UCSF Innovators Use EHRs to Track Hospital-Acquired Infection
UCSF Health Informatics team has used electronic health records to track down a source of a common hospital-acquired infection.
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Next-Gen Precision Diagnostics Now Available at UCSF
A genome sequencing test developed at UCSF that can rapidly pinpoint the cause of a bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infection is now available to help physicians nationwide diagnose cases.
Video Imaging Reveals How Immune Cells Sense Danger
How T cells feel out intruders rapidly and reliably enough to nip infections and other threats in the bud has remained a mystery to researchers.
New Funding Will Support Research into Biology of Malaria Parasite
UCSF researcher Grant Dorsey received federal funding for the Program for Resistance, Immunology, Surveillance and Modeling of Malaria in Uganda.
New Polio Virus Evolution Insights Could Lead to Improved Vaccine
UCSF researchers have helped to identify the three evolutionary steps the polio virus used to evolve from harmless vaccine into a regional menace. With the new knowledge, they have developed a new polio vaccine that should be unable to escape and cause outbreaks.
Researching How Stress Among Sexual Minorities Affects Health on Genetic Level
Researcher Annesa Flentje is looking at ways stress among sexual minorities – those whose sexual orientation, identity or practices differ from the majority – can affect physical and mental health, starting at the genetic level, with a particular focus of late on the effect of stress on HIV-positive men.
Science in Focus: The Placenta’s Role in Protecting the Fetus from Infection
The mammalian placenta is a sort of armored car protecting a developing fetus. All manner of infectious agents attempt to break in, but few of them can. Scientists are working to understand why some infections do break through and how to stop them.
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Newborns with Severe Immune Disorder
A novel gene therapy treatment may save infants from SCID, a devastating immune disorder commonly known as "bubble boy disease".
Common Virus Tied to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Women Under 50
A type of herpes virus that infects about half of the U.S. population has been associated with risk factors for type 2 diabetes and heart disease in normal-weight women aged 20 to 49.
Study Explores How to Tell Children They Have HIV
There are an estimated 150,000 HIV-infected children in Uganda, and studies indicate less than a third of children under the age of 15 know they are infected.
Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses Slip Between Cracks in HIV Testing
People with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression with psychosis may be up to 15 more likely than the general population to be HIV positive, but are only marginally more likely to be tested for the virus.
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.
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.
Big Challenges as India Seeks to Eliminate Malaria by 2030
The Malaria Elimination Group is meeting this week in Chennai, India, to discuss strategies to shrink the global malaria map and take stock of India’s efforts to eliminate the disease.
Zika in Fetal Brain Tissue Responds to a Popular Antibiotic
UCSF researchers identified fetal brain tissue cells that are targeted by the Zika virus and determined that azithromycin can prevent the virus from infecting these cells.
