Brain Boosters: Can Puzzles and Pills Make Us Sharper?
Games and supplements claim to strengthen memory and cognition. Should you buy them?
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Monica McLemore, PhD ’10: Demanding quality reproductive health care for all
On average, black women in the US die during pregnancy or childbirth at three to four times the rate of white women. Most public health experts would label this trend a “health disparity.” Monica McLemore is one of those experts, but she isn’t afraid to call out the racism behind the statistics.
Podcast: How a Fascination with Saliva Helped Solve a Health Crisis
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.
Probiotics: Health Hack or Hype?
We turned to UCSF scientists to better understand probiotics and the human microbiome they aim to influence.
Pandemic Brings an Unexpected Twist to Alum’s Protein Discovery
Susan Acton discovered ACE2 while searching for new cardiovascular drugs. Decades later, she was surprised to see it popping up in the news once COVID took hold.
Could this Llama-Inspired Nanobody Help Curtail COVID?
A UCSF team has engineered a tiny antibody capable of neutralizing the coronavirus.
COVID-19 Predictions for 2021 and Beyond
Few would have predicted last January that a pandemic would upend our daily lives. But one grueling year in, UCSF experts have a clearer view of the path ahead.
Will Kids Be Safe When They Return to School? Will Everyone Else?
A UCSF pediatrician who is researching methods to control the spread of coronavirus shares why she’s optimistic that schools can reopen safely.
How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?
We asked several UCSF experts for a personal take on what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.
Astonishing Animals That Illuminate Human Health
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.
This Professor Sees Brain Disease through a Unique Lens
Every fall, Matt Jacobson relives his Parkinson’s diagnosis so future pharmacists perceive the patient behind the prescription.
What Is COVID Doing to Our Hearts?
Cardiologist Nisha Parikh, MD, MPH, discusses what we know so far about COVID-19’s impact on the body’s cardiovascular system, from affecting the heart’s rhythm to impairing its ability to pump blood throughout the body.
Do Masks Provide a Just-Right Dose of Coronavirus?
Infectious diseases expert Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, explores her hypothesis that one of the benefits of masks may be that they provide exposure to enough coronavirus to build immunity but not enough to cause illness.
When Telehealth Came to the Tenderloin
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
