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What It’s Like for UCSF Students Graduating Onto the Frontlines During COVID-19
We spoke to several of our graduating students to hear their reflections, concerns and mixed feelings about starting careers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UCSF Ophthalmologists Call for End to Use of Rubber Bullets Against Protestors
In response to the national outcry over law enforcement use of rubber bullets during ongoing protests of the death of George Floyd, the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology launched a virtual petition campaign calling for a stop to this practice, which can result in blindness and other severe eye injuries, even death.
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Autism Tests Gauge Traits Equally Well in Girls and Boys
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3D Facial Scans Could Speed Diagnoses for Children with Rare Genetic Diseases
Scientists have developed a prototype tool based on 3D facial imaging that could shorten years undergoing medical tests and waiting for a diagnosis for rare genetic diseases.
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Unhoused People in Southeast San Francisco to Receive Free COVID-19 Testing
The collaboration is part of UCSF’s tightly coordinated work with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the state of California, and affected communities to respond to the public health crisis presented by COVID-19.
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Tumors Disrupt the Immune System Throughout the Body
Depending on a cancer’s tissue of origin, tumors cause widespread and variable disruption of the immune system throughout the body, not just at the primary tumor site.
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Infectious Disease Specialists Call for an End to Tear Gas During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Is It Safe to Keep Loosening Coronavirus Restrictions? Medical Experts Weigh In
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Role of Expectation in What We See Is Stronger Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
In a new study in mice, UCSF researchers investigated what enables neurons in the visual system to respond to context when a stimulus is not available. They found that feedback from higher-order visual centers in the brain has much more influence over our fundamental visual processing than scientists had ever realized.
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The Virus Does Not Discriminate, But Our Social Structures Do
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The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People
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UCSF Cancer Researchers Present New Advances at ASCO 2020
Cancer specialists from UCSF will present new research findings at the annual scientific program of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the world’s largest clinical cancer research meeting.
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Out-of-Sync Brain Waves May Underlie Learning Deficit Linked to Schizophrenia
A new UCSF study in mice has pinpointed a specific pattern of brain waves that underlies the ability to let go of old, irrelevant learned associations to make way for new updates.
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When Hard Data are ‘Heartbreaking’: Testing Blitz in San Francisco Shows COVID-19 Struck Mostly Low-Wage Workers
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UCSF Brings COVID-19 Testing to San Francisco’s Bayview, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley
UCSF epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists are partnering with several community organizations and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to offer comprehensive, voluntary COVID-19 testing to residents of the Bayview, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley.
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UCSF Stroke Center Earns Highest Level of Certification for Complex Care
The designation is the highest and most demanding certification awarded to hospitals that can treat the most complex stroke cases.
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Pain Researcher David Julius Wins 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Julius has used chili peppers, menthol, wasabi, and spider venom to research the molecular machines that allow us to feel heat, cold, inflammation and related physical sensations.
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2020 UCSF Campaign Alumni Awards Honor Accomplished Alumni, Up-and-Coming Leaders
The Alumni Association of UC San Francisco has named 15 winners of the 2020 UCSF Campaign Alumni Awards.
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How a Key Protein Juggles Multiple Demands to Keep Neurons Firing
UCSF researchers have become to the first to solve the structure of a hard-working protein that helps reload neurons for repeated firing.
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2020 Founders Day Awards Celebrate Commitment to Public, University Service
The 2020 UCSF Founders Day Awards honored 13 faculty and staff for their service to UCSF, their public service, and excellence in nursing.
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David Erle Named Inaugural Director of CoLabs
David Erle has been appointed as the director of CoLabs, a next-generation research hub based at the Parnassus Heights campus.
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How Nursing Students Are Working to Stop COVID-19 In Its Tracks
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCSF School of Nursing students are answering the call to provide vital care to vulnerable communities affected by the coronavirus.
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UCSF Celebrates 2020 Commencements Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
UCSF's Class of 2020 has a lot to celebrate. After years of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication to the mission of advancing health worldwide, nearly 1,000 graduates have earned their degrees this year.
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When Teen Boys Use Supplements
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UCSF Sends Second Wave of Health Workers to Navajo Nation
As cases of COVID-19 continue to mount in Navajo Nation, UC San Francisco is sending a second team of health care workers — 13 nurses and six physicians — to Arizona to help provide urgently needed support to the largest hospitals serving Navajo patients.
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Is Risk of Coronavirus Transmission Lower Outside? What to Know Before Going Outdoors
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UCSF Class of 2020 Reflects on Experiences, Graduating During COVID-19 Pandemic
For the UCSF class of 2020, the usual joy and excitement of graduation is mixed with unusual uncertainty. As we celebrate the #UCSFgrads of 2020, we asked them to share how they’re feeling at this moment, in their own words.
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Why Has Coronavirus Taken Such a Toll on SF's Asian American Community? Experts Perplexed Over High Death Rate
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Ketogenic Diets Alter Gut Microbiome in Humans, Mice
Ketogenic diets have a dramatic impact on the microbes residing in the human gut, collectively referred to as the microbiome, according to a new UCSF study.
