UCSF Pledges Continued Support for DACA Students, Staff During Town Hall
UCSF held a forum Thursday to address the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Abortion via telemedicine as safe as seeing doctor in person
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UC President Napolitano Affirms Support, Protection for Sexual Violence Survivors
UC President Janet Napolitano issued a statement following U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ announcement that appears to roll back guidance by the Office of Civil Rights. The federal changes will impact how schools handle sexual violence cases under the Title IX policy.
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Protein Links Alcohol Abuse and Changes in Brain’s Reward Center
UCSF researchers have identified a protein that links alcohol consumption with structural changes in one of the “reward centers” in the mouse brain.
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Studies: Ketogenic Mice Live Longer, Healthier Lives
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UC President Napolitano Denounces Decision to End DACA Program
UC President Janet Napolitano released a statement after President Trump announced his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Could a Videogame Strengthen Your Aging Brain?
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Edmond ‘Ted’ Eger, Whose Research is Basis for Modern Inhaled Anesthetics, Passes Away
Edmond “Ted” Eger II, the anesthesiologist and scientist who pioneered development of modern inhaled anesthetics, died peacefully at his home in Tiburon, Calif., on Aug.26, 2017, one week shy of his 87th birthday.
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Top Avoidable Emergency Room Visits: Alcohol, Dental Issues and Depression
Alcohol abuse, dental conditions and depression were among the top causes of avoidable emergency room visits nationally.
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Low-Cost Preventive Care May Help Heart Health for People with Serious Mental Illness
A UCSF study identified a cost-effective way to ensure that people with serious mental illness receive frequent cardiovascular screening: an evidence-based integrated care model that leverages technology.
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UCSF Responds to Harvey by Activating Global Disaster Assistance Committee
UCSF is activating a committee to consider what responses may be appropriate for UCSF to take in aiding in the aftermath of tropical depression Harvey.
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New Tool May Allow Doctors to ‘See’ Bacterial Infection in the Body
UCSF scientists have developed an imaging tool that could soon allow doctors to locate and visualize bacterial infections in the body.
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Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders
Research team led by University of California scientists has used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR to find enhancers by prompting them into action.
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Novel Treatment Aims to Transform Protocol for Deadly Blood Disorder
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals will pioneer stem cell transplants for a uniquely challenging patient population: second-trimester fetuses stricken with a potentially fatal disease.
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New UCSF Program Aims to Advance Equity in Genomic Medicine in the Bay Area
A team of UCSF researchers will receive $11.7 million over four years from the National Institutes of Health to launch a new Program in Prenatal and Pediatric Genomic Sequencing at UCSF.
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Internationally Renowned Neonatologist Marshall Henry Klaus Passes Away
Klaus conducted seminal research on mother-infant bonding, work that helped to establish the field of neonatology.
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Summer Programs at UCSF Provide Science Opportunities, Promote Diversity
Throughout the years, UCSF faculty, students and staff have set up several unique summer programs that expose young students from underrepresented minorities to science and clinical research.
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Common Use of Antibiotics in Cells Grown for Research Could Distort Tests
A new study by UCSF researchers raises a red flag against adding antibiotics when growing cells in labs, finding that it can induce unintentional genetic changes in the cells and distort test results.
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Nighttime breathing problems tied to cognitive decline
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Bay Area study: Swapping sugar with starch leads to less fatty liver in kids
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Switching Sugar for Starch Leads to Less Fatty Liver in Kids
An experimental diet that cut out a type of sugar significantly reversed the buildup of liver fat in children and adolescents – a condition strongly linked to Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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With Fall 2017 Cycle, UCSF’s Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Celebrates 10 Years of Funding
UCSF’s Resource Allocation Program, which offers a single online application process for a wide variety of intramural funding opportunities, is now inviting applications for the Fall 2017 cycle.
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Nancy Adler Honored by The New York Academy of Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine has named Nancy Adler a recipient of the 2017 Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science.
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UCSF to Offer Free Flu Shots Throughout September
UCSF will be holding free drop-in flu shot clinics for all UCSF employees,students and volunteers from Monday, Sept. 6 to Friday, Sept. 29.
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Study: Pot use won't harm healthy young people's kidneys
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Searching for the Brain Cells That Control Our Breathing
The mechanisms by which the brain regulates breathing are still a mystery, one that UCSF physiologist Kevin Yackle is tackling with the latest tools of molecular biology.
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UC Kicks Off Systemwide Effort to Support First-Generation Students
The University of California announced that all 10 UC campuses will join together this fall in a systemwide effort to connect first-generation students with faculty mentors who have walked in their shoes, and to facilitate access to resources to help these students continue to succeed.
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How the Human Brain Detects the ‘Music’ of Speech
Researchers at UCSF have identified neurons in the human brain that respond to pitch changes in spoken language, which are essential to clearly conveying both meaning and emotion.
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Scientists Found the Neurons That Respond to Uptalk
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UCSF to Develop National Network for Health Data of Sexual, Gender Minorities
UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital aim to help address the dearth of medical research addressing sexual or gender minorities through an ambitious national program to collect data that could help to answer the most basic questions about their health.
