Shelly Fan

Shelly Fan

Shelly Xuelai Fan is a neuroscientist-turned-science writer. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, specialising in novel treatments for neurodegeneration. While studying biological brains, she became fascinated with AI and all things biotech. Following graduation, she moved to UCSF to study blood-based factors that rejuvenate aged brains.

Articles by Shelly Fan

Treating the brain through the stomach: tweaking the gut microbiome slowed MND in mice

July 15, 2021
By Shelly Fan

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Recent research has found gut bugs can tweak our immune system, which impacts the trajectory of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including MND.
How to battle an epidemic? Digitise its DNA and share it with the world

March 16, 2020
By Shelly Fan

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It’s naïve to point to better viral control and say it’s because of technology alone. Nevertheless, a comparison the coronavirus and SARS outbreaks dramatically highlights how the scientific world has changed, for the better, in the past two decades.