,000 pediatric sessions.ritney delivered her twin girls when she was 25 weeks pregnant. >> when she sings, her heart rate goes up. >> reporter: the ucsf music therapy program is funded through the peterson family foundation. the inspiration comes from the family members own experiences in hospitals. >> was tough being in the hospital. >> reporter: born in santa cruz, eric peterso was diagnosed with leukemia when he was three years old. five years later his mother died from loung cancer. since then they started hospital music programs at ucsf, stanford, ucla and a hospital in london. the music is working. >> every time your baby sucks they get music. >> reporter: this music therapist is using pacifier lull buy devices or p.a.l.s. >> it helps tosupport feeding. ♪ all done music we'll see you next time ♪ >> reporter: kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> amazing technology. >> so good. >>> all right. wheel watchers, we know you're out there. do you love solving the puzzles at home? >> now you can audition to spin the whee

the ucsf research and academic building at zsfg for review and comment. >> good afternoon, department staff. the project for you is a -- >> excuse me. i'll need to recuse myself for this item. >> i move that you be recused. >> second. >> i need to stay -- in the last year i had a financial relationship with arg which is a consultant on this project which is why. >> very good on the motion to r commissioner hyland? that motion passes unanimously. >> the project for you is a review and comment on the ucsf research and academic building at the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. seeking concurrence on the project design relative to mitigation that was adopted as part of the environmental impact report for the project. the project includes demolition of a parking lot. it's a five-story research facility. comprising a mix of dry laboratory space, wet labs and desk top research. the project would retain some of the historic elements on the site, including fence, guardhouse and two gate pillars. as you see in the packet we provided, we provided analysis by the consultant. i'll invite

berkeley and ucsf is kind of a farce because the people sitting on it favor the navy. they need someone like dr. reza farazzi. i have specific recommendations that i want to get on the record? first, fire aimee brownell. she appears to be working for leonard and making sure that people want to move to the shipyard. pay for people to be tested for exposure for these toxins. there's a kit that's available for less than $100. do that for all of them, and post the results, and then fix that survey so it's finally objective and fair. >> no other speakers. >> steve feltzer. >> steve feltzer, san franciscans for action. there was $1 billion spent, and there were two people put in prison that were put in prison because of what went on at tetratech, as well as michael madry who was falsefying tests. and his osha inspector, darryl whitman was bullied and fired for complaining about the test. all of this was happening when we had kamala harris district attorney and state attorney general. why was there no criminal action to fire the whistle blowers? the reason is this is a corrup

funded music programs at ucsf, stafford and london. music is working. the youngest patients, using pacifier activated aby devices. >> helps support feeding and helps infant goes home sooner. ♪ all done, music, we'll see you next time ♪ >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> in the north bay, police say two men withdrew thousands of dollars from atms in and using fake cards. customer information stolen with skimming devices, made in august. >>> arrested trevor several charges including hate crime. hit a female customer with a rock. found him nearby and when questions said the victim's ethnicity motivated the attack. currently held. >>> b.a.r.t. officials say this two ton bench installed in san francisco is not meant to deter homeless from sleeping on it. heavy, prf block creating notice. said it's meant to be sturdy, people like it. b.a.r.t. may buy more. >>> get to weather, heating up just in time for fall. >> makes no sense so perfect sense, sandhya patel. >> september and october usually bring us warm weather. time lapse from the east bay hills came

ucsf, thank you for not only your science but also partnership. i want to thank a moment to thank the neighborhoods, the neighbors, our transit advocates for bringing us to where we are today. i want to take a moment to thank the legislature and the bay area voters who last year passed regional measure 3, which is over $4 billion of transit and congestion funding to help ensure that we are building the best transit system in the world here in san francisco. let me also mention today is a ribbon cutting, but this is not going to be the last transit stop ribbon cutting. as i mentioned when we were moving forward with regional measure 3 it was suggested to me and my colleagues that we also invest in a ferry system that includes a future mission bay ferry stop. if all goes well, in 2021, we will hopefully do a ribbon cutting there as well with the temporary option, as mayor breed just reminded me. let me just close by saying that we all know that the greatest 21st century cities have great transit. we know we have more work to do in san francisco, but

[applause] thanks to ucsf for your spirit of cooperation and community.nt to be great neighbors. we needed critical state legislation to get this project completed and that was a heavy lift. thanks to assembly member phil chang, mark leno, assembly member david chiu. then senator pro tem and now mayor of sacramento, daryl steinberg and speaker of the assembly john paris. they worked together and showed incredible leadership in sacramento when we needed it most. back here in san francisco, we needed the support of the entire board of supervisors and, in particular, former supervisor jane kim. who always provided invaluable advice while looking out for all of her constituents here in district six. and supervisor matt haney who, today, represents district six. to the attorney dennis serara and his staff, especially jesse smith. [applause] san francisco travel. you were with us from day one. san francisco police department and chief bill scott. the san francisco fire department and chief janine nicholson with a special shout-out to the recently retired chief.

