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Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.
Researchers found smoking marijuana was associated with significantly increased risk of asthma, including among people who have never used tobacco cigarettes, and may also be associated with chronic lung disease.
UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury. Understanding how it does this will lead to treatments for injuries that currently have only minimal interventions.
UCSF Health transplant specialists recently performed an innovative, minimally invasive pancreatic islet transplant designed to enable a patient with Type 1 diabetes to become insulin independent.
A TED Talk-style presentation on the effects of tangled DNA strands took first place at this year's Postdoc Slam competition, which is held in celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
Thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UC San Francisco researchers are revolutionizing what we thought we knew about how cancer spreads, opening new paths to cures.
A study led by UCSF and UC Davis concluded that radiation from medical imaging is associated with a higher risk of blood cancers in children.
UCSF Health has been recognized as a top performer in the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient, Inc., one of the nation’s largest provider-driven health care performance improvement companies. UCSF Health has received this honor for four consecutive years.
A new study from UCSF is the first to show a statistically significant increased risk of death in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia exposed to any pesticide during or after pregnancy.
A study using CRISPR restored brain connectivity and made the brain more resilient to seizures, which are often seen in a form of severe autism.
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today the awarding of a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a
UCSF is partnering with physicians across the country to develop a pediatric cancer environmental referral service. The service will include children’s environmental health histories and risk assessments, and provide a toolkit to families.
Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is the second most common genitourinary cancer, leading to over 16,000 deaths a year in the U.S. Despite recent advances, the five-year survival rate for metastatic UC
Community is everything to Belle Lao-Ngo, a third-year student in the UCSF School of Dentistry. As a daughter and granddaughter of Asian immigrants, Belle’s dedication to oral health was inspired by her family’s journey to the U.S. Her work in San Francisco’s Chinatown has been instrumental in connecting UCSF to underserved populations.
UCSF welcomed its new and returning learners to the start of fall with white coat ceremonies and campus events.
A UCSF headache specialist discusses how to identify and treat children's headaches, emphasizing prevention and new approaches like virtual therapy.
Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN, internationally recognized expert in pain and symptom management research and professor emerita at UCSF’s School of Nursing, will be named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) this fall.
A study screened dyes found in textiles and in the laser industry that can be used in imaging for preclinical studies to diagnose and differentiate between neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, dyes used in mouse studies cannot distinguish between different types of dementia.
UCSF researchers studied personalized chemotherapy conditioning for children to maximize chemotherapy exposure for each child versus the current generalized dosage based on weight and age. Their approach reveals higher survival and lower recurrence rates.
The UCSF Bayfront Medical Building hit its one-year mark on August 27, 2025. Since then, it has received 129,000 patient visits.
Meet three members in the first class of the School of Nursing's BSN to DNP program cohort, all from very different backgrounds, who share why they are pursuing a DNP and what they hope to accomplish with this advanced degree.
A new grant paves the way for UCSF to train one of Mexico’s first molecular pediatric pathologists, providing access to better cancer detection and treatment for the thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in Mexico every year.
In San Francisco, past intersects with present at almost every turn. Now, in the historic Dogpatch neighborhood, both have transformed an industrial wall into a dynamic piece of public art.
A UCSF-led study finds a new class of insecticide that can be disseminated on material the size of a sheet of paper that offers protection for up to a year against mosquitoes that spread malaria, as well as dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika.
For women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), pregnancy can be an uncertain time due to limited clinical data about how IBD medications impact pregnancy outcomes and infants who have been exposed
Cesarean delivery is the most common inpatient surgery in the U.S. but it also carries inherent surgical risks, including vascular, visceral, soft tissue, and nerve damage, which can lead to