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We’re so #UCSFProud of professor David Julius, PhD, winner of the #NobelPrize for Physiology/Medicine! Please help us congratulate him! @DJuliusSF
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PLEASE SHARE: UCSF frontline #covid19 care providers are in urgent need of critical supplies such as masks, disposable gloves & more. You can drop off donations at 3 sites in San Francisco and Oakland starting Monday, 3/23. More info ➡️ .#coronavirus
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Happening now at our Parnassus campus: UCSF medical students rally against gun violence. #WhiteCoatsAgainstGunViolence.
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Congratulations to @UCBerkeley 's Jennifer A. Doudna - also a UCSF adjunct professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology - for winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!.
BREAKING NEWS: .The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
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New @NobelPrize winner David Julius, PhD, has had an incredible career. Here’s everything you need to know. #UCSFProud
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Congratulations to Michael V. Drake, MD, UC's next president! Dr. Drake earned his medical degree in ophthalmology at UCSF and was a member of our faculty for more than 20 years. Welcome back to the @UofCalifornia family, Dr. Drake! #UCSFproud
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Behind the scenes! Today was huge for UCSF prof. @DJuliusSF, who won the #NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on the neuroscience of pain. Here are some of our favorite moments from today. #UCSFProud.Julius shares the prize with @ardemp of @scrippsresearch. Congrats!
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Awaiting FDA approval, the new CRISPR-based #COVID19 test can diagnose in 45 minutes in almost any lab with off-the-shelf reagents and common equipment. #coronavirus
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In light of the decision today re: transgender people serving in the military, we want to reiterate our commitment to diversity& inclusion.
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BREAKING NEWS! We’re launching a new homelessness research initiative, thanks to a $30 million gift from Lynne and Marc @Benioff! @ucsfcvp #healthequity #poverty
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#UCSFProud: President-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris appointed 3 UCSF faculty members to the Biden-Harris Transition #COVID19 Advisory Board. Congrats to Co-Chair @DavidAKesslerMD, as well as @DrEricGoosby and Dr. Robert Rodriguez!
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BREAKING: UCSF's Peter Walter wins 2018 #BreakthroughPrize in Life Sciences! The $3M prize - for his discovery of cells' quality-control system – is the largest monetary award in science.
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"This decision will fall hardest on people who already face structural barriers to care, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, as well as undocumented people, and young people.". Read the full statement here:
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PLEASE SHARE: We're looking for adults in #SanFrancisco #BayArea who have recovered from known or suspected #COVID19 infection and are willing to volunteer as a convalescent plasma donor in a UCSF clinical trial. Learn more and contact us ➡️
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Working 55+ hrs/week was linked with increased risk of stroke (+35%) and ischemic heart disease (+17%), per a groundbreaking study conducted by @UCSF_PRHE, @UCLAFSPH, @WHO and @ilo. Overwork was linked with 745,000 deaths in 2016 alone, researchers say.
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BREAKING: UCSF’s David Julius wins the #BreakthroughPrize in Life Sciences for his groundbreaking work on the neuroscience of pain. Congratulations, David! #UCSFProud
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While the Bay Area #airquality is still in the red or higher: 1) Try to stay indoors, 2) Avoid bringing any air from outside, 3) Avoid any physical exertion. #campfire
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We are pleased to announce @cronutt1 is 2+ years #seizure free after a groundbreaking cell therapy developed at UCSF @baraban_lab!🧵✨ (1/5)
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This year's #NobelPrize in Chemistry goes to Jennifer Doudna, who heads the Innovative Genomics Institute, a partnership of @UCBerkeley / UCSF. She and Emmanuelle Charpentier developed CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough. More on their historic win:
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Mayor Ed Lee was a friend to UCSF and a supporter of health care access, medical education and life sciences research in San Francisco. Our condolences go out to his family, he will be missed.
