Researchers have identified an approach to remove race from equations used to estimate a person’s kidney function.

An amicus brief led by experts at UCSF and the University of Texas urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Mississippi’s ban on abortions past 15 weeks.

A community-based effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy  designed by UCSF scientists working together with San Francisco’s Latino Task Force is succeeding in the Mission District of San Francisco. 

The 20,000-square-foot facility, located on the second floor of the main hospital building, is the latest milestone in UCSF’s ongoing investment to expand and enhance services in the 109-year-old Oakland hospital for children in Oakland and the greater Bay Area. 

An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according to a study by UCSF researchers.

Researchers at UCSF have gained insight into how cancer cells proliferate despite a myriad of stresses.

The Kidney Project’s implantable bioartificial kidney, one that promises to free kidney disease patients from dialysis machines and transplant waiting lists, took another big step toward becoming reality, earning a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first-ever demonstration of a functional prototype of its implantable artificial kidney.

An initiative that paired paid visitors with racially diverse older adults, many of whom lived alone and struggled with taking care of their basic needs, resulted in reduced loneliness and plunging rates of depression.