‘Basket’ Trials for Dementia Aim to Bring Precision Medicine to Neurogenerative Diseases
Adam L. Boxer, MD, PhD, answers questions about the potential of "basket trials" to accelerate drug development for dementia and neurodegenerative disease.
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Anticoagulant Benefits for Atrial Fibrillation Decrease With Age
The net clinical benefit of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation decreases with age.
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Implantable Bioartificial Kidney Achieves Preclinical Milestone
The Kidney Project team reported that UCSF scientists successfully implanted a prototype kidney bioreactor containing functional human kidney cells in large animals without significant safety concerns.
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Anorexia Nervosa Comes in All Sizes, Including Plus Size
Adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa whose weight is in the healthy, overweight or obese ranges face similar cardiovascular and other health complications as their counterparts with low BMI.
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ER Focus on Immediate Medical Issues Can Miss the Bigger Picture
In what is believed to be one of the first analyses of frequent emergency department users to include integrated medical, behavioral and social service data, a new UCSF study comprehensively examined these patients’ use of both medical and nonmedical services.
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How Microbes Partner Up to Digest Fiber-Rich Foods
UCSF lab mapped out the multistage biochemical pathway by which different strains of bacteria in gut contribute to digesting inert and otherwise indigestible lignans into useful nutrients.
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Survey: Trump's immigration rhetoric is negatively impacting Latinos' health
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Breakthrough Prize, The ‘Oscars Of Science,’ Pairs Hollywood Stars With Silicon Valley Elite
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How to survive the daylight saving switch when you have little kids
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Stem Cell Therapy: What’s Real and What’s Not at California’s For-Profit Clinics
We asked Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, about for-profit stem cell clinics and what’s real and what’s not in stem cell medicine.
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What You Need to Know About Wildfire Smoke and Its Health Impacts
We spoke to John Balmes, MD, a pulmonologist and professor of medicine at UCSF, about the immediate and long-term health risks of wildfire smoke, and what people should be aware of on days with poor air quality.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Launches First Space Health Innovation Conference
UC San Francisco and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health are co-sponsoring the inaugural Space Health Innovation Conference to advance research and scientific understanding of how space travel impacts health.
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Rare Mutations Drive Cystic Fibrosis in Caribbean
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic is dominated by unusual gene mutations not often observed in previously studied CF populations. Majority of Dominican patients had no detectable mutations at all in the gene that is thought to drive 95 percent of CF cases.
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Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Puts Latino Patients’ Health at Risk
Anti-immigrant remarks from the White House are taking a substantial toll on Latino patients’ perceptions of their personal safety and are affecting their access to emergency health care.
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Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and death
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How to Help Your Body Adjust to Colder Weather
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Sugary Drink Ban Tied to Health Improvements at Medical Center
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Workplace Sales Ban on Sugared Drink Shows Positive Health Effects
A workplace ban on the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages led to a 48.5 percent average reduction in their consumption and significantly less belly fat among 202 participants in a study by researchers at UCSF.
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The Real Story About Organoids: What You Should Know About “Brains In A Dish”
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Gene Discovery Solves 51-Year-Old Clinical Mystery
The cause of the pancreatic inflammation plaguing a rural California family has been a medical mystery since it was first described 51 years ago. Now genetic sleuth-work by researchers from UC San Francisco and the University of Chicago has solved the mystery: pointing to a novel gene mutation as the cause of the family’s inherited pancreatitis.
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Could AI Beat Radiologists at Spotting Stroke?
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UCSF Tops US News Global University Rankings in 9 Research Areas
Now in its sixth year, the Best Global Universities rankings focus on schools’ academic research and reputation.
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Marijuana and Vaping: Shadowy Past, Dangerous Present
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UCSF finds major clue to the cause of sudden-onset paralysis in children
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AI Rivals Expert Radiologists at Detecting Brain Hemorrhages
An algorithm developed by scientists at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley did better than two out of four expert radiologists at finding tiny brain hemorrhages in head scans—an advance that one day may help doctors treat patients with TBI, strokes and aneurysms.
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American Indians May Have Higher Odds for A-Fib
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‘Missing’ Virus Detected in Dozens of Children Paralyzed by Polio-Like Illness
Research team has detected the immunological remnants of a common seasonal virus in spinal fluid from dozens of patients diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The findings provide the clearest evidence to date that AFM is caused by an enterovirus (EV) that invades and impairs the central nervous system.
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Virtual Reality View of Mutations Can Reveal Better Ways to Treat Cancer
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Caught in the Act: Study Catches Brain Circuits as They Rewire
UCSF scientists have caught brain circuits in the act of rewiring themselves to change how they respond to sensory input.
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A New Gene Helps Explain Why Some People Need Less Sleep
