Menopause Leaves a Fingerprint that May Predict Dementia Risk
A new study looks at how blood signatures in menopausal women predict their dementia risk.
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Can AI Boost A-Fib Detection and Diagnose Over Standard Monitoring?
A new clinical trial will screen for atrial fibrillation (AFib) using a blood pressure monitor with AFib detection technology with the goal to decrease time to AFib diagnosis in patients with high blood pressure. The randomized trial will compare this monitor to usual care using a conventional home blood pressure monitor with no AFib detection.
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UCSF’s Kevan Shokat Wins Stephenson Prize for Cancer Breakthrough
Kevan Shokat, PhD, a professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UC San Francisco who discovered how to disable KRAS, a seemingly unstoppable cancer-driving protein, has won the Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer.
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Could Quitting Ultra-Processed Food Boost Your Mental Health?
A UCSF study that found people with serious depression had significantly improved symptoms when they switched to a diet consisting of less utlra-processed food.
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Here’s the Latest Research Lobular Breast Cancer Experts Are Leading
Clinicians and researchers set to gather for the UCSF-cosponsored international invasive lobular carcinoma symposium in San Francisco, Sept. 23 to 25.
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Can Psychedelic Clinical Trials Be Better? Researchers Say Yes
UCSF researchers are weighing in on one of the biggest challenges in psychedelic science, arguing that clinical trials need more convincing control treatments to better measure the drugs' true effects.
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Two New Guides Released to Help Older Patients with Cancer
Louise Walter, MD, chair of UCSF Geriatrics, served as vice-chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines Panel for Older Adult Oncology, which recently new treatment guidelines for older adults with cancer.
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Brain Activity Can Predict a Risky Decision Before It’s Made
How does your brain decide whether to hit “send” on a risky email or delete the draft? Two neighboring parts of it argue with each other until one overrules the other. Researchers created a video game to see what players’ brains were doing while making risk-reward decisions.
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A Gift to Help Scientists Predict How Drugs Behave in the Body
OpenADMET, helmed by Jaime Fraser, will receive funding from the OpenAI Foundation in pursuit of an efficient, affordable, open system for screening thousands of drugs for their ability to safely traverse the body to treat disease. This transit of drugs in the human body is often where new drugs fail in clinical trials.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Earn Strongest US News Rankings
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals earned its strongest-ever showing in the 2026-27 U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, tying for best in Northern California, with all specialties nationally recognized and four ranking in the top 10.
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To Work Their Best, Busy Body Tissues Call on Bigger Cleanup Crews
UCSF researchers discover how some of our hardest-working organs stay healthy: by recruiting immune macrophages to dispose of spent batteries (mitochondria) while heart/muscle/fat cells burn energy.
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FDA Approves PET Imaging Agent for Brain Cancer Based on UCSF Data
UC San Francisco study data was instrumental in today’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a PET imaging agent that helps physicians evaluate gliomas, a form of brain cancer.The
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UCSF Expands Transit Pass Program Across its Workforce
UCSF is expanding Clipper BayPass to 36,000 employees and students, offering affordable, unlimited public transit across 24 Bay Area bus, rail and ferry services.
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This is How Dense Breast Tissue May Lead to Cancer
Valerie Weaver's team discovers why stiff tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer: it spurs immune cells to release DNA-damaging chemicals, which cause the mutations that ultimately lead to cancer.
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UCSF Expands Behavioral Health Support Program for Families Statewide
A UCSF-developed program that integrates behavioral health support for children and caregivers into routine pediatric care is poised to extend across California with a $17 million investment from the
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UCSF-Led Group Awarded $9 Million for Heart Inflammation Research
An international research network led in North America by UC San Francisco (UCSF) has received a $9 million award from the Leducq Foundation, a cardiovascular research funding organization, to uncover
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UCSF QBI Is Awarded $46 Million to Advance Autism Research
The UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) has received a significant grant to fund autism-related research.
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Autism Decoded: New Science Is Opening Paths to Better Treatments
A study by Nevan Krogan and Matt State reveals protein interactions in the brain that are relevant to autism and epilepsy.
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How to Teach T Cells to Track Cancer Like a Hound Dog
Scientists made universal stem-cell-derived dendritic "immune teacher" cells that can be coated with a patient’s tumor proteins, creating a cancer vaccine that activated tumor-killing T cells in laboratory studies, patient samples, and mouse models.
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UCSF to Launch National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
UCSF is launching a national Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders that provides training and resources to providers, supported by a five-year grant from SAMHSA.
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UCSF Launches First Public Archive of Firearm Industry Records
UCSF is to become of the repository of a new class of industry documents due to a settlement in the state of Minnesota.
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For Early Prostate Cancer ‘Active Surveillance’ Is Now #1 Choice
The number of low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing active surveillance in place of aggressive treatment has tripled to quadrupled over the last 20 years.
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Unexpected Findings Add New Insight on Cannabis and Heart Health
A new trial showed that inhaled cannabis was associated with a statistically significant 9% reduction in ectopic beats, which can sometimes signal a serious heart condition. While this finding wouldn't necessarily influence clinical decisions, it does indicate a need for further study and highlights the complex picture of the effects of cannabis on health.
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Can Uncertainty Scores Help Experts Trust AI Brain Tumor Analysis?
MRIs are among the most accurate imaging tests used to diagnose brain tumors, and MRI-based monitoring of tumors guides critical treatment decisions. The clinical standard for measuring tumors
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Adults Living with HIV Are at High Risk for Diabetes. Here’s Why
UCSF reserachers discover why people with controlled HIV are at much higher risk for diabetes than HIV-negative people.
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Chugai and UCSF to Collaborate on Drug Discovery Research
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UC San Francisco have entered into a Master Collaboration Agreement to advance drug discovery research. The multi-year agreement establishes a framework to
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How the Deadly Superbug Infiltrating Hospitals Hides in Your Skin
Teams of researchers at UCSF discover how C. auris, a fungal superbug that can make a difficult hospitalization deadly, stows itself in hair follicles to evade the skin's typical immune defenses.
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Can Mini Organs Help Predict Breast Tumors’ Response to Therapy?
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new method to predict how different types of breast cancer will respond to treatment, using patient data from an innovative clinical trial called I-SPY
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UCSF Health Earns 30th Consecutive US News Best Hospitals Honor Roll
UCSF Medical Center ties as No. 1 hospital in California and ranks best in the state for cancer, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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UCSF Cancer Researcher Awarded Prize for Early Career Scientists
UCSF Health’s Adam Blaisdell, MD, PhD, has been selected as an IGNITE fellow by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a New York-based nonprofit that funds and promotes cancer immunotherapy research.