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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) if undetected can be lethal by the time a child turns 1 year old. UCSF researchers created a screening test for SCID, which impacts Navajo families at a far higher rate than the rest of the population.
Kristine Yaffe shares what scientists are learning about the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury.
Amanda Woerman explores how basic science fuels efforts to end trauma-induced brain disease.
More than half of TBI patients are over 65 – research hasn’t caught up to the demographic shift.
Millions of people suffer traumatic brain injuries each year, but there remains no effective treatment.
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UCSF physician-scientists have developed a test that can predict how patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia will respond to treatment.
An easy-to-use tool to predict the likelihood of a child with kidney disease progressing to kidney failure has a high degree of accuracy.
For the third consecutive year, UCSF is co-sponsoring the Precision Medicine World Conference in January 2018 to share the latest in the rapidly evolving space.
UCSF joined eight research universities and a major cancer institute in announcing plans to give would-be life scientists clear, standardized data on graduate school admissions, education and training opportunities, and career prospects.
Researchers said all the groups in the study – black, white and Hispanic – reported high rates of discrimination for one reason or another.
See a collection of photos that highlights moments and milestones of 2017 that include research, patient care, community and education.
Whether you are seeing them for the first time or coming back for another look, check out the most popular scientific stories from UC San Francisco from the past year.
