UCSF Specialties Among World’s Best in US News Global Universities Rankings for 2018
UCSF has ranked in the top 10 for seven specialties in 2017 Best Global Universities rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.
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Key Psychiatric Drug Target Comes Into Focus
Researchers at UC San Francisco, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Stanford University report a major step toward designing more powerful psychiatric drugs with fewer side effects.
Brain Imaging Results Skewed by Biased Study Samples
A new UC San Francisco–led study shows that failure to follow this basic principle of population science can profoundly skew the results of brain imaging studies.
Allergy Drug Improves Function in Patients with Chronic Injury from Multiple Sclerosis
UCSF scientists have successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial showing that an FDA-approved antihistamine restores nervous system function in patients with chronic MS.
Flashing Neurons in Worms Reveal How the Brain Generates Behavior
UCSF researcher Saul Kato is using a new high-resolution whole-brain imaging technique to see how the entire nervous system of a worm works together to generate behavior.
Protein Pair Keeps Brain Function Stable
UCSF researchers have discovered that two molecular partners interact at synapses to maintain stable neuronal function.
Multi-Gene Test Predicts Alzheimer’s Better than APOE E4 Alone
A new test that combines the effects of more than two dozen genetic variants, does a better job of predicting which cognitively normal older adults will go on to develop Alzheimer’s dementia than testing for APOE E4.
How Ketogenic Diets Curb Inflammation in the Brain
Ketogenic diets — that have long been known to benefit epilepsy and other neurological illnesses — may work by lowering inflammation in the brain, according to new research by UCSF scientists.
UCSF Leads New Effort to Make Sense of California’s End of Life Option Act
UCSF is part of a team that is surveying key stakeholders about their policies and experiences with California’s End of Life Option Act.
‘Light Saber’ Offers Precise Tool to Decipher Cell Function
Protein engineers and neurobiologists at UCSF have teamed up to create a biological light saber — an engineered protein that can slay specific cells simply by exposing them to light.
Gut Microbes May Influence Multiple Sclerosis Progression
Researchers at UCSF have identified specific gut microbes associated with MS in human patients, showing that these microbes take part in regulating immune responses in mouse models of the disease.
Protein Links Alcohol Abuse and Changes in Brain’s Reward Center
UCSF researchers have identified a protein that links alcohol consumption with structural changes in one of the “reward centers” in the mouse brain.
