Navigating From the Genome to the Clinic Using ‘Cell Maps’
Nevan Krogan, PhD, director of UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute, examines in detail the effects of a handful of genes that seem to play an outsize role in a wide array of diseases.
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How Can I Stop Snoring?
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Opioid Industry Archive Releases 1.4M Documents from Leading Opioid Maker Implicated in Drug Crisis
UCSF and Johns Hopkins University announced the addition of 1.4 million documents to their Opioid Industry Documents Archive from Mallinckrodt, a leading generic opioid manufacturer now in bankruptcy.
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The Turnaway Study: What The Research Says About Abortion
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COVID Drug May Also Ease Symptoms of Long COVID
An antiviral drug approved for high-risk COVID patients may also benefit those with long COVID, according to the findings of a small case series that need to be confirmed with future rigorous studies.
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Study of Pregnant Women Finds Increasing Chemical Exposure
A national study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women over 12 years found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.
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Evidence Mounts for Need To Study Pfizer’s Paxlovid for Long COVID - Researchers Say
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Scientists Say Endangered Porpoise Isn’t Doomed – So Long as Humans Stop Killing Them
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Finding Your Car in a Parking Lot Relies on this Newly Discovered Brain Circuit
When exploring a new environment, mice make use of a unique long-distance connection in the brain that prompts them to pay attention to the most salient features of the environment, according to new UCSF research.
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Many Residents Won’t Get Abortion Training if Roe Is Overturned
Nearly half of obstetrics and gynecology residency programs in the U.S. may lack abortion training if Roe v. Wade is overturned in an upcoming Supreme Court decision, according to a new study by UC San Francisco and UCLA.
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Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks
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How Fertility Preservation Gives Young People With Breast Cancer ‘Peace of Mind’
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Vaccine-derived Polio Is on the Rise. A New Vaccine Aims To Stop the Spread
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Death on the Streets
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How the Discovery of an Alzheimer’s Tipping Point Could Improve Drug Trials
In a study, UCSF neurologist William Seeley, MD, and colleagues identified two key moments in the natural history of Alzheimer’s, pointing to a window of opportunity for treatment with amyloid-lowering drugs.
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Genomic Sequencing Is Changing Diagnosis, Treatment for Patients with Brain Cancer
Brain tumor patients survived longer when treated aggressively with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Now, a UCSF study underscores the critical role of genomic profiling in diagnosing and grading brain tumors.
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Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating
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Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Produces Similar Results as In-Person Treatment
In a recent study, UCSF researchers looked at the efficacy of hybrid and virtual delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They found that virtual and hybrid CR services produced similar improvements in patient function as in-person CR.
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With Autism Numbers Rising, How Best to Provide Support?
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control show childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking data in 2000.
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Cross-Racial Study of 1.87M Vets Shows Wide Disparities in Dementia
This study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
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School Segregation Harms Black Children’s Health, Well-Being
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
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Molecular Profiling Advances Diagnosis, Treatment of Skin Diseases
Skin diseases both common and rare can be better diagnosed and treated using genetic fingerprinting based on knowledge gained through a new UCSF study, according to researchers who developed new approaches for using the latest techniques to analyze gene activity in cells obtained from affected skin.
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The World Health Organization Approves a New Polio Vaccine for Emergency Use
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Your Mental Health May Impact Your Chances of Breakthrough COVID
A new UCSF-led study showed that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, have a heightened risk of infection – a finding that may be related to impaired immune response.
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48% of Young Adults Struggled with Mental Health in Mid-2021
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.
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Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows
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Psilocybin Rewires the Brain for People with Depression
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.
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Police Officers Say They’re Overdosing From Fentanyl Exposure. What’s Really Going On?
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Loss of Neurons, Not Lack of Sleep, Makes Alzheimer’s Patients Drowsy
The findings contradict the common notion that Alzheimer’s patients sleep during the day to make up for a bad night of sleep and point toward potential therapies to help these patients feel more awake.
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3D Facial Analysis Shows Biologic Basis for Gender-Affirming Surgery
In order to validate surgical decisions for gender-affirming facial srugery pursued by transgender individuals, researchers from the UC San Francisco and the University of Calgary set out to quantify the effect of sex on adult facial size and shape through an analysis of three-dimensional (3D) facial surface images.
