UCSF Magazine

Illustration of a female physician holding a man’s hands. The man has scars on his arms and barbed wire comes from behind his chair.

Human Interest Winter 2022

The Body Tells the Story

A student-run clinic that offers forensic medical evaluations helps asylum-seekers escape extreme violence and persecution.

Three photo portraits of a woman are woven together. Portrait 1: the woman wears a face mask and shield. Portrait 2: the woman wears a lab coat. Portrait 3: the woman wears everyday clothes.

Science Winter 2022

An All-Out Quest to Understand Long COVID

Edward Chang looking at his patient “Poncho,” who has a device and wire inserted in his skull and is looking at a computer screen that reads “Yes.” Behind him a person stands at a computer screen filled with code.

Science Winter 2022

Speaking Again, With a Little Help from AI

David Julius, and his wife, Holly Ingraham, field congratulatory calls in the early morning of October 4 from their home in Walnut Creek.

Science Winter 2022

Surprise! It’s a Nobel Prize

Insights & Advice

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Ask the Expert Winter 2022

Can This Controversial New Drug Curb Alzheimer’s Disease?

It’s complicated, but for some patients, there’s reason to be optimistic about aducanumab.

Portrait of Keith Yamamoto, sitting cross-legged on a table.

Ask the Expert Winter 2022

Building the Brains of Precision Medicine

Keith Yamamoto explains how a new computational tool will transform health care.

Health Winter 2022

What You Didn’t Learn in School about Sexual Health

UCSF experts share their favorite science-based, judgment-free tips.

Illustration of a pill bottle with a colorful label being pulled off to reveal a dull looking label for the same drug.

Mythbuster Winter 2022

Generic Drugs: Are They on a Par with Pricier Brands?

UCSF drug safety experts bust a few myths about these lower-cost alternatives.

Combating Coronavirus

3-D illustration of a man surrounded by a sphere of immune cells and antibodies, resembling a coronavirus.

Science Summer 2021

Your Immune System Could Turn COVID-19 Deadly

Could hidden autoimmunity explain why the disease makes some people deathly sick but not others?

Illustration of a person using a handheld nebulizer inhaler; SARS-CoV-2 cells are floating in the background and bubble surround some of their ACE2 receptors.

Science Winter 2021

Two Billion Nanobodies. One Global Pandemic. Go.

A UCSF team has engineered a tiny antibody capable of neutralizing the coronavirus.

Photo of Kim Rhoads with staff members of Umoja Health Partners at a vaccine clinic.

Ask the Expert Summer 2021

Uniting the Black Community to Defeat COVID

Q&A with Kim Rhoads, founder of Umoja Health Partners

Perspectives Summer 2020

How I Survived COVID-19

Writer F.T. Kola recounts her battle with COVID-19 and its aftermath.

Illustration of three people in a row; two hold umbrellas and one does not; COVID symbols rain down from clouds, hitting the person not holding an umbrella.

Ask the Expert Winter 2021

How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?

We asked several UCSF experts for a personal take on what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.

Vida Ahyong, Joe DeRisi, and Emily Crawford in face masks, lab coats, and gloves.

Human Interest Summer 2020

How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

As the nation’s testing regime floundered, one research team sprang into action.

Alumni Stories
Winter 2022

Supporting Nurses so Giving Birth is Safe for All Women

From sub-Saharan Africa to Tennessee, Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD ’05, MS ’10, champions nurses and midwives.

Sickle Cell Clinical Trial Aims to Cure Disease by Correcting Patient’s Mutated Gene

Patient Care
December 1, 2021

Looking to the Cell’s Power Generators for Clues to Depression

Research
November 23, 2021

Only Alcohol – Not Caffeine, Diet or Lack of Sleep – Might Trigger Heart Rhythm Condition

Research
November 23, 2021

Infecting Gut Microbes with CRISPR-loaded Virus Demonstrates Potential for Microbiome Gene Editing

Research
November 22, 2021

For New Patients with Paralysis, Tighter Blood Pressure Control Management May Lead to More Mobility

Research
November 16, 2021

The Body Tells the Story

An All-Out Quest to Understand Long COVID

Speaking Again, With a Little Help from AI

Surprise! It’s a Nobel Prize

Insights & Advice

Can This Controversial New Drug Curb Alzheimer’s Disease?

Building the Brains of Precision Medicine

What You Didn’t Learn in School about Sexual Health

Generic Drugs: Are They on a Par with Pricier Brands?

Combating Coronavirus

Your Immune System Could Turn COVID-19 Deadly

Two Billion Nanobodies. One Global Pandemic. Go.

Uniting the Black Community to Defeat COVID

How I Survived COVID-19

How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?

How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

Alumni Stories

Supporting Nurses so Giving Birth is Safe for All Women

UCSF News

Sickle Cell Clinical Trial Aims to Cure Disease by Correcting Patient’s Mutated Gene

Looking to the Cell’s Power Generators for Clues to Depression

Only Alcohol – Not Caffeine, Diet or Lack of Sleep – Might Trigger Heart Rhythm Condition

Infecting Gut Microbes with CRISPR-loaded Virus Demonstrates Potential for Microbiome Gene Editing

For New Patients with Paralysis, Tighter Blood Pressure Control Management May Lead to More Mobility

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