Baby Born in World’s First In Utero Stem Cell Transplant Trial
UCSF researchers have safely transplanted a woman’s stem cells into her growing fetus, leading to the live birth of an infant with a normally fatal fetal condition.
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Liver Cells Switch Identities to Grow New Tissue
By studying a rare liver disease called Alagille syndrome, scientists from UC San Francisco and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered the mechanism behind an unusual form of tissue regeneration that may someday reduce the need for expensive and difficult-to-obtain organ transplants.
Time for Joy: Stopping a Rare Disease In a New Genomic Era
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.
Simple Tool May Expedite Transplants in Kids with Kidney Failure
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.
Gut Viruses Tied to Potentially Deadly Complication of Bone Marrow Transplant
A virus hiding quietly in the gut may trigger the onset of a severe complication known as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in patients who receive bone marrow transplants.
Moving Mountains: A Surgeon’s Fight to Legalize HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants
Through years of research and advocacy, Peter Stock, a transplant surgeon at UCSF, helped clear the way for California’s first organ transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipients.
Novel Surgical Technique Paves Way to Restoring Failing Organs
By piercing liver cells with rapid pulses of electricity, scientists at UC San Francisco have demonstrated an entirely new way to transplant cells into organs to treat disease.
Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood
Using video microscopy in the living mouse lung, UC San Francisco scientists have revealed that the lungs play a previously unrecognized role in blood production.
Two UCSF Faculty Among 100 Leading Global Thinkers Honored by Foreign Policy Magazine
Two UCSF faculty members – a microbiologist who studies the genesis of asthma and a surgeon who helped lift the ban on organ transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients – are among this year’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers selected by Foreign Policy magazine.
Researchers Use CRISPR to Accelerate Search for HIV Cure
Researchers at UCSF and the academically affiliated Gladstone Institutes have used a newly developed gene-editing system to find gene mutations that make human immune cells resistant to HIV infection.
Human Neuron Transplants Treat Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Chronic pain and loss of bladder control are among the most devastating consequences of spinal cord injury.
Researchers Convert Cirrhosis-Causing Cells to Healthy Liver Cells in Mice
A team of researchers led by UCSF scientists has demonstrated in mice that it is possible to generate healthy new liver cells within the organ itself, making engraftment unnecessary.
