Alcohol Abuse Increases Risk of Heart Attack, Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure
Alcohol abuse may increase the risk for heart attack, atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure.
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Latino Children with Kidney Failure Have Superior Survival
Latino children with kidney failure have a surprising survival advantage over white children despite longer waits for transplants, according to a UCSF study that tracked more than 12,000 pediatric patients.
Off-Switch for CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing System Discovered
UCSF researchers have discovered a way to switch off the widely used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system using newly identified anti-CRISPR proteins that are produced by bacterial viruses.
UCSF Discovery May Lead to New Treatments to Protect Fetus from Deadly Effects of Food Poisoning
A newly identified bacterial protein that is shown to jump-start infection may be the culprit in a foodborne disease that strikes pregnant women in disproportionately high numbers, leading to miscarriage and pre-term birth.
Positive Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Results Support New Treatment Approach
In findings that show the effectiveness of a new strategy for treating multiple sclerosis, researchers are reporting positive results from three large, international, multicenter Phase III clinical trials of the investigational drug ocrelizumab in both relapsing multiple sclerosis and primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
UCSF Joins Multi-University Collaboration Agreement with Facebook’s Building 8
UCSF is joining a unique collaboration agreement with Facebook that would allow its researchers to engage in joint technology projects without the usual red tape.
Cutting Through the Clamor: How the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy Settings
UCSF scientists have discovered an unexpected mechanism the brain uses to seamlessly compensate when speech sounds are obscured by noise.
CRISPR Study Reveals Unexpected Roles of Non-Coding RNAs
UCSF researchers have taken a major step toward understanding the function of the tens of thousands of human genes that do not code for proteins, a phenomenon considered one of the key remaining mysteries of the human genome.
CRISPR-Based Single-Cell Genetics Platform Enables Rapid Analysis of Critical Gene Networks
Researchers from UC San Francisco and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new method for performing high-throughput functional screening of complex genetic interactions.
Scientific Reasons for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
To give you a bit of scientific motivation, UCSF gathered some of the latest research behind the most popular health-related New Year’s resolutions that attest to why it really is good for your body to see them through.
Scientists Visualize Embryo Implantation in the Mouse Uterus in Unprecedented 3D Detail
UC San Francisco researchers have visualized the earliest stages of pregnancy in unprecedented detail in laboratory animals and human tissue using new laboratory imaging techniques.
Most Popular Science Stories of 2016
Stories about sensory processing disorder, videos about “zombie” cancer cells, and news about the effects of caffeine and alcohol on the heart were among the topics that most engaged our readers in 2016.
Many Safety Net Patients Don’t Complete Colonoscopy after Abnormal Stool-Based Colorectal Screening Test
Nearly half of the patients in a safety net health system who had an abnormal stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer failed to receive the recommended colonoscopy within a year.
Even Light-Smoking Teens are Likely to Use Alcohol and Marijuana
In a UC San Francisco study of 176 adolescent smokers in San Francisco, 96 percent reported using at least two substances other than cigarettes.
Pubic Hair Grooming Linked to Sexually Transmitted Infections
A national survey has found an association between pubic hair grooming and sexually transmitted infections.
