If Immunity Is Innate, What Impacts Our Ability to Fight Infections?
Balyn Zaro’s lab investigates the cause and consequence of genetic diversity in the immune system, in hopes that her discoveries can lead to better treatments for all patients.
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Give to UCSFBalyn Zaro’s lab investigates the cause and consequence of genetic diversity in the immune system, in hopes that her discoveries can lead to better treatments for all patients.
Sneddon is trying to coax stem cells into reliably developing functional beta cells that can then be transplanted into patients with diabetes so that they can produce their own insulin.
Qili Liu, PhD, studies the biological basis of appetites for insights on our cravings that could help address obesity.
For International Women and Girls in Science Day, Feb. 11, we celebrate some of our laboratory leaders who are taking research to new heights.
Vissers’ work on RNA tags helped found the field of epitranscriptomics, the study of how chemical marks on RNA, rather than their sequence alone, dictate the function of the molecules.
Angela Phillips, PhD, leads research that could help predict future viruses like COVID and the antibodies we might use to treat them.
Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD, has won the Bowes Biomedical Investigator award, which will provide funding to further her work using bacterial pathogens to identify basic processes inside human cells.
UCSF experts share insights and tips on supporting children with ADHD amidst a shortage of Adderall and other ADHD medications.
Increasing a newborn’s blood pressure after heart surgery may reduce brain injuries and increase survival for infants.
Three UCSF researchers were named 2022 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest honors in science.
Sleep medications may increase risk of dementia for white people, though the type and amount of medication may also explain the higher probability.
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.
A new AI language program developed by Salesforce can learn the language of biology to create artificial proteins.
A UCSF study finds increase in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at low-volume hospitals over time for all races, insurance types and incomes.
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.
Drawing on his experience as a sleep scientist at UCSF, Aric Prather, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares his simple but powerful seven-day plan to achieve restorative rest.
People trying to conceive are bombarded with advice meant to improve their odds. But how much power do we really have over our fertility?
With vaping taking over the youth market, Pamela Ling, MD ’96, MPH, applies her research-driven social media and marketing expertise to beat the tobacco industry at its own game.
Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.
Could psychedelics become mainstream medicines?
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.
Diana Greene Foster of UCSF was named one of the top 10 most influential scientists of 2022 by "Nature" for her study of what happens to women who are denied abortions.
UCSF experts discuss the current state of Alzheimer’s treatments and future therapies that may slow progression of the disease.