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The UC San Francisco School of Dentistry has received a $4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to kickstart its clinical research program, in part by developing a new artificial
Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.
Tissue biologist Sarah Knox has long been fascinated with saliva. Just when she begins to doubt whether her singular passion will lead to real-world impact, an old family friend reaches out to her with a problem only she may be able to solve.
Giant lizards with superpowered hearts. Hairless rodents that don’t seem to age. Songbirds that babble like human babies. These and other scurrying, soaring, and slithering wonders are teaching scientists how our own bodies work – and how to fix them.
Two innovative UCSF projects in hydrogel therapies to develop new salivary glands and restore muscle loss after facial injuries have received critical funding to move closer to clinical trials.
Scientists at UCSF are exploring how we can improve our bodies – now and in the future – with science that sounds like sci-fi.
Oral diseases, such as tooth decay, gum disease and oral cancers, are a major health burden affecting 3.5 billion people worldwide, but are largely ignored by the global health community, according to
Healthy eating can be difficult to do, especially when the science isn’t clear. Our experts have weighed in to give you the best advice based on solid research, allowing you to make better choices when it comes to your nutrition.
The sugar industry has driven decades of biased research that shirk sugar's responsibility for chronic disease. UCSF researchers are uncovering thousands of industry documents to combat this misinformation, and steer Americans away from what is becoming a growing health crisis.
The UCSF School of Dentistry is adding virtual and augmented reality for its first-year students.
UCSF received more than $593.9 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2017 for research across multiple health-science arenas at the University.
A scientifically based approach that includes a tooth-decay risk assessment, aggressive preventive measures and conservative restorations can dramatically reduce decay in community dental practices.
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