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.
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Toward a Cure for Sickle Cell: How Doctors Are Fighting a Crippling Disease
Each year, 300,000 infants worldwide are born with sickle cell. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are at the the leading edge of advancements to cure sickle cell disease.
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.
Physician-Scientist Lloyd “Holly” Smith, ‘Heart of UCSF for Over Half a Century,’ Dies at 94
Lloyd Hollingsworth “Holly” Smith Jr., a visionary physician-scientist whose uncompromising quest for excellence over a career spanning half a century helped transform UCSF into the world-renowned health sciences university it is today, died peacefully at his home on June 18.
UCSF Receives Two New Properties in San Francisco as Gifts from Donors
UCSF has received two gifts of real estate properties that will ease the housing crunch for faculty and free up space for thriving clinical and academic programs at Mission Bay – supporting key University goals.
Deaths from Cardiac Arrest Are Misclassified, Overestimated
Forty percent of deaths attributed to cardiac arrest are not sudden or unexpected, and nearly half of the remainder are not arrhythmic – the only situation in which CPR and defibrillators are effective.
Electrically Stimulating the Brain May Restore Movement After Stroke
UCSF scientists have improved mobility in rats that had experienced debilitating strokes by using electrical stimulation to restore a distinctive pattern of brain cell activity associated with efficient movement.
University Child Care Center at Mission Bay Officially Opens
With the June 11 opening ceremony, the University Child Care Center at Mission Bay officially becomes the largest child care center in San Francisco.
Diabetes Added to High Risks for People with Severe Mental Illness
People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes, with even higher risks among patients who are African American or Hispanic, according to a new study led by UCSF.
New Program Builds a Primary Care Workforce Tailored to Rural California
With a new project – Rural Health Advanced Practice Training – the UCSF School of Nursing hopes to help fill gaps in health care by encouraging and training advanced practice nurses to work in rural settings.
Life After the Diagnosis
This new book by international palliative care expert and UCSF physician Steven Pantilat, MD ’89, serves as a guide for those who don’t know where to start at a difficult time. Pantilat makes sense of what doctors may say, what they actually mean, and how to get the information you need to make the best medical decisions.
Grad Slam: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart … Again”
This UC San Francisco competition challenges PhD students to use engaging “nonspecialist” language to describe their intricate research – in three minutes or less. Bioengineering student Yiqi Cao won the top prize this year for her talk about how to improve stents to reduce scar tissue. “Grad Slam was an incredible opportunity to challenge myself,” Cao says. “It’s definitely not easy to distill … many years of research down to a meaningful three minutes.”
NPR’s Nerdette: “I Have A Rare Genetic Disease. CRISPR Might Fix It.”
As a kindergartener, Nerdette co-host Greta Johnsen was diagnosed with an eye condition that is among the best diseases for experimenting with the gene editing tool CRISPR. This episode follows Greta, her father, and UCSF geneticist and Gladstone Institutes investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, as he tries to develop the perfect CRISPR system to remove the faulty DNA from Johnsen’s eye cells.