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Give to UCSFThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UCSF is launching a new center to accelerate the application of AI technology to radiology.
Study finds that young adults in the United States who are food insecure are slightly more likely to be obese, and are significantly more likely to suffer from disorders associated with high BMI, as well as obstructive airway diseases like asthma.
Children with asthma have a higher likelihood of also suffering from anxiety and depression, and when all three conditions are present, patients are almost twice as likely as those with asthma alone to seek care in the Emergency Room.
Tens of thousands of Americans suffer pneumothorax each year, a potentially life-threatening condition that is sometimes overlooked in busy emergency rooms.
While numerous studies have explored the intergenerational transmission of mood disorders from parent to child, little research has been done on whether this connection extends in both directions.
Blood test that is currently under development may flag concussion in CT-negative patients, enabling them to be evaluated for long-term complications.
The Susan and Bill Oberndorf Foundation has made a new commitment of $25 million to UCSF psychiatry and the neurosciences, bringing its total giving to "UCSF: The Campaign" to $50 million.
Examination of human tissue samples suggested that T2D may represent a reversion to a more infant-like metabolic state.
UC Berkeley and UCSF announced a collaboration with Janssen Research & Development to launch a new data science fellowship program.
Adolescents who see themselves as puny and who exercise to gain weight may be at risk of so-called muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviors.
A two-week course of an experimental immunotherapy called teplizumab dramatically reduced type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis rates in people at high risk for the disease, according to newly published
The intervention, an app called MediTrain, uses a closed-loop algorithm that tailors the length of meditation sessions to the abilities of the participants.
The UCSF study examined whether a mobile phone physical activity app combined with brief, in-person counseling increased and maintained levels of physical activity
UCSF researchers are exploring whether less diverse or unbalanced microbiome early in life can have lasting effects on a child’s reactions to stress or their risk for depression.