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A vital resource! UCSF students built a #COVID19 fact-check site, available in 7 languages, to help people everywhere protect themselves, their families, their communities amid the #coronavirus pandemic: Great work, all! #UCSFProud @UCSFMedicine
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GREAT NEWS: We're working to significantly expand #COVID19 testing capacity, with support from @ChanZuckerberg + @czbiohub, to help us meet needs of communities we serve at @UCSFHospitals, as well as ZSFGH and other sites operated by @SF_DPH. #coronavirus
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REPORT: Working 55+ hours per week increases risk of death by stroke (+35%) and ischemic heart disease (+17%), according to a groundbreaking study conducted by @TraceyJWoodruff of @UCSF_PRHE, @UCLAFSPH, @WHO and @ilo.
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Grand opening! The UCSF Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building, made possible by a $185M gift, brings together our world-renowned research and patient care in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.
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Single, childless female surgeons are more likely to pass certifying exam on first try -- 90% vs. 56% for surgeons who are married moms, according to study in @JAMASurgery (@Jasosamd). Among single men, 80% passed first try, vs. 81% for married dads.
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It's with heavy hearts that we mark the death of @rahuldesikan, who was "a deeply committed and caring husband and father, a brilliant neuroscientist and radiologist, and an inspiring friend and colleague beloved by many within and outside of UCSF." #ALS.
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PLEASE SHARE - You can help scientists track #COVID19. Join our smartphone-based study to help track how #coronavirus spreads, supporting efforts to better predict and reduce new infections. All you need is a phone, please sign up & share. #citizenscience
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Big news: @Genentech and @Roche are joining forces with UCSF and @UCBerkeley's Weill Neurohub to accelerate research on neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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An immunity researcher, a language neurosurgeon, a reproductive medical geneticist, and a leader in the hospitalist field are UCSF's newest inductees to @theNAMedicine. Congrats to Mark Anderson, Edward Chang, @Aleks_Rajkovic, and @Bob_Wachter! #UCSFProud
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GREAT NEWS! UCSF won more @NIH biomedical research grants and contracts in 2018 than any other public institution, a 12-year streak! #UCSFProud #fundscience
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UCSF will no longer be pursuing its proposed affiliation with Dignity Health. Read the full statement by Chancellor Sam Hawgood and UCSF Health CEO Mark Laret.
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Chancellor Sam Hawgood issued a message to the UCSF community about the importance of upholding the values of respect and inclusion.
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Congrats, @fraser_lab! Up to $30M from @ARPA_H for AI-driven effort to speed drug discovery by mapping interactions that cause side effects, with @QBI_UCSF 's help.
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A single test could rapidly ID non-human DNA in any body fluid, eliminating lengthy diagnostic odysseys for patients with unknown but life-threatening infections. New data from @cychiu98 was published in @NatureMedicine this week.
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“My mom insisted on finding me a Black pediatrician when I was a child,” says UCSF’s Matthew Bucknor, MD. “That consistency of seeing a Black man in medicine every single year had a big impact on me. It normalized the possibility of a career in medicine.” #BlackHistoryMonth 🧵1/5
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PLEASE SHARE: As #covid19 cases increase, each of us can work to help slow transmission in our communities. Protective measures help #FlattenTheCurve, so the total number of cases are spread over a longer time period, allowing hospitals to care for all who need it. #coronavirus
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When you're an astronaut on the ISS, you're the scientist and science experiment at the same time, says @NASA's #AstroKate.
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This means so much to our entire #UCSFfamily. Thank you!.
Shelter in place Day 21. Every night at 7 we bang pots to thank the heroes 3 blocks away at @UCSFHospitals who are changing shifts. #gratitude #COVID19 #sflockdown @AaronNeinstein @SaraBuckelew @RussCucina @Bob_Wachter
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"I encourage us to go beyond denouncing acts of racism and hate. We must examine our own bias and have honest, courageous conversations with one another." Read Chancellor Sam Hawgood's full statement on the killing of George Floyd and nationwide protests:
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The student-organized #UCSFMaskDrive collected 14,535 masks over the weekend! Sending a heartfelt #ThankYou to our amazing students and community for coming together in times like these. We are still taking donations – here’s how you can help 🔽.
