Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood
Using video microscopy in the living mouse lung, UC San Francisco scientists have revealed that the lungs play a previously unrecognized role in blood production.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFUsing video microscopy in the living mouse lung, UC San Francisco scientists have revealed that the lungs play a previously unrecognized role in blood production.
Researcher Annesa Flentje is looking at ways stress among sexual minorities – those whose sexual orientation, identity or practices differ from the majority – can affect physical and mental health, starting at the genetic level, with a particular focus of late on the effect of stress on HIV-positive men.
UCSF physicians are holding a free mock trial to debate the health and financial value of mammography.
UCSF physicians and staff were among those honored by The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation in this year’s Heroes & Hearts Award, which recognizes individuals within the community who go above and beyond the call of duty to care for the people of San Francisco.
Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center has launched Golden Compass, a new program to meet the health needs of the increasing population of HIV patients who are growing older.
The UCSF Amputee Comprehensive Training program will host its second annual, free Golden State Warriors basketball camp for amputees.
At their Jan. 31 meeting, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote whether to recommend approval of a lease agreement that would allow UC San Francisco to construct a new research and academic building at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deploy and validate a deep learning analytics platform designed to improve care.
Jeff Sheehy, the longtime director of communications at UC San Francisco’s Aids Research Institute, has been appointed by San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee to serve on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Margot Kushel’s research, clinical and personal work with homeless patients stretches back to the 1990s when she was a medical resident at ZSFG.
Education by community-based non-professional health workers significantly increased colorectal cancer screening rates among mostly non-English-speaking, older Chinese-Americans in San Francisco.
UCSF researchers have received $1.2 million for their work to make imaging machines smarter, so they can detect neurological emergencies and triage patients for immediate treatment.
A group that includes UCSF, the City and County of San Francisco, and health care and community organizations has launched the San Francisco Cancer Initiative, a major public health effort to reduce cancer in San Francisco.
UCSF’s Center for Digital Health Innovation and GE Healthcare today announced a partnership to develop a library of deep learning algorithms.
Researchers at UCSF are pioneering a new technique, known as quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, or qMRI, that can reveal the earliest signs of cartilage damage, a precursor to osteoarthritis.
Some of UCSF's foremost scientists will participate in the 2016 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco.
Joe DeRisi, co-director of the new Chan Zuckerberg Biohub at Mission Bay, speaks about his vision for the Biohub and what researchers can look forward to.
UCSF, Stanford and UC Berkeley will join forces in a new biomedical science research center funded by a $600 million commitment from Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
Craig Miller, founder and senior organizer of AIDS Walk San Francisco, joined UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood and others at a reception to congratulate the UCSF community for raising $170,000 to support HIV-related programs and services.
UCSF alumnus Joshua A. Gordon has been selected as the next director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
UC San Francisco’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received $85 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to provide training, research support and other services, and to launch new programs aimed at diversifying the patients in research and advancing precision medicine.
A new analysis of nationwide emergency department (ED) records led by UC San Francisco researchers has revealed that black patients seen for back or abdominal pain are roughly half as likely as white patients to be prescribed opioids in the ED or at discharge.
Hundreds of staff, faculty, students and supporters of UCSF braved a blustery morning in Golden Gate Park to participate in AIDS Walk San Francisco’s 30th anniversary.
A program that was developed through UCSF's School of Pharmacy has taught hundreds of San Francisco city workers stress management through workshops.