Paid Sick Leave Means More People Get Screened for Cancer
Sick leave coverage expansion were associated with higher rates of mammography screening and colorectal screening, potentially leading to better health outcomes.
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Give to UCSFSick leave coverage expansion were associated with higher rates of mammography screening and colorectal screening, potentially leading to better health outcomes.
The WISDOM 2.0 study aims to transform breast cancer screening by using a personalized approach and will expand to women as young as 30.
Leanne Jones, PhD, is at the forefront of studying how stem cells are influenced by their surrounding environment and directed to differentiate into one type of cell or another – research that’s critical for stem cell therapies to be successful.
Faranak Fattahi’s lab is a national leader in growing stem cells to model peripheral nerves, focusing on gastrointestinal diseases.
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.
Emily Goldberg's lab studies what happens during aging to a particular set of immune cells: those embedded in fat tissue. She hypothesizes that changes to these cells during aging could be key to age-related inflammation.
Because proteins can adapt to extremes, Margaux Pinney, PhD, believes they can show how living organisms might adapt to climate change.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Researchers have discovered a cellular uptake pathway for larger molecules that delivers cell-permeable drugs efficiently.
Through decades of biobanking at UCSF, researchers were able to comprehensively map intra-cellular signaling in the cells of recurrent glioblastoma, identifying novel cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets.
Groundbreaking research by UCSF scientists has led to FDA approval of a new therapy that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by at least 2 years.
T-cells can be directed to produce cytokine, a powerful anti-cancer component, when they encounter cancer cells. This holds tremendous promise for cancer immunotherapy.
Researchers have engineered molecules that act like “cellular glue,” a major step toward building tissues and organs.
UCSF experts in multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies will attend the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
A new sophisticated machine learning technique using a molecular library of commands guides engineered immune cells to seek out and tirelessly kill cancer cells.
UCSF breast cancer experts will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the largest and most prestigious breast cancer conference.
Stress during pregnancy can impact children’s cell aging, and race is an important factor.
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers’ mental health up to eight years later, a new UCSF study finds.
Risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 were found to be greater for patients with PTSD.