PLEASE SHARE: UCSF frontline #covid19 care providers are in urgent need of critical supplies such as masks, disposable gloves & more. You can drop off donations at 3 sites in San Francisco and Oakland starting Monday, 3/23. More info ➡️ .#coronavirus
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BREAKING: The first results of a clinical trial from @ChangLabUcsf show a paralyzed person using a neuroprosthetic device to directly translate brain activity into full sentences, without the need to spell words letter-by-letter. @NeurosurgUCSF
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GREAT NEWS! A $35 million gift from Marc and Lynne @Benioff will bring together scientists and physicians to push the boundaries of #prostatecancer research and seek new ways to combat a disease that claims 300,000 lives each year. #pcam
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Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $10M to UCSF to advance health using big data
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With commencements delayed or moved online this year, we're taking to social to celebrate UCSF's Class of 2020. Please help us recognize our next generation of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, physical therapists, and scientists by using the hashtag #UCSFgrads!
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As we gear up for #WCSJ2017, we want to affirm our commitment to inclusivity. All are welcome here. #UCSFStandsUp
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Today, we stand with undocumented students nationwide, as @UofCalifornia prepares to defend #DACA at the Supreme Court. #UC4DACA #UCSFStandsUp #IStandWithImmigrants
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The clouds parted just enough over our Mission Bay campus this morning for us to catch this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle! #SolarEclipse2017
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PLEASE SHARE: If you're taking to the streets today, please take steps to protect yourself and those around you amid the growing pandemic. Here are some tips for safe outdoor gatherings from @UCSFHospitals emergency physician @JahanFahimi. #covid-19
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Charles Chiu, an infectious disease doctor at UCSF, sequenced the first omicron variant ID’d in the U.S.
BREAKING: A case of the omicron coronavirus variant has been identified in San Francisco — the first in the country.
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GREAT NEWS! We’re doubling our capacity for children’s mental health services in East Bay thanks to a $15 million gift from Lynne and Marc @Benioff to @UCSFBenioffOAK.
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His threads are essential reading for anyone seeking to understand #COVID19. Here’s the story behind @Bob_Wachter’s Twitter feed.
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This is what community looks like 💪 UCSF students collected >14k masks with their weekend supply drive. We are so grateful to our students and our #BayArea community. And yes, we're still taking donations – here’s how you can help: #COVID19 #UCSFproud
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As the number of #covid19 cases grow, each of us can take steps to help slow transmission in our communities. Protective measures can help #FlattenTheCurve, so the total number of cases are spread over a longer time period, allowing hospitals and clinics care for all who need it.
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No prank here! Today UCSF professor David Julius, PhD, won a @NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on the neuroscience of pain. Congrats, @DJuliusSF! .#UCSFProud.
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So proud of our faculty (all women!) joining the National Academy of Medicine. Congrats to Ida Sim, MD, PhD, Katie Pollard, PhD, and Tippi MacKenzie, MD. A recognition much deserved!.
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“We have to get out there & show young ppl what is possible,” says UCSF transplant surgery pioneer Nancy Ascher. “[And] little girls, they like heroes. I’m not opposed to giving them a few superhero [scientists and surgeons] to look up to.” #UCSFWomen #WHM2019
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An important message from UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood: . "The horrific murder of eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta last night has compounded the anguish of Asian Americans already reeling from a resurgence of attacks and harassment targeting them." 1/3.
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UCSF researchers win 2017 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, which honors contributions of immigrants to U.S.
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We mourn the loss of Zena Werb, whose fearless and original research in her 40 years at UCSF transformed our understanding of cancer. Her devotion to mentorship — particularly for young women — elevated the careers of many young scientists. #UCSFfamily.
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We did it! Gov. @GavinNewsom signed the state budget with $12.9M for @UofCalifornia PRIME & new programs focused on healthcare with CA Indian Tribes & Black communities. Thank you to all our advocates who stood up for health equity, access + workforce diversity. @UCAdvocacy (1/4)
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Chancellor Sam Hawgood joins academic health system leaders in an urgent #covid19 message: "The cure is not worse than the disease. Our country has made strides to enforce social distancing and this is not the time to let up." #flattenthecurve .
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This breathtaking photo shows developing #neurons as their cytoskeletons begin to form. The image, taken by professor Torsten Wittmann, won this year's UCSF #SciResolution image contest. Follow @UCSF for more #sciart #microscopy #cellbiology!
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A single test could rapidly ID non-human DNA in any body fluid, eliminating lengthy diagnostic odysseys for patients with unknown but life-threatening infections. New data from @cychiu98 was published in @NatureMedicine this week.
