Archive: Newborn Jaundice Treatment May Increase Risk of Childhood Seizures
New research suggests that phototherapy – a treatment for newborns with jaundice – could increase children’s risk of developing epilepsy.
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Archive: UCSF Receives $20 Million to Study New Tobacco Products
UCSF has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to study the impacts of new and emerging tobacco products.
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Archive: ‘ImmunoX’ Initiative a Radical Collaboration Across UCSF
UCSF is launching the Bakar ImmunoX Initiative, an innovative research program that will promote collaborative, cutting-edge research and data sharing to catalyze discoveries about the central role of the immune system in human health and harness its power to treat a wide range of diseases.
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Archive: Veterans Overtreated for Blood Pressure on Leaving Hospital
One in seven older veterans with hypertension is discharged with increased blood pressure medications, despite half of those having well-controlled blood pressure prior to their hospital stay.
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Archive: HPV and Tobacco Induce Cancer Through Common Pathways
These results confirm that the HPV virus causes head and neck cancer by inactivating the same proteins that are mutated in smoking-induced cancer.
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Archive: Primary Care is an Untapped Resource for Depression Screening
A new study has identified at-risk populations for whom depression screening combined with hazardous alcohol use screening could detect depressive symptoms that might otherwise go untreated.
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Archive: Researchers Unlock Secret of Deadly Brain Cancer’s “Immortality”
UCSF researchers have discovered how a mutation in a gene regulator called the TERT promoter confers “immortality” on tumor cells, enabling the unchecked cell division that powers their aggressive growth.
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Archive: Innovative Technique Reveals ‘Core Identities’ of Brain Cells
UCSF researchers have shown that it’s possible to study cellular identity by pulverizing brain tissue samples, extracting their RNA in bulk and looking for signature patterns of gene activity.
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Archive: Newfound Inhibitors to CRISPR Could Improve Gene Editing
UCSF researchers have uncovered 12 new anti-CRISPR genes, some of which can inhibit different CRISPR types and could be critical to future gene-editing therapies.
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Archive: ‘Biosimilar’ Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis Actually Cost Patients More
The availability of biosimilars commonly used to treat moderate to severe RA may not by itself reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries due to a lack of manufacturer discounts.
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Archive: Mutations, Drugs Drive Cancer by Blurring Growth Signals
Genetic mutations in a form of non–small cell lung cancer may drive tumor formation by blurring cells’ perception of key growth signals, according to a new laboratory study published Aug. 31, 2018, in Science.
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Archive: NIH Funds UCSF-led Initiative to Chart a Course Toward New Psychiatric Drugs
Researchers at UCSF and the Gladstone Institutes have received an $18 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative.
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Archive: Pediatric Device Consortium Celebrates Future Innovations with $6.7M FDA Grant
Thanks to a $6.7 million grant, the newly named UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium can focus on the development of revolutionary, low-cost gadgets to diagnose and cure pediatric health conditions.
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Archive: As the Keto Diet Gains Popularity, Scientists Explain What We Do and Don’t Know
As the low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic, or “keto,” diet becomes more popular, scientists at UCSF are among those working to study its potential health benefits and risks.
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Archive: Tailored Drug Cocktails Offer Hope to Kids with Aggressive Brain Tumors
By creating a tailored drug cocktail that matches the mutations of a brain tumor, a new precision medicine approach may move the needle for children with high-grade gliomas.
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Archive: Breast Cancer Surgery in Frail Elderly Women Linked to Poor Results
UCSF researchers found that 58 percent of women who resided in a nursing home for more than 90 days before breast cancer surgery experienced significant functional decline one year after surgery.
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Archive: Chronic Inflammation Can Trigger Cancers Via Newly Discovered Mechanism
In these patients, chronic tissue inflammation causes an over-active protein to introduce mutations across the genome, some of which eventually lead to cancer.
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Archive: Risk of Heart Attacks is Double for Daily E-Cigarette Users
Use of e-cigarettes every day can nearly double the odds of a heart attack, according to a new analysis of a survey of nearly 70,000 people, led by researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: Female Mice are Immune to Cognitive Damage from Space Radiation
Most studies of galactic cosmic radiation have used male mice, but new research suggests that female mice may have innate protection against this deep space hazard.
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Archive: Should All Babies Have Their Genomes Sequenced?
Health professionals should recommend against parents using direct-to-consumer genetic sequencing to diagnose or screen their newborns.
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Archive: New Approach to Fight Tuberculosis, a Leading Cause of Death Worldwide
A group of researchers from the Gladstone Institutes, UCSF, and UC Berkeley used a systematic approach to get an entirely new look at the way tuberculosis infects people.
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Archive: In Choosing Care, HIV Patients in Zambia Prefer Kindness Over Convenience
Patients were hypothetically willing to increase wait time and travel distance—and accept significant reduction in medication—in order to access a healthcare provider with a nice attitude, according to a new survey.
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Archive: ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Slowed by Targeting Growth Signals
Researchers have identified a new strategy for potentially treating a subset of intractable cancers by decoupling the entire RAS / MAP Kinase signaling pathway from external growth signals.
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Archive: Scooter Safety: UCSF Doctors to Track New Injuries
Researchers want to know how these new modes of transportation are affecting injuries in the city.
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Archive: Diabetes in Bay Area Chinese Population Linked to Fat Fibrosis
A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent put on weight — a finding that could help explain why Asians often develop type 2 diabetes at a much lower body weight than Caucasians.
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Archive: New Tool Crowdsources Human Intelligence for Biological Research
Scientists now have the ability to label cell parts in bright fluorescent colors, render tissue slices in high-definition photos and use video to monitor animal behavior down to the milliseconds.
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Archive: 1 in 3 Youth Who Break the Law Identify as LGBTQ
New study that examines sexual orientation, gender expression and mental health among young people who are involved in the justice system, but are not incarcerated.
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Archive: Important Cancer-Tracking Registry to Locate at UCSF
The Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry, which has been at the forefront of cancer data collection throughout the region is moving its headquarters and management to UCSF.
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Archive: Musical Improvisation in the Brain
Charles Limb, professor of otolaryngology at UCSF, has been fascinated for years by how artists produce unique, emotive, and coherent pieces of music with no sheet music or practice to guide them.
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Archive: Trying to Quit Smoking? E-Cigarettes Add Health Risks Rather Than Help
A new study by researchers at UCSF found that cigarette users do not benefit from the added use of e-cigarettes, with no reduction in cigarettes smoked or health risks.