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Science Summer 2023

Can Neuroscience Help Stem the Tide of Teen Depression?

A new treatment approach draws on research into the unique teenage brain.

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Science Summer 2023

You’ll Soon Be Able to Get a Blood Test for Alzheimer’s. Will You Want One?

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Science Summer 2023

The Surgeon Set on Curing Genetic Diseases Before Birth

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Science Summer 2023

The Cancer Breakthrough Boom

Insights & Advice

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Mythbuster Summer 2023

Which Skin Care Products Do We Really Need?

UCSF dermatologists share the must-haves to keep our skin healthy.

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Ask the Expert Summer 2023

Calling All Scientists to Fight the Next Pandemic

How Nevan Krogan is taking aim at the world’s deadliest diseases.

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Ask the Expert Summer 2023

What’s New in the Search for a Long COVID Cure?

An infectious disease specialist shares what he’s learning about this mysterious condition.

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Mythbuster Winter 2023

How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?

Here’s what the science says.

Recent Features

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Science Winter 2023

Trip Therapy

Could psychedelics become mainstream medicines?

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Science Winter 2023

The Radical Compassion of Awake Brain Surgery

On the operating table and inside the lab of a rising star in cancer neurosurgery.

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Science Winter 2023

Big Little Lives

Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.

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Health Winter 2023

The Kids Are Not All Right

Most hospitals don’t adequately treat children’s pain, say UCSF experts. Can their unique approach help stop the suffering?

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Health Summer 2022

Training the Eye to See Disease On Dark Skin

Most dermatologists aren’t adequately taught to treat patients of color. UCSF’s Jenna Lester wants to fix that.

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Health Summer 2022

Preparing for a Post-Roe America

What happens once abortion is illegal in half the country?

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Alumni Stories
Summer 2023

Helping Patients and the Profession Shine

LaJuan Hall, DDS ’94, a 2023 Medal of Honor awardee, considers her real success to be going beyond the dental needs of her patients and serving their hearts and minds.

Can this Medication Reverse MS? Brain Biomarker Shows It Can

Research
June 12, 2023

Oakland Initiative Expands Mental Health Care to California Youth

Patient Care
June 8, 2023

Makers of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Covered up the Dangers

Research
May 31, 2023

Has Science Cracked the Code on Chronic Pain?

Research
May 22, 2023

2023 UCSF Alumni Awards Honor Innovators and Care Providers

Campus News
May 23, 2023

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