Increasing medications for blood pressure when discharging older patients from the hospital may pose a greater risk of falls, fainting and acute kidney injury that outweighs the potential benefits.

In a paper researchers describe a technique that uses a special version of CRISPR developed at UCSF to systematically alter the activity of genes in human neurons generated from stem cells, the first successful merger of stem cell-derived cell types and CRISPR screening technologies.

The gifts will launch new research initiatives on their respective campuses to leverage the growing science of the human microbiome.

Scientists identify faulty molecular recycling as potential driver of Alzheimer’s disease.