COVID-19 Vaccines, Prior Infection Reduce Transmission of Omicron
California prisons saw more than 20,000 COVID-19 Omicron cases over a five-month period. However, vaccination and boosting kept hospitalization and death rates low.
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Duping Antibodies with a Decoy, Researchers Aim to Prevent Rejection of Transplanted Cells
Researchers have genetically engineered cells to distract antibodies from attacking friendly, but foreign, cells. This could prevent transplants from being rejected.
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How to Spare Yourself From Shoulder Pain
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UCSF Surgeons Standardize Brow Lift and Hairline Surgery Using Photo Analysis
Facial feminization surgery eliminates sources of misgendering for patients through procedures like hairline advancement, brow lift, rhinoplasty, genioplasty and chondrolaryngoplasty.
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What Older Americans Need To Know Before Undergoing Major Surgery
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Unique UCSF-city Internship Program Offers Paid Prep for Mental Health Careers
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A Dozen Californians Overdose on This Holiday Spice Every Year
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Gene Therapy Trial Shows Promise for Treating ‘Bubble Boy’ Syndrome. Now Comes the Hard Part
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How Gene Therapy Saved a Child from “Bubble Boy Disease”
In a breakthrough, HT became the first person in the world to receive gene-corrected stem cells for Artemis-SCID. His new immune system is life-changing.
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Infant Gene Therapy is a Breakthrough for Artemis-SCID Patients
Ten children who were born without functioning immune systems due to Artemis-SCID are now leading healthy lives thanks to a new gene therapy treatment pioneered at UCSF.
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UCSF Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Molecular Cancer Drug Therapies
Researchers have discovered a cellular uptake pathway for larger molecules that delivers cell-permeable drugs efficiently.
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Rethinking How Cancer Cells Evade Targeted Therapy
Through decades of biobanking at UCSF, researchers were able to comprehensively map intra-cellular signaling in the cells of recurrent glioblastoma, identifying novel cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets.
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During Sleep, Brain Regions Synchronize to Create Motor Memory
While we sleep, our brains process our daily actions to create motor memory, which makes physical acts such as throwing a basketball subconscious.
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UCSF Issues Report, Apologizes for Unethical 1960-70’s Prison Research
The new Program of Historical Reconciliation (PHR) at UCSF aims to acknowledge past harms, especially in unethical research and experiments.
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What is Anxiety?
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UC Launches Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research Initiative
The California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR3) at UCSF will investigate the effects of the pandemic on California communities and individuals.
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UCSF Research Crucial to Approval of Breakthrough Diabetes Therapy
Groundbreaking research by UCSF scientists has led to FDA approval of a new therapy that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by at least 2 years.
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Is Too Much Screen Time Bad for Kids? It’s Complicated
In a Q&A, UCSF’s Jason Nagata answers questions about the links between screen time and illnesses like OCD for children and teens.
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Killing Pancreatic Cancer with T Cells that Supercharge Themselves
T-cells can be directed to produce cytokine, a powerful anti-cancer component, when they encounter cancer cells. This holds tremendous promise for cancer immunotherapy.
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2022: The Year in Review
We glance back at 2022 with grace and gratefulness. We regained a sense of normalcy. We reconnected in person. We uncovered our smiles again. Let us appreciate how we got here with some special moments from around the University and our most popular health and science stories.
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UCSF Health Reaches 20,000 Organ Transplants
UCSF surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making it just the third in the nation to reach that milestone.
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Research Finds More Negative Effects of Screen Time on Kids, Including Higher Risk of OCD
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Screen Time Linked to OCD in U.S. Preteens
For preteens, the odds of developing OCD over a two-year period increases for every hour they play video games or watch videos.
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Cellular “Glue” to Regenerate Tissues, Heal Wounds, Regrow Nerves
Researchers have engineered molecules that act like “cellular glue,” a major step toward building tissues and organs.
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He Was Days From Death. His Quest to Kick Fentanyl Is a Harrowing Lesson for S.F.
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International Hematologic Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
UCSF experts in multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies will attend the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
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UCSF Professor Offers Steps to Cure Insomnia Without Medication
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How To Stay Safe as COVID-19, Flu and RSV Cases Spike
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How AI Found the Words to Kill Cancer Cells
A new sophisticated machine learning technique using a molecular library of commands guides engineered immune cells to seek out and tirelessly kill cancer cells.
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Archive Shows How Fentanyl Promotion Helped Drive Opioid Epidemic
New records in the Opioid Industry Documents show that Insys Therapeutics improperly sold vast amounts of its addictive product for off-label uses.
