Building the Brains of Precision Medicine
Keith Yamamoto, PhD, UCSF’s director of precision medicine, explains how a new tool – a knowledge network – will transform health care.
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Speaking Again, With a Little Help from AI
How neuroscientists harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to give a paralyzed man back his voice.
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Rapidly Responding to Long COVID
Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.
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Can This Controversial New Drug Curb Alzheimer’s Disease?
UCSF neurologist Gil Rabinovici, MD, explains the controversy and shares why he thinks Alzheimer’s care is entering a new era “regardless of whether aducanumab proves to be a blockbuster or a bust.”
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Surprise! It’s a Nobel Prize
UCSF’s David Julius won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on pain sensation. “It was really a shock,” he says.
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Five Questions for Monica Gandhi
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine, has been an ardent voice for science during the coronavirus pandemic.
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What You Didn’t Learn in School about Sexual Health
UCSF experts share their favorite science-based, judgment-free tips.
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Are Generic Drugs on a Par with Pricier Brands?
Americans save billions of dollars using lower-cost generics instead of brand-name drugs. Are they as effective?
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The Body Tells the Story
A student-run clinic that offers forensic medical evaluations helps asylum-seekers escape extreme violence and persecution.
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An All-Out Quest to Understand Long COVID
A concerted research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.
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Surgical Procedure Helps Cancer Patients Face Themselves Again
For patients with skin cancer & facial sarcoma, reconstructing the face with skin grafted from the leg may result in poor color match. A new technique pioneered by UCSF surgeons uses pigmented tissue to achieve a better match.
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International Breast Cancer Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building Experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most
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$6M Gift from Family of Roblox Creator Launches New Initiative to Advance CAR T Therapy
The UCSF initiative aims to increase the effectiveness and availability of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy for lymphoma patients.
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Four Big Questions About Omicron
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More Contagious But Less Severe? UCSF Discusses Omicron Variant
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Sunshine May Shield Children, Young Adults from Multiple Sclerosis
Spending time under the sun may raise the risk for skin cancer, but a new study led by UCSF and the Australian National University shows that for children and young adults, sun exposure may protect against multiple sclerosis.
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Nurses In Psychedelics, Naturals Caring For Patients In Non-Ordinary States Of Consciousness
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As Prescribed: UCSF Study First To Use CRISPR-Cas9 Technology in Humans
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UCSF Oakland Just Got $17 Million To Find a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease. Here’s the Plan
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Sickle Cell Clinical Trial Aims to Cure Disease by Correcting Patient’s Mutated Gene
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland has received the largest research trial grant in its history to launch an innovative clinical trial that aims to cure sickle cell disease.
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New Antiviral Drugs Are Coming for COVID. Here’s What You Need To Know
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California Prepares for Potentially Massive Surge in Out-of-State Abortion Patients
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Why One UCSF Expert ‘Not Too Worried at This Moment’ About Omicron
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Looking to the Cell’s Power Generators for Clues to Depression
Hoping to discover a new approach to treating depression, UCSF researchers looked at mitochondrial proteins and found that people with untreated depression have significantly lower levels of these proteins. New hypotheses emerge about the relationship between depression and the function of the brain’s energy-hungry neurons.
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Only Alcohol – Not Caffeine, Diet or Lack of Sleep – Might Trigger Heart Rhythm Condition
A recent UCSF study tested possible triggers of a common heart condition, including caffeine, sleep deprivation and sleeping on the left side, and found that only alcohol use was consistently associated with more episodes of heart arrhythmia.
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Infecting Gut Microbes with CRISPR-loaded Virus Demonstrates Potential for Microbiome Gene Editing
In a first, UCSF reserachers successfully used the DNA-editing system CRISPR to alter the genomes of bacteria living in the guts of mammals, which may advance our understanding of the microbiome and pave the way for treating gut-related disease.
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New Technology Allows Loved Ones to Monitor the Elderly; But at What Cost?
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All U.S. Adults Can Now Get Pfizer and Moderna Boosters
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‘He Stood Up From His Wheelchair’; Promising New UCSF Treatment Aiding Injured Surfer Walk Again
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UCSF Launches Community Investment Program to Support Housing and Minority-Owned Small Businesses
UCSF has created its first community investment pilot program, with a $5 million investment for four Bay Area financial intermediary partners to provide housing assistance, employment and small business loans to community members and minority-owned local businesses in San Francisco and the East Bay.
