Archive: Tumors Disrupt the Immune System Throughout the Body
Depending on a cancer’s tissue of origin, tumors cause widespread and variable disruption of the immune system throughout the body, not just at the primary tumor site.
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Archive: Role of Expectation in What We See Is Stronger Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
In a new study in mice, UCSF researchers investigated what enables neurons in the visual system to respond to context when a stimulus is not available. They found that feedback from higher-order visual centers in the brain has much more influence over our fundamental visual processing than scientists had ever realized.
ER: The Hospital’s First Line of Defense
As Emergency Medicine Chief, Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.
A Tremendous Responsibility
Kelly Timothy cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.
Tweeting a Pandemic
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
How I Survived COVID-19
Exceptional care was crucial, but I’m painfully aware that privilege also pulled me through.
Archive: UCSF Cancer Researchers Present New Advances at ASCO 2020
Cancer specialists from UCSF will present new research findings at the annual scientific program of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the world’s largest clinical cancer research meeting.
Archive: Out-of-Sync Brain Waves May Underlie Learning Deficit Linked to Schizophrenia
A new UCSF study in mice has pinpointed a specific pattern of brain waves that underlies the ability to let go of old, irrelevant learned associations to make way for new updates.
Archive: UCSF Brings COVID-19 Testing to San Francisco’s Bayview, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley
UCSF epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists are partnering with several community organizations and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to offer comprehensive, voluntary COVID-19 testing to residents of the Bayview, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley.