University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFMore than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths were attributed to the virus itself.
55% of seniors with dementia take more than six medications even though most have good health. However, a UCSF study showed that 87% are willing to cut down if their doctors agree.
UCSF researchers successfully leveraged an FDA-approved drug to halt growth of tumors driven by mutations in the RAS gene, which are famously difficult to treat and account for about one in four cancer deaths.
Using AI in ECG analysis improves diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden death in adolescents.
Mark Moasser, MD, has sorted out why HER2, the protein driving 1 in 5 breast cancers, is so hard to drug. He explains how the findings correct a naive way of envisioning how HER2 is shaped and how it works.