UCSF researchers have determined that two drugs currently approved to treat either malaria or certain psychotic illnesses are effective in treating mouse cells infected with the infectious protein known as the prion (PREE-on).

In a report published this month, world health leaders emphasize that intellectual property protection may not be enough to address the larger problem of how to get cheap drugs to poor countries.

A UCSF study of mandatory reporting of domestic violence to the police examined the attitudes of female emergency department patients and found that nearly half (44.3 percent) of abused women in the study do not support this state law.

University of California scientists have developed the first vaccine that protects against vaginal transmission of a virus closely related to HIV.

UCSF researchers are recommending that illicit drug users should be eligible to receive treatment for the hepatitis C virus.

The first patent for a method of inducing insulin production by delivering normal genes in a pill, granted just two months ago to the University of California, San Francisco, now is joined by a second patent issued today...

For years, scientists have recognized that a protein called apoE4 is a major risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease.

The folate receptor, a protein expressed on the surface of many human cells, could be capable of transporting much more into the cell than just folic acid - the B vitamin involved in normal bodily functions and cell development.

California's tobacco control program is "stalled and adrift," and thousands of people will die needlessly as a result, according to a new report published by the Institute for Health Policy Studies in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), also known as "AIDS cocktail" therapy, is saving lives and preventing infections even in the most advanced AIDS patients, according to a new study.