UCSF Research Vital to First Drug for Deadly Bone Disease
FDA approves palovarotene (Sohonos) for rare FOP, reducing HO by 54%. Significant step in improving lives of affected patients.
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Give to UCSFFDA approves palovarotene (Sohonos) for rare FOP, reducing HO by 54%. Significant step in improving lives of affected patients.
Zuranolone (Zurzuvae), the first pill for patients suffering from postpartum depression, is expected to be available by the end of 2023. Though it may relieve depressive symptoms, it has some drawbacks such as sedation and dangers in breastfeeding.
Camp Winning Hands is a free summer camp for kids and teens with limb differences, where campers enjoy all types of activities that are modified for their unique conditions.
UCSF has been given the green light on a new research and academic building at Parnassus Heights, creating a vital collaborative space to drive innovations in scientific research and education.
Convergent evolutionary mechanisms shared by COVID-19 variants allow them to overcome both adaptive and innate immune system barriers.
Discoveries result from a mix of smarts, creativity, grit, collaboration, serendipity and time. But when scientists must constantly apply for funding, that last factor can be hard to come by. The Arc
A clinical trial showed that MDMA, the so-called psychedelic drug also known as "ecstasy" or "molly," can be a powerful new tool in treating people with moderate-to-severe PTSD.
Researchers have found that people who developed breast, ovary, skin and uterine cancers have significantly higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies.
The FDA recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent RSV for infants and elderly adults.
UCSF Pride Hall, UCSF’s new research and academic building at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, will house more than 800 UCSF employees, including about 200 physician-scientists and clinicians.
Three injectable medications, Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro, are often taken as weight management drugs. UCSF health experts weigh in on the benefits and risks of taking the medications for obesity.
UCSF researchers are working across disease specialties. Diabetes researchers are looking at how oncologists use CAR T-cell therapy to reprogram a person’s immune system to attack cancer cells, for example. They hope to similarly reprogram the immune system to fight diabetes.
Looking at a baby’s entire DNA sequence through rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) allows doctors to diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases earlier, sometimes even in utero.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is the first hospital in the West to administer a newly approved gene therapy to treat beta thalassemia with gene therapy, reducing the need for lifelong blood transfusions.