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Rushika M. Perera, the Deborah Cowan Professor and vice chair of the Department of Anatomy, and chief scientific officer of UCSF’s Pancreas Center, shared her insights on pancreatic cancer on April 16 when she presented the 2026 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science.
Freeze-dried human platelets could be used as a "molecular tourniquet" for brain bleeds in the minutes to hours after a traumatic brain injury, according to a UCSF team led by Shibani Pati. The scientists envision stocking ambulances and EDs with the product.
The Building Bridges: Hospital to Home program provides housing and wraparound social services for families with children who are being or were treated in the Neonatal or Pediatric Intensive Care Units at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
UCSF BCH Oakland is partnering with Oakland Housing Authority and Alameda Alliance for Health on a new initiative that provides housing to families with children in the PICU and NICU at very reduced rent, so they can easily visit their children while they are in hospital and/or get them to medical appointments.
In recognition of “National Healthcare Decisions Day,” the “PREPARE for Your Care” program at UC San Francisco is making it easier for clinicians to remind their patients of the importance of planning
UCSF research led to the first type 1 diabetes immunotherapy. Now, scientists are using stem cells and Tregs to find a functional cure.
Ten UCSF graduate students presented their research in accessible, 3-minute talks at the 2026 Grad Slam event. This year’s first-place talk was by Brandon Corteau on how HER2 and HER3 can become a toxic power couple when paired together, and lead to the development of breast cancer.
A policy paper argues that diagnostics are critical to modern medicine, but weak policies and low investment hold back their development and use.
Cardiology experts from UCSF Health presented new research and clinical findings at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Annual Scientific Session and Expo in New Orleans, March 28 to 30. The
A new study by UCSF researchers who mapped the maternal-fetal interface, which is the boundary where the mother's uterus and the developing baby's placenta meet, has yielded some surprising findings with potential public health consequences.
UCSF research shows psychedelics like psilocybin may treat depression, Parkinson’s, and addiction, offering new hope in clinical trials.
Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD, has been appointed chief of the UCSF Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, one of the nation’s premier spine programs. He has also been named co-director of the UCSF Spine
UCSF researchers are studying how climate change fuels toxic algal blooms, partnering with global and tribal communities to monitor health risks and protect food security.
Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves of inflammation that occur in multiple sclerosis.
A special program developed by the University of California Health system and adopted at all six UC academic medical centers has been effective in reducing hypertension in patients and could be used by other health systems looking to standardize chronic disease care.
Why are the elderly so much more likely to get sick and hospitalized for pneumonia and COVID? UCSF scientists found that old lung cells overreact to infections, inviting immune attack and runaway inflammation.
Forty-four UC San Francisco scientists have been named to the annual list of most “Highly Cited Researchers” for 2025 by the analytics company Clarivate.
TRPM8, a key cold-sensing protein in nerve cells, activates to send “cold” signals to the brain when exposed to low temperatures or cooling sensations like menthol. New research from UCSF reveals how TRPM8 changes shape in response to cold, offering insights into cold sensitivity, pain conditions, and why birds are less sensitive to cold than mammals.
A new study traces the molecular pathway connecting the gut immune system to the brain during a parasitic infection, explaining how the immune system triggers a loss of appetite.
Brian Smith, UCSF’s ethics chief, will retire on August 1 after 11 years, leaving a legacy of institutional integrity and oversight across the university’s expansive research and clinical operations.
New research pits psychedelic-assisted therapy against traditional antidepressants in an unblinded study that presents a sobering viewpoint on the treatment's potential.
Poor sleep is associated with an increased risk for dementia, but many sleep studies have had inconsistent results. For the first time, used AI to analyze tiny electrical signals in the brain of 7,000 participants healthy participants to calculate “brain age." They find that dementia risk increases significantly when the brain age exceeds actual age.
Former UCSF Chancellor and Nobel-Prize winning cancer researcher, J. Michael Bishop, has died at the age of 90.
