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Give to UCSFUCSF scientists found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning. Conditions that most influenced prediction of Alzheimer’s were high cholesterol and, for women, osteoporosis.
UCSF is a leading recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research, with a focus on advancing health sciences and medicine.
Rather than simply hearing a string of notes, the brain is assessing them for patterns and predicting which notes will be next.
Biophysicist Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, is the newly awarded 2024 Bowes Biomedical Investigator. With the award, he hopes to further the intersection of his GPCR research and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could severely restrict access to one of the two pills that are used to induce abortions.
UCSF Health, Adventist Health and Madera County leaders announced their intent to jointly reopen and operate Madera Community Hospital.
Cancer immunotherapy is hindered by the fact that engineered immune cells often get worn out and depleted before they've killed a tumor. A UCSF team has identified mutations that give cancerous lymphoma T-cells their superpower and transfer those genes into engineered, therapeutic immune cells.
The two-year HEAL fellowship initiative operates in 10 countries but has a special focus on serving the Navajo Nation, which continues to suffer from the consequences of colonialism, including poor access to health care.
UCSF Health has signed a definitive agreement with Dignity Health to acquire Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (Saint Francis) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (St. Mary’s), along with associated
People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with depression.
Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA, was named the new president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children’s Services.
In a first, scientists at UCSF and Stanford identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm birth. Screening for mutations could allow doctors to target medications to those most likely to benefit. No medication is currently available in the U.S. to treat preterm birth.
Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug.
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, has been appointed chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.
Young Black and Hispanic women with multiple sclerosis fare worse than young white women with the disease. Minority women were more likely to have more advanced disease and faced greater challenges in pregnancy.
Early identification of posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) may have important implications for Alzheimer’s treatment. PCA patients struggle with visual impairments like judging distances, distinguishing between moving and stationary objects and completing tasks like writing and retrieving a dropped item.
A little-studied steroid that serves as a building block for hormones like estrogen and testosterone has been shown to enhance learning and memory in a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.