New CRISPR Technology Offers Unrivaled Control of Epigenetic Inheritance
Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what’s known as the epigenome.
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Want to Be Robust at 40-Plus? Meeting Minimum Exercise Guidelines Won’t Cut It
Young adults must step up their exercise routines to reduce their chances of developing high blood pressure or hypertension – a condition that may lead to heart attack and stroke, as well as dementia in later life.
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Pancreatic Cancer Cells Hijack Muscle Protein to Beef Up Their Metabolism
Cancer starts with mutations in a cell’s DNA, but new UCSF research shows that the endurance of a tumor relies on its ability to rapidly evolve and adapt to challenges brought about by the environment in which it grows.
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Vaccine Willingness Differs Among Bay Area Medical Workers and General Public
A survey of medical workers and community residents in six Bay Area Counties in the early weeks of vaccine rollout found that Black, Latinx and Asian individuals were more likely than white individuals to report concern that the government had rushed the approval process, and they were less likely to trust the companies making the vaccines.
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The Evidence That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe and Effective in Pregnancy Is Growing
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Compulsive About Sugar? Workplace Sugary Beverage Sales Ban Doesn’t Help Everyone Equally
For some people a sales ban that takes the temptation out of the workplace may not be enough.
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For Seniors to Live Independently Longer, Inexpensive Home Hacks May Help
A new study by UCSF has found that many elderly Americans lack the basic self-care equipment that could enable them to live at home longer, postponing the need to move into residential care facilities.
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UCSF, Johns Hopkins Release Documents Shining Light on Opioid Crisis
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Large New Study Reveals Rates of Brain Abnormalities in Healthy Children
A large study of brain MRI scans from 11,679 children between the ages of 9 and 10 reviewed by UC San Francisco neuroradiologists identified potentially life-threatening conditions in 1 in 500
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Study Outlines Testing Strategies for Safer Air Travel During the Pandemic
Almost 90 percent of infectious travelers could be detected with rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests at the airport, and most imported infections could be prevented with a combination of pre-travel testing and a five-day post-travel quarantine that would only lift with a negative test result, according to a computer simulation by UCSF researchers.
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Playing Virtual Reality Video Game May Boost Seniors’ Memory
Scientists at UCSF’s Neuroscape brain research center have developed a first-of-its-kind virtual reality video game that can improve memory in healthy, older adults.
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How Much Weight Did We Gain During Lockdowns? 2 Pounds a Month, Study Hints
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Healthy Sleep May Rely on Long-Overlooked Brain Cells
Researchers at UCSF have confirmed that a different, long under-studied type of brain cell – astrocytes, named for their star-like shape – can influence how long and how deeply animals sleep.
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Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Linked to Rise of Anti-Asian Hashtags on Twitter
In the week after former President Donald J. Trump tweeted about “the Chinese virus,” the number of coronavirus-related tweets with anti-Asian hashtags rose precipitously, a new study from UCSF has found.
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SF Opera and UCSF’s New Mask for Singers Helps Bring Back In-Person Performances
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To Keep a Sharp Mind, Start Thinking of Heart Health in Your 20s
A new study led by UC San Francisco finds that young adulthood may be the most critical period to practice the healthy lifestyle habits that may protect the brain from cognitive decline decades later.
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UCSF Study Finds Evidence of 55 Chemicals Never Before Reported in People
Scientists at UCSf have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people and 42 “mystery chemicals,” whose sources and uses are unknown.
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Viruses Mutate, But Treatments Are Static. Is There a Way to Change That?
There is a big, global problem: viruses such as HIV and COVID-19 mutate, but treatments for them don’t.
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New Study Will Examine How Robustly Individuals Respond to COVID-19 Vaccination
This will be one of the first and largest studies to examine the impact of factors like age and stress on vaccination effectiveness.
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Child Abuse Surges in Times of Crisis – The Pandemic May Be Different
Further studies may reveal different patterns, including the possibility that evidence of abuse may not be apparent for months to follow, or failure by clinicians to identify abuse.
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A Better Way to Zap Our Brains
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Studies Examine Variant Surging in California, and the News Isn’t Good
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Terrifying ‘Post-COVID Syndrome’ Is Next Focus for Researchers in Bay Area and Beyond
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COVID-19 Study Finds Increase of Coronavirus Variants in San Francisco’s Mission District
New results from an ongoing collaborative effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 shows that the prevalence of a coronavirus lineage, characterized by the L452R substitution and two other mutations in the virus’s spike protein, has significantly increased in recent months.
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Key Decision Point for Brain Development Identified
In a new study, UCSF and Stanford researchers have identified a central switch that appears to control when neural progenitor cells stop multiplying and start differentiating into mature neurons.
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Study Estimates Excess Deaths in US from COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment
UCSF researchers now have an estimate of how many people may have died as a result of pandemic-related unemployment.
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Store Fat or Burn It? Targeting a Single Protein Flips the Switch
UCSF researchers found that mice in which activity of a protein called eIF4E is diminished, either genetically or pharmaceutically, gain only half the weight of other mice, even if all the mice eat a high-fat diet.
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Adversity in Childhood May Lead to Early Aging for Women
The level of trauma the women had experienced in childhood was associated with the age of their epigenetic clocks.
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Probiotics: Health Hack or Hype?
We turned to UCSF scientists to better understand probiotics and the human microbiome they aim to influence.
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Pandemic Brings an Unexpected Twist to Alum’s Protein Discovery
Susan Acton discovered ACE2 while searching for new cardiovascular drugs. Decades later, she was surprised to see it popping up in the news once COVID took hold.
