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The Open Oximetry Project is a multi-year initiative to improve access to safe pulse oximeters worldwide by sharing data and creating new standards and technologies for oximeter validation that better account for skin color.
A new diagnostic method that applies machine learning to advanced genomics data from both microbe and host to identify and predict sepsis cases was developed by researchers at UCSF, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and CZ Biohub.
Ashley Biden, MSW, social worker and justice reform advocate, was welcomed to UCSF in October by colleagues and representatives from organizations supporting victims of violent crime.
Cystic fibrosis is missed more often in newborn screenings for non-white than white babies, creating higher risk for irreversible lung damage and other serious outcomes in Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native newborns.
Scientists at UCSF have developed a new way of looking at sex-biased diseases that is rooted in evolutionary biology.
A new UCSF study researchers of more than 23 million people concludes that some commonly used and abused drugs pose previously unidentified risks for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially deadly heart-rhythm disorder.
A small molecule called ISRIB that was identified at UCSF can reverse the neuronal and cognitive effects of concussion in mice weeks after an injury occurred, new research found.
Three UCSF faculty members are among the 100 new national members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
Johns Hopkins University and UCSF, have added new documents to the Opioid Industry Documents Archive that detail the role of retail pharmacies in the opioid overdose epidemic.
Not all senescent cells are harmful “zombies” that should be wiped out to prevent age-related disease. New research from UCSF found that some of them are embedded in young, healthy tissues and promote normal repair from damage.
A new study points to another persistent effect of COVID-19, identified months after infection: reduced exercise capacity.
A national online survey revealed American voters overwhelmingly say they want government and industry to ensure the products they buy are free of harmful chemicals, and they are willing to pay more for it.
First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D, met with top UCSF cancer leaders during a visit Friday, October 7th, to hear about UCSF’s breast cancer research and progress on the National Cancer Moonshot.
UCSF's back-to-school season marked a joyous return to in-person celebrations for the first time since 2019.
The single-celled protozoan Euplotes eurystomus achieves a scurrying walk by coordinate its microscopic uses a simple, mechanical computer instead of a brain like most animals, UCSF researchers found.
The UCSF School of Nursing is partnering with Hartnell College to prepare first-generation-to-college students to become nurses, equipped with the skills to advance health care for residents in the underserved Salinas Valley.
With generous support from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation, UCSF has begun a new scholarship for women and international scholars that promises to help build a more diverse pipeline of basic science PhD students.
Last month new “bivalent” booster vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer became available that protect against currently circulating Omicron variants as well as earlier strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This Q&A features Joel Ernst, MD, a UCSF professor of medicine whose research aims to understand how pathogens evade the immune system.
After a decade of work, scientists at UCSF’s Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults.
Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists routinely at bedside during cataract surgery, which accounts for more than two million surgeries per year in the U.S., according to a new study.
