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A UCSF-led study found a new drug for ALS that shows to slow or temporarily stall the progression of ALS in a select group of patients, with three times as many patients' disease slowing compared to those who received a placebo.
The UCSF Office of Legal Counsel is announcing the appointment of two senior attorneys to its staff to support both Campus and Health priorities. Anagha Dandekar Clifford will join as the new deputy campus counsel and chief advisor for UCSF Resiliency Strategy in late February, and Ben Durie will join as a senior counsel for Healthcare Transactions and Strategy on February 1st.
A new “atlas” of every cell in the brain’s blood vessels reveals that some strokes are caused by immune cells interacting with arteries, in a new study by UCSF researchers.
A collaborative study between UCSF researchers discovered that severe lung injuries can trigger lung stem cells to undergo abnormal differentiation.
Three UC San Francisco researchers have been selected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals. They are among 564 newly elected fellows announced Jan. 26.
Microbiologist Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD, has been selected as the 2022 William K. Bowes Jr. Biomedical Investigator for his groundbreaking discovery of a secret weapon deployed by viruses in their ancient battle against bacteria.
UCSF researchers used multiple drug analogs to test CSF1R inhibition in transgenic mice with tauopathy, and observed suppressed biomarkers of neurodegeneration, rescued aberrant behavior, and extended survival in female mice.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco has been verified as a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.
UCSF has named Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA, as the new president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health, bringing an accomplished leader to the world-renowned health system.
For years, physicians have been taught to prescribe different drugs to Black people with high blood pressure. A recent UCSF study calls that into question.
Many patients with COVID-19 develop brain fog and other cognitive symptoms months later. Their cerebrospinal fluid may hold clues to why this is happening.
Thirty-two UCSF faculty members have been named to the second cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators and will receive $1 million apiece in unrestricted funds over the next five years to pursue creative and innovative research.
Binge drinking can lead to more ER visits and first episodes of a serious heart condition, new UCSF study reports.
In the quest for new treatments for COVID-19, a team led by UCSF researchers identified a new potential drug target that may prevent infection of human cells by SARS-CoV-2.
Human vocal sounds have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish. UCSF researchers have found the brainstem circuit responsible, and it's connected breath control.
UCSF researchers show how physical activity protects cognition by altering brain chemistry that maintains synapses, especially for the elderly.
UCSF researchers found that cancers from different parts of the body are immunologically similar to one another. They described 12 classes of "immune archetypes" to classify cancer tumors, which can provide unique strategies for enhancing patients’ choice of cancer immunotherapies.
Brain maps and developmental outcomes differ greatly in newborns with two of the most common brain injury types, which may have implications for early intervention.
