Brain Injuries Drop 20% for Babies with Heart Defects
Increasing a newborn’s blood pressure after heart surgery may reduce brain injuries and increase survival for infants.
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Do Sleep Medications Increase Your Chances of Dementia?
Sleep medications may increase risk of dementia for white people, though the type and amount of medication may also explain the higher probability.
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Fresh Questions About Oxytocin as the ‘Love Hormone’ Behind Pair Bonding
Results from a recent study on prairie voles show that oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,” might not be as significant to social bonding as previously thought.
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AI Technology Generates Original Proteins from Scratch
A new AI language program developed by Salesforce can learn the language of biology to create artificial proteins.
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Do Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Affect Your Stroke Risk?
People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary may have a higher risk for stroke at a younger age, and possibly a higher risk for recurrence than those who identify as straight and cisgender.
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Aggressive Surgery Increases Survival with Low-Grade Brain Tumors
Resecting brain tumors called gliomas as much as possible soon after diagnosis offers a distinct survival advantage when looking at the disease trajectory 10 years later, find UCSF researchers.
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COVID-19 Vaccines, Prior Infection Reduce Transmission of Omicron
California prisons saw more than 20,000 COVID-19 Omicron cases over a five-month period. However, vaccination and boosting kept hospitalization and death rates low.
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Infant Gene Therapy is a Breakthrough for Artemis-SCID Patients
Ten children who were born without functioning immune systems due to Artemis-SCID are now leading healthy lives thanks to a new gene therapy treatment pioneered at UCSF.
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UCSF Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Molecular Cancer Drug Therapies
Researchers have discovered a cellular uptake pathway for larger molecules that delivers cell-permeable drugs efficiently.
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Rethinking How Cancer Cells Evade Targeted Therapy
Through decades of biobanking at UCSF, researchers were able to comprehensively map intra-cellular signaling in the cells of recurrent glioblastoma, identifying novel cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets.
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During Sleep, Brain Regions Synchronize to Create Motor Memory
While we sleep, our brains process our daily actions to create motor memory, which makes physical acts such as throwing a basketball subconscious.
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UCSF Research Crucial to Approval of Breakthrough Diabetes Therapy
Groundbreaking research by UCSF scientists has led to FDA approval of a new therapy that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by at least 2 years.
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Killing Pancreatic Cancer with T Cells that Supercharge Themselves
T-cells can be directed to produce cytokine, a powerful anti-cancer component, when they encounter cancer cells. This holds tremendous promise for cancer immunotherapy.
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UCSF Health Reaches 20,000 Organ Transplants
UCSF surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making it just the third in the nation to reach that milestone.
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Screen Time Linked to OCD in U.S. Preteens
For preteens, the odds of developing OCD over a two-year period increases for every hour they play video games or watch videos.
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Cellular “Glue” to Regenerate Tissues, Heal Wounds, Regrow Nerves
Researchers have engineered molecules that act like “cellular glue,” a major step toward building tissues and organs.
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International Hematologic Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
UCSF experts in multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies will attend the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
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How AI Found the Words to Kill Cancer Cells
A new sophisticated machine learning technique using a molecular library of commands guides engineered immune cells to seek out and tirelessly kill cancer cells.
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International Conference Features UCSF Breast Cancer Experts
UCSF breast cancer experts will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the largest and most prestigious breast cancer conference.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Among Nation’s Best
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is the only Bay Area pediatric hospital named a Top Children’s Hospital for 2022 by The Leapfrog Group
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UCSF is First to Integrate Records Across Medical and Dental
UCSF Health and UCSF Dentistry are the first academic health system in the West to merge medical and oral health records into an electronic health record.
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Pregnant Moms’ Stress May Accelerate Cell Aging of White, Not Black, Kids
Stress during pregnancy can impact children’s cell aging, and race is an important factor.
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Fitbit, Apple Watch Screening for Heart Arrhythmia Needs More Study
Promises from companies leap ahead of medical science in promoting the use of smartwatches to screen for heart rhythm disorders says UCSF’s Gregory Marcus.
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UCSF Researchers Develop Prediction Model of Aortic Aneurysm
To improve assessment of patients who may be at risk for aortic dissection and rupture, researchers from UCSF researchers developed a prediction model of aortic diameter to identify asymptomatic individuals with enlarged ascending aortic diameter.
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Prenatal Wellness Classes Cut Moms’ Depression in Half Up to 8 Years Later
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers’ mental health up to eight years later, a new UCSF study finds.
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Top Dementia Scientists Present Key Findings, Initiatives
UCSF Experts Present Research at the Annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference in San Francisco.
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Fewer Patients with PTSD Survive COVID
Risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 were found to be greater for patients with PTSD.
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UCSF Cancer Specialist Recognized with Luminary Award for Gastrointestinal Cancers
Alan P. Venook, MD, a renowned expert in colorectal and liver cancers, has been announced as one of the winners of the 2022 Luminary Awards in Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers.
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Myocarditis in Cancer Patients Is Driven by Specific Immune Cells
Researchers have identified specific immune cells that drive deadly heart inflammation in a small fraction of patients treated with powerful cancer immunotherapy drugs.
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UCSF Medical Center Recognized for Excellence in Patient Care
UCSF Medical Center earned its third consecutive Magnet Recognition®, representing more than a decade of gold-standard excellence in nursing and hospital practices, and quality patient care.
