Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves of inflammation that occur in multiple sclerosis.

The 2026 Staff Engagement Survey will be available to UCSF and UCSF Health staff from April 7 through May 1.

A special program developed by the University of California Health system and adopted at all six UC academic medical centers has been effective in reducing hypertension in patients and could be used by other health systems looking to standardize chronic disease care.

Forty-four UC San Francisco scientists have been named to the annual list of most “Highly Cited Researchers” for 2025 by the analytics company Clarivate.

Why are the elderly so much more likely to get sick and hospitalized for pneumonia and COVID? UCSF scientists found that old lung cells overreact to infections, inviting immune attack and runaway inflammation.