The Case of the Recurring Fever
An elderly man had symptoms no one could explain – until Amy Berger, MD, PhD, and her team investigated.
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How Can We Thwart the Next Pandemic?
Leading scientists share some of the tools and strategies that could help us better confront and contain future outbreaks.
Your Immune System Could Turn COVID-19 Deadly
Hidden autoimmunity may explain how the coronavirus wreaks such widespread and unpredictable harm.
To Prevent Delirium, Increase Mobility, Connection and Sleep
UCSF researchers wanted to see if simple tweaks, like avoiding nighttime interruptions to promote sleep, nixing certain prescription drugs, and promoting exercise and social engagement, could decrease delirium in hospitalized older adults.
Space Travel Weakens Our Immune Systems – Now Scientists May Know Why
Scientists now have shown that the weakening of an astronaut’s immune system during space travel is likely due in part to abnormal activation of immune cells called T regulator cells.
Fetal Heart Defect Detection Improved by Using Machine Learning
UCSF researchers have found a way to double doctors’ accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero.
Sophie Dumont Delivers 2021 Byers Award Lecture: ‘Who Conducts the Symphony of Cell Division?’
Sophie Dumont, winner of the 2021 Byers Award for Basic Science, focuses on finding out how, as well whether therapeutic targets exist to ensure equal – and healthy – division of chromosomes.
Novel Structure Found in Tumor Cells May Open Door to New Kinds of Cancer Therapies
UCSF researchers have figured out precisely what receptor tyrosine kinases are, how they form and their role in cancer.
Cancer Patients Lonely and Depressed During COVID-19 Pandemic
Loneliness and social isolation have been significant problems for the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for cancer patients these issues were particularly acute, likely due to isolation and social distancing, according to a new UCSF study.
Brain Wave Recordings Reveal Potential for Individualized Parkinson’s Treatments
Pioneering neural recordings in patients with Parkinson’s disease by UCSF scientists are providing the groundwork for personalized brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders.
Ancient DNA Sequences Reveal How Modern Humans Diverged from Neanderthals
A team at UCSF, in collaboration with colleagues at Stanford University, has unearthed the regulatory DNA sequences of our archaic human ancestors in a discovery that sheds light on how we diverged from them 500,000 years ago.
Smart Cell Therapies for Solid Cancers Ready to Move Toward Clinical Trials
Researchers at UCSF have demonstrated how to engineer smart immune cells that are effective against solid tumors, opening the door to treating a variety of cancers that have long been untouchable with immunotherapies.
New CRISPR Technology Offers Unrivaled Control of Epigenetic Inheritance
Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what’s known as the epigenome.