>>appreciate perspective that is doctor stanton glantz a cardiologist at ucsf thanks for joining us. this fire horrific tragedy. sth bay we'll hear from fire officials tonight about their investigation. >>bears at bay area, bart stations are getting repaired but it's not going to happen overnight how long the repairs are expected to last. >>weekend on inside the bay area politics you've endorsed kamala harris is she a living up to your expectation for harris is more than living up to my expectations. he's doing a phenomenal job, she's one of the top tier candidate congresswoman barbara lee all in on kamel harris but will the senator be able to bounce back after a bruising debate, most got a glass jaw, she's not coming back i'm catherine he join me on inside bay area politics every saturday ♪ let's get down to business. the business of atlanta on monday... ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. get the lowest price guarant

last year ucsf music therapist sang and strumd 3 pe music sessions. pe starting hospital you a music programs at ucsf, ucl and stanford and hospital in londen >> when the therapist comes in and sings it makes her heart rate go down, oxygen levels go up. makes me feel like she is going to be okay. >> the pederson family is hoping to expand the music program to a hospital in rome. such sweet little children irchlt we made a commitment to building a better bay area here at abc. meaning we dig into the issues we all face living here. like ourp high cost of living. a san francisco man has he said oh up his family's budget to show how they make it work on a low income. here is dion lim. >> this is my favorite store and everything in it is free-99. >> alex rosier isn't what you typically imagine someone in tech to be like. >> all you see here, the baby furniture, clothes, the toys, all of the baby stuff, all of the furniture in we got free. >> lichaj in the modest 400 square foot knob hill apartment with miss wife and baby is how he chooses to riff to make t

starting hospital music programs at ucsf, stanford, ucla and hospital in makes destiny just her heart down, oxygen leve up. makes me feel like she is going to be okay. >> the pederson family is hoping to span the music program to a hospital in rome. such a sweet little girl there. >>> let's look at the weather. meteorologist leahy is a argen tracking the okert sflo we've had patchy fog at the matteo coast. otherwise a brit and beautiful start to the weekend. and looking at temperatures on the cool to comfortable side. enjoy it. a big dome of high pressure has built in since yesterday. and that is allowing that clockwise flow compression of the air mass really no marine layer at all in the next few hours and a slight offshore push, the normal winds allowing for the clear sky out there and the quick warmup. it's freezing at the tahoe valley airport looking at 68 gorgeous in lake tahoe. 61 in san francisco. 62 in oakland with mid-50s at the coast. we were down to 48 this morning. 55 in redwood city. and the bill roy at 59 degrees. here is emeryville, a mid-50s napa, santa rosa, so certai

tam: we have ucsf hospital. we have the warriors coming. we have a bunch of new apartment buildings. scholl: you have corporate headquarters of facebook, google, microsoft. christensen: we realize we live in such an amazing place with so much creativi and innovation. i'm excited when i see the young people in the tech industry all over town,ll over the bay area commuting back and forth. there's an energy here. renteria: in mission bay, everyone pretty much works in tech, working on the next start-up. woman: i have 3 cappuccinos for here. renteria: i'll do a coffee. ok. thanks. i'm considered a millennial. we kind of are free spirits, and we don't believe souch in just full-time gigs. i work in social media marketing, so it's definitely a new industry. a lot of people don't quite understand t i run social for a living. the really cool thg about a job in social media or just tec ithat you can work remotely. coffee shops are free. yes, san francisco is really expensive. there is no other place like san francisco where y're going to have access

up next, how ucsf is helping to change one man's life by helping to keep him out of the hospital while still keeping constant tabs on his heart condition. >>> and a chill is in the air, but blue skies as we have a beautiful day on top. but we also have a warm- upcoming our way. i am talking aen a big one. your extended forecast is next. the juul record. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. >>> they supported this new law. >>> clanging the way heart patients are monitored. the device is still in its testing phase, but about 200 patients at ucfs have already tried it out. it is small, wearable. doctors say the information it gathers cannot only change your life. it can save it. >>> evette has to take it slowly these days, but he's used to it. >> the last time i traveled was.

