Can Gene Expression Predict if a Brain Tumor Is Likely to Grow Back?
A gene expression test can accurately predict the best treatment for meningioma patients by measuring the aggressiveness of their tumors and adjusting treatment accordingly.
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Learn How Long-Term Marijuana Smoke Can Damage Your Blood Vessels
It’s been known for many years that people who smoke tobacco have poor blood vessel function. Now, a team of researchers at UC San Francisco has shown that people who smoke marijuana have the same
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U.S. Men Die 6 Years Before Women, as Life Expectancy Gap Widens
New research shows that in the U.S., the longevity gap between women and men has been widening for more than a decade, with women outliving men by an average of six years.
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State of the University Sneak Peek: Meet the Chancellor’s Exciting AI Panel
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood’s 10th State of the University address will feature a first-ever AI panel discussion with experts Atul Butte, MD, PhD, and Sara Murray, MD, MAS
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Younger Women Who Have Never Smoked Are at Increasing Risk of Lung Cancer, Research Shows
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Pioneering Sickle Cell Care and Research for 50 Years
For 50 years, UCSF Benioff Hospital’s Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center has been serving patients with a mission “to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for individuals living with sickle cell disease and their families across the lifespan.”
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A Blood Test Shows MS Worsening 1 to 2 Years Before it Happens
Multiple sclerosis patients whose blood tests reveal elevated NfL, a biomarker of nerve damage, could see worsening disability one to two years later.
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UCSF Health Hospitals Earn ‘A’ in Patient Safety
UCSF Health hospitals at Mission Bay, Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from the health care transparency nonprofit, The Leapfrog Group.
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UCSF Benioff Oakland Convenes Historic Design Advisory Group
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is looking to historical design experts and community members to help preserve the heritage of the hospital while investing in a new seismically sound and state-of-the-art campus.
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A Mysterious Disease Has Been Killing My Family. Would I Be Next?
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Poor Night’s Sleep Can Trigger Atrial Fibrillation the Next Day
A bad night of sleep was associated with a 15% greater risk of having an atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) episode the following day, along with conditions like blood clots, heart failure, stroke and other heart-related problems.
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Breast Cancer Treatments Offer More Options Than Surgery
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I Was a NOVID – Until I Wasn’t
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Eczema and Asthma Share a Link. Can it Lead to New Treatments?
A collaboration is between two biomedical researchers bridges the laboratory and clinic to advance the science of itch, allergy and asthma.
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UCSF Honors Nancy Pelosi for Her Extraordinary Leadership on HIV/AIDS
U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was honored at UCSF with the first ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for championing policies supporting people living with AIDS/HIV throughout her career.
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UCSF Professor’s Drive to End Mental Health Stigma Inspired by Father
Stephen Hinshaw, PhD is a distinguished professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCSF. It was his own personal mental health journey that Hinshaw knew could be looming once he began to understand the genesis of his dad’s struggles.
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When Surgeons See Spine Surgeries in 3D, Patients Benefit
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland used innovative 3D imaging during surgery to help correct a scoliosis patient's curved spine.
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Effects of Psychedelic Drugs Can Last for Days or Weeks, Research Finds
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Children’s Hospital Oakland’s Pioneering Gene Therapy Aims to Free Patients of Blood Disease. Is a Cure at Hand?
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Do Combination Therapies Hold Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients?
A phase 1 trial shows promise in treating metastatic prostate cancer with a single priming dose of radioligand therapy and immunotherapy.
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Back to School 2023
UCSF welcomed its new and returning learners to the start of fall with white coat ceremonies and campus events.
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Two Daughters, a Rare Blood Disorder and a Fairytale Cure
Two sisters are receiving a breakthrough, FDA-approved treatment for beta thalassemia at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland. This is the first real therapy other than monthly transfusions for a devastating disease that destines people to shorter lives.
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2023 Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Ten UCSF staff, faculty, and learners are celebrated for advancing diversity throughout UCSF and in our broader community.
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Breast Cancer Riddle: Best Ways to Screen and Treat
Laura Esserman discusses breast cancer risk factors, progress in the field and the importance of tailoring treatment for women with low-risk cancer while also identifying women at high risk of invasive cancer.
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San Francisco’s Homeless Population 16 Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Housed Neighbors, Study Finds
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Why Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Has Taken 30 Years
UCSF's Adam Boxer, MD, PhD, and Harvard neurologist Reisa Sperling, MD, review the history of clinical trials over the past 30 years in Alzheimer’s research with what was learned and how new biomarkers and clinical trial approaches are being used to find more effective treatments in a more efficient way than in the past.
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New Care Model Delivers Hepatitis C Treatment to Most Vulnerable
UCSF researchers developed a new neighborhood-based model of care that brings medicine to people immediately after being diagnosed with hepatitis C.
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Homeless People Are 16 Times More Likely to Die Suddenly
A UCSF-led found that people who are experiencing homelessness have a 16-fold higher rate of sudden death from heart attacks, as well as other causes.
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Advanced AI Chatbots Perpetuate Racist, Debunked Medical Ideas, Researchers Find
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Does Suspending Kids from School Harm Their Grades and Health?
Being suspended from school or sent to the office is tied to a big drop in grade point average (GPA), especially for Black and Latinx children.
