Playing Virtual Reality Video Game May Boost Seniors’ Memory
Scientists at UCSF’s Neuroscape brain research center have developed a first-of-its-kind virtual reality video game that can improve memory in healthy, older adults.
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How Much Weight Did We Gain During Lockdowns? 2 Pounds a Month, Study Hints
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Healthy Sleep May Rely on Long-Overlooked Brain Cells
Researchers at UCSF have confirmed that a different, long under-studied type of brain cell – astrocytes, named for their star-like shape – can influence how long and how deeply animals sleep.
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Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Linked to Rise of Anti-Asian Hashtags on Twitter
In the week after former President Donald J. Trump tweeted about “the Chinese virus,” the number of coronavirus-related tweets with anti-Asian hashtags rose precipitously, a new study from UCSF has found.
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SF Opera and UCSF’s New Mask for Singers Helps Bring Back In-Person Performances
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To Keep a Sharp Mind, Start Thinking of Heart Health in Your 20s
A new study led by UC San Francisco finds that young adulthood may be the most critical period to practice the healthy lifestyle habits that may protect the brain from cognitive decline decades later.
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UCSF Study Finds Evidence of 55 Chemicals Never Before Reported in People
Scientists at UCSf have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people and 42 “mystery chemicals,” whose sources and uses are unknown.
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How Effective Is the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine? Here’s What You Should Know
We asked UCSF infectious disease expert Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, to unpack some of the big questions around vaccine science, such as how the Johnson & Johnson vaccine differs, how well it works against the new variants, and whether you should be worried about transmitting the virus after vaccination.
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UC Secures Landmark Open Access Deal with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher
The University of California announced a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide – immediately and at no cost.
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Does It Matter Which One I Get? Comparing the Three COVID-19 Vaccines
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Art, Music and Brain Health Intersect in New Drama ‘UnRavelled’
The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) is delighted to present “UnRavelled,” a new drama by award-winning playwright Jake Broder, which explores the relationship between art, music and brain health.
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Viruses Mutate, But Treatments Are Static. Is There a Way to Change That?
There is a big, global problem: viruses such as HIV and COVID-19 mutate, but treatments for them don’t.
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Experts Discuss How Science Will Drive COVID-19 Recovery
UCSF gathered leading Bay Area scientists and clinicians to reflect on the scientific challenges and breakthroughs of the past year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
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CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Gather With Each Other Without Masks
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Inside a Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools
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New Study Will Examine How Robustly Individuals Respond to COVID-19 Vaccination
This will be one of the first and largest studies to examine the impact of factors like age and stress on vaccination effectiveness.
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Child Abuse Surges in Times of Crisis – The Pandemic May Be Different
Further studies may reveal different patterns, including the possibility that evidence of abuse may not be apparent for months to follow, or failure by clinicians to identify abuse.
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Event Celebrates the Life of Former Chancellor Philip R. Lee
Friends, family members and former colleagues, including former President Bill Clinton celebrated the life of former UC San Francisco Chancellor Phillip R. Lee in a virtual event.
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UCSF Statement on Anti-Asian Racially Motivated Attacks
UCSF leaders Sam Hawgood, Mark Laret, and Renee Navarro issue a statement to the Bay Area community condemning a recent increase in assaults against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
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Weill Neurohub Joins Forces with Genentech and Roche to Advance Neuroscience Research
UCSF and UC Berkeley today announced a long-term research partnership with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and its parent company, Roche Holding AG, to speed the development of new therapeutics for debilitating brain diseases and disorders of the central nervous system.
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A Better Way to Zap Our Brains
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UCSF Is Top Public Recipient of NIH Funding for 14th Straight Year
In 2020, UCSF again was the top public recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health, maintaining the spot for the 14th year in a row. UCSF continued to rank high among all public and private institutions nationwide, ranking third overall.
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Studies Examine Variant Surging in California, and the News Isn’t Good
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Terrifying ‘Post-COVID Syndrome’ Is Next Focus for Researchers in Bay Area and Beyond
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Black History Month 2021: Reflecting on the Impact of Race
As UCSF honored Black History Month, we asked some of our faculty, staff, and students to share their experiences, their inspirations, and where they find hope for the future.
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COVID-19 Study Finds Increase of Coronavirus Variants in San Francisco’s Mission District
New results from an ongoing collaborative effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 shows that the prevalence of a coronavirus lineage, characterized by the L452R substitution and two other mutations in the virus’s spike protein, has significantly increased in recent months.
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Key Decision Point for Brain Development Identified
In a new study, UCSF and Stanford researchers have identified a central switch that appears to control when neural progenitor cells stop multiplying and start differentiating into mature neurons.
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Study Estimates Excess Deaths in US from COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment
UCSF researchers now have an estimate of how many people may have died as a result of pandemic-related unemployment.
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Store Fat or Burn It? Targeting a Single Protein Flips the Switch
UCSF researchers found that mice in which activity of a protein called eIF4E is diminished, either genetically or pharmaceutically, gain only half the weight of other mice, even if all the mice eat a high-fat diet.
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UCSF Wins 5 Regional CASE Awards for Excellence in Communications, Advancement During COVID-19
UCSF won five gold awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in this year’s regional competition, including four for COVID-19 communications.