. >> last year ucsf's music therapists sang and strumd through 3,000 music sessions.program is funded through the pederson family foundation and they started hospital music programs at ucsf, stanford and ucla and hospital in london. >> when the music therapist comes in and sings and makes destiny her heart rate goes down and her oxygen levels go up. >> the pederson family is hoping to span the music proam a spal in rome. i love that story. >>> meantime a 5-year-old boy is was thatting in $a rare form of cancer. his family desperate to find a bone marro mass on his lung it' rare in the united states. and even less common in children. savian needs a bone rowe are o transplant and the likelihood of matched is based on ethnicity. it shows african-americans have only 23% chance to find a donor. >> i'm crushed that our community has been so reluctant to share their dna. >> as a parent, how do we accept that these are the facts for our black and brown kids? >> the hamiltons aren't gifting up. marine elementary, his school has proton partner wtd be the match. hosting an event

. >> ucsf hospital treated this website. a red sign means that you can expect major delays. >> the challenge will be leaving tonight with the giants game getting out in the concert getting out at the same time, it will be interesting to see what happens tonight. >> reporter: it shouldn't be that bad because the giants game wrapped up a short while ago. it looks like they added extra lines for the evening. >>> coming up, a young puppy poisoned after a trip to the dog work. poisoned after he trip to the dog park. a warning, next. >> overabundance of zinfandel has some winegrowers rethinking their vineyards. >> a warm up, as we go into thursday and friday it really comes up, we have details in the forecast next. >>> the fremont city council just voted on the controversial homes center, near the two two locations, one on city property in the dakota neighborhood, the other, behind city hall tonight spoke came after hundreds voiced concerns about the locations, but in the end, the fremont city council united behind the location, a

aggressive pr campaign to get them to avoid the tightly packed mission bay neighborhood five by oracle and ucsft is kind of frustrating waiting for the bus and the main transportation and just for an event, that is not right. a lot of people have places to go and they have to be there on time. >> reporter: they have hired 160 operators already this year and on friday, another class of 40 operators will graduate and hit the streets here in san francisco but whether or not that will help, that remains to be seen. tonight, we have another event here at chase. >> people are paying tribute today. remembering those that lost their lives 18 years ago on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. each year, a dedicated group of volunteers sets flags to the overpass but organizers say things are beginning to change. volunteers have thinned out and the flag display has been simplified. >> someone said one of the fines for? some people have forgotten. >> what is the purpose of doing that? we should have respect. we should remember them. >> union city announced that it was abandoning the early ceremony and instead of hol

doctor stanton glantz from ucsf doctor thanks for being with us. what do you think of this anaouncement from the white house said the president wants to do something about this song. i i think it's great that they're doing it the the uh. >>the fda should have taken this action to get rid of flavors in the cigarette years ago. >>and in fact in 2016. when the shorter jurisdiction over e sugar, it's in that rule they tried to remove flavors and the obama white house blocked of me so it's good that trump administration is letting them move forward. but at the same time i think one of the things driving this is that all the local and state activity. much actually got started here in san francisco and you know are having a huge fight all right about proposition she word rule is trying to roll black the local flavor ban. and what you should vote no on that because we want to keep the laws. we have so what is it about the flavor that banning the cigarettes totally they just want to ban. >>the flavor what is about the flavor that's making it so unhealthy or

nurses and community leaders rallied outside ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland today to demand getting critical care in the u.s. be allowed to stay rather than be deported and possibly die as a result. the face of this movement is a 24-year-old woman getting treatment for a rare genetic disease. her cases is one of thousands. >> we're here to bring awareness, get loud, get people to see that this is a big issue and that we need everybody to come and show up and support those who need a voice. >> last month her deferred action status was reopened. she's not completely in the clear, but she is no longer slated for deportation. >>> santa clara is suing one of its own companies, silicon valley company intuit. the the company previously made an agreement with the irs to low, low-income customers to file tax returns for free. but the lawsuit alleges the company hid the free software, leaving it off its website so lower income customers would have to pay to their their taxes done. the company is disputing those allegations. >>> america chose her 17 years ago when she won american idol

