New Drug Could Sustain Oxygen-Starved Hearts
In new studies conducted at UCSF, a novel oxygen-delivery therapeutic restored the function of oxygen-starved heart tissue in an animal model of global hypoxia.
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Gene Plays Critical Role in Noise-Induced Deafness
UCSF researchers discovered a gene that plays an essential role in noise-induced deafness.
With Dangers of Everyday Concussions Revealed, Scientists Race to Find Solutions
UCSF scientists are working to understand how concussions cause long-term cognitive damage – and how they might be treated.
Artificial Kidney Technology Explored to Make an Artificial Pancreas
UCSF’s Shuvo Roy has spent the better part of a decade working on technology that could lead to a a surgically implantable bioartificial kidney. Now he is also working with UCSF colleagues to turn that technology into an artificial pancreas.
HPV and Tobacco Induce Cancer Through Common Pathways
These results confirm that the HPV virus causes head and neck cancer by inactivating the same proteins that are mutated in smoking-induced cancer.
NIH Funds UCSF-led Initiative to Chart a Course Toward New Psychiatric Drugs
Researchers at UCSF and the Gladstone Institutes have received an $18 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative.
New Inquiry-Based Curriculum Empowers Future Pharmacists to be Catalysts for Change
Built on a foundation of scientific thinking, and one that exposes students to the latest questions in research and patient care, the School of Pharmacy’s new curriculum differentiates UCSF’s PharmD degree program from the growing number of programs nationwide.
Researchers Find a New Way to Visualize Integrins
A collaboration between three labs at UCSF has resulted in an unprecedented look at a member of a vital and ubiquitous class of proteins called integrins.
CRISPR-Based Tool Maps Gene Function in Human Cells
UCSF scientists have used a high-throughput CRISPR-based technique to rapidly map the functions of nearly 500 genes in human cells, many of them never before studied in detail.
Altruistic Viruses? Phages Fight Back Against CRISPR Defenses In Bacteria
Although CRISPR has made headlines as a powerful system for editing genes, it actually evolved as way for bacteria to defend themselves against infection by viruses.
T Cell Engineering Breakthrough Sidesteps Need for Viruses in CRISPR Gene-Editing
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UCSF scientists have genetically reprogrammed human immune cells without using viruses to insert DNA
New Form Of Wound Healing Revealed By Parasitic Gut Worms
Experiments using parasitic worms in the mouse gut have revealed a surprising new form of wound repair, a finding that could help scientists develop ways to enhance the body’s natural healing abilities.
FDA Approves Landmark Marijuana-Derived Drug First Tested at UCSF
For the first time, a drug derived from marijuana has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and it may soon offer relief to children with hard-to-treat seizures.
Not Junk: ‘Jumping Gene’ is Critical for Early Embryo
A so-called “jumping gene” that researchers long considered either genetic junk or a pernicious parasite is actually a critical regulator of the first stages of embryonic development.
CryoEM Study Captures Opioid Signaling in the Act
Scientists have used ultra-high-resolution cryo–electron microscopy to capture the most detailed portrait ever of an opioid drug triggering the biochemical signaling cascade that gives it its power.