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"As a nurse, I deeply believe that the people I’m lucky enough to serve deserve so much better, and working with and for them drives me to get up every day and do my work." Thank you @mclemoremr for inspiring us on this #WomensDay. #UCSFWomen #IWD2019
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We're proud to launch a new partnership with @UCBerkeley, @UW to bring together neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, physicists, chemists and mathematicians to tackle some of the biggest challenges in brain health through the Weill Neurohub.
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Congratulations, @UCSFHospitals! #UCSFProud
JUST IN: We're the No. 1 hospital in California & the No. 5 hospital in the US, according to @USNews! #BestHospitals
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An incredible phone call to receive, even in the wee hours of the morning. Congratulations, professor @DJulius, on your Nobel Prize win today! #UCSFProud @NobelPrize.
Wow amazing that my best friend in life @DJuliusSF ❤️ and colleague @ardemp got the early phone call 📞 this morning for the #nobelprize2021
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“Then men students ought to have their testicles removed." - Lucy Field Wanzer, UCSF's first female grad (1876), when an instructor said she should have her ovaries removed to study medicine. Join us in saluting trailblazing #UCSFWomen in health and science throughout #WHM2019!
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We are so #UCSFProud of the three incredible MDs who were named Women of the Year by elected officials representing San Francisco, Oakland, and the state of California! Congrats to @carina_marquez, @DHavlir, and @MKushel! Details in the🧵.
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#UCSFProud: “This is an opportunity for UCSF to support our health care colleagues on the front lines in New York City,” said @UCSFHospitals Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Josh Adler. #coronavirus #covid19.
A team of 20 UCSF nurses & doctors traveled to New York today to care for patients at @nyphospital for the next month! We are grateful to this awesome group for volunteering to work in the heart of the #COVID19 pandemic—and to our equally awesome staff caring for patients in #SF.
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“It’s been very exciting to watch our [research] community rally around this." Chancellor Sam Hawgood lauds the spirit of collaboration at UCSF, across the #BayArea and around the world as researchers join forces to fight #COVID19. Via @MSNBC. #coronavirus
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Medical students at the University of California, San Francisco, have donated over 14,000 masks to local hospitals as supplies shortages surge across the health care industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The UCSF @KroganLab found >300 proteins that #coronavirus interacts with during infection. Researchers then found 69 drugs that target the same proteins as the virus. Early cell studies suggest 9 of those drugs might drive the virus down. #COVID19
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“There is no medicine as powerful as housing." .UCSF homelessness/health expert @MKushel will direct a new initiative to study causes and solutions to homelessness, thanks to a $30M gift from Lynne and Marc @Benioff. #healthequity #homeless
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BIG NEWS! A $25M gift from Marc & Lynne @Benioff will fuel work to demystify the human #microbiome, including development of therapies to repair damage and prevent diseases before they start.
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A message from UCSF on participation in civil demonstrations, peaceful walkouts and other acts of social activism.
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We only have one message today, and it may be our most important message of the year: #VOTE. Check out the thread below for some tips on safe in-person voting, polling locations on campus, and more. #UCSFVotes.
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Hang in there, everybody. Members of the UCSF community shared photos from campus, capturing the ominous #orangesky cloaking the #BayArea today. Stay safe. Read more about wildfire smoke and COVID-19 ➡️ (📷 1 by Robert P. Ho, 2-4 by Michael Broeker)
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Stand up for our @UCSFMedicine students and #HealthEquity! Ask lawmakers to invest in @UofCalifornia Programs in Medical Education #PRIME. Investment in health care has never been more important. @UCAdvocacy
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Psychedelic medicine is booming at UCSF! Researchers are investigating #psilocybin as a treatment for PTSD, depression, alcoholism, even back pain, and eating disorders. @TrPR_Program @thebandlab @RCarhartHarris.
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One of the most famously memorable classroom views from our Parnassus campus. #UCSFBackToSchool.
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We were pleased to host First Lady Dr. Jill Biden @FLOTUS during her visit to @UCSFCancer for an update on the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. The visit, marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, highlighted progress in breast cancer research at UCSF since Biden’s 2016 visit.
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