meet with them, and they are all from the mission bay kind of the upbringing of that whole community ucsf, and all the companies there. and, they are just great young faith, they were there at thei adoration for the whole hour. they were in it together, they were just praying together, and it was just a nice time to just be together. >> catholics watching your show will understand what you mean by adoration. it is silent prayer in the church before the greatest, or display somehow. i want to ask you this important question, was everybody's mobile device off for the whole hour, or whatever the time was quick >> yes, it was. >> you collect them at the door? >> no, they are very self regulating young adult groups. i see that with a lot of young adults, they will take care of their own, which is different from young adult ministry of course. >> working with mature people who have immature seeking for something of spiritual depth. and who has the capability of learning it. it must be important in your work to realize i don't know, neurological signs and physiological signs. well, the 18-year-o

>>next 5.30 president trump says he woke her same thing and that doctor stanton glantz from ucsf joins us here in studio to talk about the health effects of vaping as more illnesses and deaths for being reported. >>another bills on the governor's desk, we'll tell you about the legislation that would get new protections to ride share drivers and after the break we will show you how the nation honor the lives lost in the september 11 uh-oh, looks like someone's still nervous about buying a new house. is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they've been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve? thanks, man. there he is. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yo

there are only 900 parking spots at chase center and spo at ucsf parking lot across the street. they're off limits to the so-called regular joes or josephines so make sure you plan ahead. >> hmm. >> probably wish you could do more planning this morning but along westbound 80 it's shut down. >> same freeway yesterday but yesterday was san pablo. today it's a person involved from what we understand, not chickens. headlights coming toward us the bay bridge, this is westbound 80, east shore freeway. at the bottom of the screen we have the flares laid out across the freeway blocking off all westbound lanes. they're releasing a few lanes here. we'll get details from chp but look at the backup through berkeley and in to emeryville. frontage road was always accessible. ashby avenue folks getting off the freeway and traveling down this frontage road, one or two lanes and it is a small wood way. if folks are in a rush the high rate of speed could be a danger zone. warning folks traveling west coming out of richmond, san pablo in to berkeley you'll have a big backup, quickly building not y

dome at stanford and ucsf temporarily disable a specific protein inside our cells. they found when the protein is disabled it stops many common cold viruses and other diseases from spreading in the body. >> traditional antiviral drugs target parts of the virus but the virus is very smart and can mutate its way around it. what we do we make the host for these viruses so it's much more difficult for the virus to mutate around. >> so now the work starts to develop the drug that temporarily disables the protein. once that happens, human trials can start. if everything goes well a cure could happen pretty soon. >>> in the east bay an iconic part of berkeley has become controversial. a stretch of the avenue lined with upscale restaurants has been known as the gourmet ghetto for decades. dion lim talk to some who say that change is overdue. >> reporter: wrecking ball roasters prides itself for being an inclusive place. >> we want everyone to know they can come and enjoy coffee. >> reporter: what has never made sense to the owners is the nickname of where their cafe is loca

the witnesses were able to rescue the mom and her kids little boy passed away at ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland on saturday. the 7 year-old girl and her mother are expected to recover. >>i t security experts in union city are trying to determine the cause of a virus infecting the city's government computers now computers at city hall of bin shut down which is impacting some city services as you can imagine our forces a tribune has the story. >>a computer virus discovered over the weekend here at the administrative offices in union city probst the shutting down of the city's computer servers. >>they came in one way infected the system and then we shut everything down as a precautionary measure union city spokesperson lawrence a guy and says although the city's i t department has determined that the virus is not connected to any ransom where it still poses a significant threat we've contacted federal and state cyber security officials 2 examine the data to understand the scope of the impact. so that's not something that we quite know yet in terms of whether people's. personal

how ucsf is helping to change one man's life by helping to keep him out of the hospital while still keepingeeps getting better. how you watch it does too. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-time stats and scores. access to the most 4k content. and your movies and shows to go. the best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> this woman has to take it slowly these days. >> the last time i traveled was 2017, since then i stay home, basically, it started when i was 45 years old. 11 years ago. i was expecting it because of my dad. >> his heart condition required multiple heart procedures which made hypothetically a great candidate for a new device called the patch lled the patch >> we can have an idea of their heart function so they never are hospitalized again. >> with the patch, you can wear it anywhere, on a walk, to the store, it's information that shows how your heart is reacting, the hope is that it can detect pr

