Vaccine Hesitancy in Young Adults May Hamper Herd Immunity
A study by UCSF researchers found that about one in four unvaccinated people aged 18 to 25 said that they “probably will not” or “definitely will not” get the COVID-19 vaccination.
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Doctors Investigate Rare COVID Breakthrough Cases Infecting Vaccinated Californians
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UCSF Co-Leads National Project for Health Providers to Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries
UCSF, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and collaborators across the country have created a national guideline on educational priorities on firearm injury prevention for health professionals.
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Gene Therapy Offers Long-Awaited Hope for Children with Rare, Incurable Disorder
Children with a devastating genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.
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Engineered Cells Successfully Treat Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease
Scientists at UCSF have shown that gene-edited cellular therapeutics can be used to successfully treat cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in mice.
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Yes, the Delta Variant Is Taking Over. But the Vaccines Still Work.
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7 Questions About COVID-19 Booster Shots, Answered
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COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Infiltrate Breast Milk, Study Shows
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Beyond CAR-T: New Frontiers in Living Cell Therapies
Taking a page from computer engineers, biologists are trying their hands at programming cells – by building DNA circuits to guide their protein-making machinery and behavior.
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A Fireside Chat with Mark Laret and Matthew Cook
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals is poised to lead the UC System and the state in pediatric medicine, according to its two senior leaders, who held a virtual fireside chat to discuss the past,
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Microbiome Medicine: Scientists Harness the Body’s ‘Bugs’ to Treat Asthma, MS and More
Plenty of probiotic yogurts, pickles and kombuchas claim to boost our digestive health with armies of microbes, but some scientists have more ambitious therapeutic plans for the “bugs” that colonize us. They hope to leverage these microbes as living therapeutics for a range of health conditions, including ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, eczema and asthma.
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John Severinghaus, Pioneer of Anesthesia and Medicine, Has Passed Away
Pioneer, giant, visionary – these are just a few of the words that describe John Severinghaus and his work to advance anesthesia and medicine.
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Helium Recycling Project Sets a New Standard for Sustainability at UCSF
Every year, 10,000 liters of liquid helium are used by just two imaging facilities housed at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus managed by the UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine—enough to fill 625,000 birthday balloons.
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Caloric Restriction Alters Microbiome, Enhancing Weight Loss but Increasing Pathogenic Bacteria
Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that extreme caloric restriction diets alter the microbiome in ways that could help with weight loss but might also result in an increased population of Clostridioides difficile, a pathogenic bacterium that can lead to severe diarrhea and colitis.
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Living With a Short Sleep Gene: ‘It’s a Gift’
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Precision Medicine and the Pandemic: Discoveries, Challenges, Insights
At the recent June Precision Medicine World Conference, scientists and health experts from academia, government, and industry discussed how a precision medicine approached has helped to curb the pandemic and how lessons learned can be used to build resilience against future threats.
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Morning People May Be at Lower Risk of Depression Than Night Owls
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Campaign Aims to Increase Mental Health Resilience in the UCSF Community
There is a chance that in every lecture, laboratory, Zoom meeting, town hall audience or shuttle bus ride, someone around you is battling a mental health challenge or knows someone who is struggling.
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Exploring Brain Health Disparities Through Jazz
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How to Talk About Medical Marijuana With Your Doctor
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Sudden Cardiac Death More Likely to Fell Persons with HIV Infection
Individuals with HIV are more than twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to the general population, and more likely to have hearts compromised by fibrosis, a factor that may play a role in increasing their susceptibility to SCD, according to new findings from a UCSF study.
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Targeted Therapy for ‘Undruggable’ Lung Cancer Stems from Decades of UCSF Research
This long-delayed treatment milestone might not have happened at all without seminal accomplishments by UCSF chemist Kevan Shokat, who succeeded in revitalizing a holy-grail-like quest after almost all others had given up.
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Next-Generation T-Cell Therapeutics Set Sights on Cancers, Autoimmune Disorders and More
T cells – immune cells that patrol our bodies in search of trouble – have become a central focus for UC San Francisco scientists working on living cell therapies, an approach that views cells
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo Announces Plan to Retire
After more than four decades at UCSF, B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, who has led for nearly 10 years what is widely regarded as the best pharmacy school in the nation, has announced that he will retire December 31, 2021.
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Mutation in Highly Infectious Alpha Variant May Help Coronavirus Evade Immune System
The B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant—also known as Alpha—may be more infectious because it contains mutations that make it better adapted to foil the innate immune system, at least for long enough to allow the virus to replicate and potentially find new hosts, according to a new study.
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Is It Over? How California Will Know When the Pandemic Ends
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Coronavirus Delta Variant ‘May Hit Us Pretty Hard’ This Fall. Here’s What You Need to Know
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UCSF Commencement 2021
After their hard work, dedication and resilience during a year of challenges, students across UCSF have a lot to celebrate as they earn their degrees. Join us in celebrating our graduates.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Nation’s Best in 2021-2022 US News & World Report
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have been recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of Best Children’s Hospitals for 2021-2022.
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Older Women Who Are Socially Engaged More Likely to Be Emotionally Abused or Mistreated
For older adults, participating in social activities can protect against physical and mental signs of aging, but it may also pose risks, especially for women. A new analysis of national data led by
