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New study shows the post-rhinal cortex, appears to obtain visual data directly from an evolutionarily ancient sensory processing center at the base of the brain called the superior colliculus.
Researchers have discovered that the intestine is the source of immune cells that reduce brain inflammation in people with MS, and that increasing the number of these cells blocks inflammation entirely.
Cardiologist Eric Topol is turning the medical establishment on its ear with his vision of a democratized health care system driven by patients and empowered by “medicalized” smartphones.
UCSF oncologist Pamela Munster, MD, has advised thousands of women on how to deal with the life-altering diagnosis of breast cancer. But when she got a call saying that her own mammogram showed irregularities, she found herself experiencing a whole new side of the disease. Munster’s book weaves together her personal story with her team’s research on the BRCA gene, which is responsible for breast cancer and many other inherited cancers.
Learn what goes on every day in UCSF’s classrooms and labs from the same faculty who are on the front lines, teaching students in the health professions. These courses for the rest of us delve into everything from the science of sleep to the biological basis of back pain to the latest studies on brain plasticity. Attend in person or watch past lectures online.
Have you ever wondered what’s going on in a musician’s head while they improvise? In this episode, Charles Limb, MD, a UCSF surgeon and neuroscientist, explores the process of creativity by scanning the brains of jazz musicians and rappers as they improvise. Tune in to learn what brain processes allow creative thought and why creativity matters.
UCSF researchers programmed a machine-learning algorithm to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The algorithm used PET scans – a common type of brain scan.
After Matthew Wetschler broke his neck body surfing, he became the first person to undergo a new protocol –pioneered by a UCSF surgeon – for treating spinal cord injuries.
Cynthia Perlis shares her top learnings from 30 years of listening to cancer patients at UCSF.
UCSF cancer researcher Hani Goodarzi, who is from Iran, writes about the human impact of the Trump Administration’s travel ban.
The real-life ethical quandaries faced in clinics, classrooms, and labs.
Barbara Koenig, PhD, a leader in bioethics, weighs in on the questions raised by medicine’s ever-evolving technological prowess.
The sugar industry has driven decades of biased research that shirk sugar's responsibility for chronic disease. UCSF researchers are uncovering thousands of industry documents to combat this misinformation, and steer Americans away from what is becoming a growing health crisis.
UCSF experts share their science-backed strategies for aging well.
A growing number of researchers at UCSF and elsewhere have turned their attention to questions around why and how some people who age thrive and are more resilient than others.
More than two dozen scientists and researchers participated in the hackathon – a joint project of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences.
Study, led by UCSF, raises intriguing questions about whether the biology of low-risk prostate cancer in black men is distinct from that of other ethnicities.
2018 Year in Review See More of UCSF’s 2018 Year in Review New students, new leadership, new debates in neurosciences and new degree programs. The past year at UCSF was chock-full of new and
From sensory processing disorder to how CRISPR is being explored to bring new treatments to patients, these are the stories that most engaged our readers in 2018.
Photos from across UCSF from 2018.
In the year since announcing an ambitious, $5 billion fundraising campaign, UCSF has seen record-breaking generosity from its supporters, inspired by faculty-led ideas to tackle some of the toughest problems in health and science.