i also want to thank ucsf and getting the goal coalition and all of those with us who continue to show their commitment to addressing this issue as well. even though we've reached this incredible milestone here in our city, we know that there are still disparities that exist, specifically by race and ethnicity, by age, by gender, and, sadly, by housing status. these disparities highlight the work we have to do to continue to get to zero and really trying to remove the barriers, the stigma, the discrimination, so that we can truly end new infections, which is our ultimate goal. in fact, in 2018, african-american men had the highest diagnosis rate. african-american women also had the highest diagnosis rate. fighting this should be our focus and we are taking steps to do so. this week the department of public health will launch a competitive bid process where we will allocate $8 million in additional funding to community organizations primarily serving the african-american, latino, transgender and substance-user communities in order to strengthen the work that we are already doing. [ appl

teams at stanford and ucsf announced this major first step in the effort it involves temporarily disablingic protein inside our cells. they found when the protein is disabled it starts many common cold viruses and other diseases from spreading in our bodies. so now the work begins to develop a drug that temporarily disables that protein and once that happens they can start human trials. >> looking forward to that and the weather today. hi, mike. >>> let's look at what's going on outside. can you see just how dry it is down in san jose. 56 degrees yesterday. everything has returned to normal. mt. tam, 53 degrees. we can see the high clouds and the colorful sun rise. mostly sunny. those high clouds will move off as we head throughout the day. cooler than average for most of us and a little breezy this afternoon. not quite as aggressive as it was yesterday. nor will the chance of showers be quite as aggressive as yesterday's storm. but that starts tonight and goes through tomorrow. in the extended we're building heat beginning friday. it looks like one of our hottest days will be on the autum

the innovative new pacifier being used at ucsf. >>> and massive flooding in texas takes a deadly turne of emergency in effect right now. >>> first it is 5:38 on this friday morning. let's check the ware with mike. good morning. >> good morning. hi, everybody. let's look at the south bay. we have microclimates going on here. 52 at campbell. 48 in morgan hill. san jose, 57. 53 in alum rock. 61 inos hlsnd star-fnewa 62 in alameda. san francisco, 60. novato, 63. na napa, san pab mlopablo, 51 to 52 degrees. san mateo bridge, looking westbound. starting at hayward, 57. on the over side, 55 in san mateo. isolated fog reported around novato. we'll tell you about some other issues. mass transit, crisp to warm morning to afternoon and sunny and calm out on the bay. let's look at 12-hour planner. just total sunshine all 12 hours starting at 57. then 63 at 9:00. d to us during the afternoon hours. for the north bay, same type of temperature jump. the afteron at 11:00. 80s during 70 at noon. hanging out in the low to mid 70s during the afternoon hours. you'll need the sun glasses all day here also

we have ucsf here, in san francisco, and we have other institutions that have the expertise on fluoride. at least -- unless we have empirical data, we need somebody who is an expert, a phd, professor, head of the department to come and say, okay, you get this water from hetch hetchy. you like to say it pristine water. when it is raining and we have all of this water, you know, we are letting it go here, they are, and everywhere, you have to explain those things. people are wondering now. mr. richie, a good man, can say what he wants to say. we want experts to say, and educate us on the issues. thank you very much. >> thank you. i would like to add to your comments, the fluoridation came up because of a recent letter. it was not on the agenda. i failed to ask for public comment, under item five, communications. any public comment on communications? item seven, please. >> item seven is the water supply conservation agency update. >> good afternoon. thank you for having me here today. two months ago i spoke to you about a critical water supply issue for the 1.8 million people , and 40,000

researchers at stanford university and ucsf making a big discovery that could help lead to a cure forommon cold. dr. ashton is here with all the details. all right, dr. ashton, tell me about this scientific advance. is it a cure? >> not yet, but possibly. and we need to tell our grandmas, you can put the garlic away because it does look like they're on to something here. in the past the virus that causes the common cold is sneaky. so it evades targeting. we can't disable that virus. what they did at ucsf and stanford is, they actually targeted the receiver of the virus so, if you think of it like this lock and key, if the lock is actually the cell that gets infected, the key is the virus. instead of disabling this, they disabled the protein on the cell that is found to be nonessential so that virus cannot infect those cells. not just important for the common cold but also that enterovirus which has been implicated in that acute flaccid myelitis. very, very interesting research. >> what are the next steps? >> not ready for prime time. this was tested in mice and have to develop a drug