Making Sense of Scents
In a first, UCSF scientists created a molecular-level, 3D picture of how an odor molecule activates a human odorant receptor.
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Breaking the Code on Dangerous Lung Inflammation
When we inhale an airborne virus, our lung cells take on the role of immune system first responders. Catera Wilder, PhD, studies the molecular details of this response and how it can go awry, causing the body to damage its own tissue and cells.
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AI Technology Generates Original Proteins from Scratch
A new AI language program developed by Salesforce can learn the language of biology to create artificial proteins.
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Big Little Lives
Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.
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UCSF Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Molecular Cancer Drug Therapies
Researchers have discovered a cellular uptake pathway for larger molecules that delivers cell-permeable drugs efficiently.
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$147M Grant Will Address Imbalances in Alzheimer’s Study
A $147 million grant will expand diversity among Alzheimer’s disease research participants, and involve partners from UCSF, the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education.
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UCSF Researchers Discover How Vascular Cells Develop in Prenatal Brain
UCSF has revealed how blood vessel cells develop in the prenatal human brain, paving the way to fully understand the role of these cells in healthy brain development and disease.
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UCSF Develops First of Its Kind Robotic Surgery Trial in Partnership with FDA
UCSF Health is recruiting patients for the only FDA-approved study of the use of single port robotic technology for colorectal surgery in the United States.
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Do Cancer Centers Push Too Many Tests?
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3-D Mammography Technique Benefits Some Women, Not All
For many women, breast cancer screening with a three-dimensional imaging technique called digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may not offer advantages over digital mammography, but for some it may reduce the chance of an advanced cancer diagnosis, according to a new JAMA study.
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The Nobel-Winning Discoveries Illuminating How We Sense the World
How David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian found the molecules in our bodies that sense heat, cold, touch, and pain – and transformed sensory neuroscience.
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Amid Global Shortage, Study Shows How to Cut Contrast Dye Use 83%
As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UCSF research letter in JAMA quantified strategies to safely reduce dye use in computed tomography (CT) by up to 83%. CT is the most common use for the dye.
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UCSF Cancer Specialists to Present Clinical Findings at Major Conference
The latest advances in cancer care and research will be showcased at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, the world’s largest clinical cancer meeting.
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Speaking Again, With a Little Help from AI
How neuroscientists harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to give a paralyzed man back his voice.
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International Breast Cancer Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
Helen Diller Family Cancer Research BuildingExperts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most
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Newly Approved Prostate Cancer Scan Can Detect Cells that Have Spread to Lymph Nodes
A new prostate cancer test developed by UCSF and UCLA detects cancer cells that have spread to lymph nodes both inside and outside the pelvis.
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AI Algorithm Matches Cardiologists’ Expertise, While Explaining Its Decisions
In a new study, an artificial intelligence algorithm exceeded the performance of a widely available commercial system in nearly all examined diagnoses.
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Q&A: Building a Speech Prosthetic for a Paralyzed Man
Following groundbreaking work on a “speech neuroprosthesis” that enabled a paralyzed man to communicate using his brain signals, the lab team answered public questions about brain-computer interfaces and the limitations of translating brain signals into code.
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“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis
Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a screen.
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Engineered Cells Successfully Treat Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease
Scientists at UCSF have shown that gene-edited cellular therapeutics can be used to successfully treat cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in mice.
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Beyond CAR-T: New Frontiers in Living Cell Therapies
Taking a page from computer engineers, biologists are trying their hands at programming cells – by building DNA circuits to guide their protein-making machinery and behavior.
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How Can We Thwart the Next Pandemic?
Leading scientists share some of the tools and strategies that could help us better confront and contain future outbreaks.
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TED Talk: “Can We Create Vaccines that Mutate and Spread?”
The viruses that cause polio and COVID-19 mutate, but treatments for the diseases don’t. For over 20 years, UCSF and Gladstone Institutes scientist Leor Weinberger, PhD, has been thinking of ways to make vaccines work more efficiently by being adaptive, rather than static.
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Fetal Heart Defect Detection Improved by Using Machine Learning
UCSF researchers have found a way to double doctors’ accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero.
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Ancient DNA Sequences Reveal How Modern Humans Diverged from Neanderthals
A team at UCSF, in collaboration with colleagues at Stanford University, has unearthed the regulatory DNA sequences of our archaic human ancestors in a discovery that sheds light on how we diverged from them 500,000 years ago.
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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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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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Podcast: How a Fascination with Saliva Helped Solve a Health Crisis
Tissue biologist Sarah Knox has long been fascinated with saliva. Just when she begins to doubt whether her singular passion will lead to real-world impact, an old family friend reaches out to her with a problem only she may be able to solve.
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Severe COVID-19 Disables Disease-Fighting Immune Circuit
Patients with severe COVID-19 produce antibodies that paradoxically shut down their immune system’s virus-fighting response just when they need it most.
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Brain Cells Most Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease Identified by Scientists
A team of researchers has identified for the first time the neurons that are among the first victims of Alzheimer’s disease.
