A new study led by UCSF scientists shows that a bacterium commonly found in the human gut is overrepresented in patients with a rare, often disabling autoimmune disease known as neuromyelitis optica.

A new UCSF study shows that specialized brain cells in mice “predict” the hydrating effects of drinking, deactivating long before the liquids imbibed can actually change the composition of the bloodstream.

UCSF Medical Center has been named among the nation’s premier medical institutions for the 15th consecutive year, ranking as the seventh best hospital in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016-2017 Best Hospitals survey.

In a surprising finding, researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that the prevalence among Americans of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition that costs Medicare tens of billions of dollars to treat each year, hasn't increased since the early 2000s.

UCSF's School of Medicine is launching its Bridges curriculum to address the health care needs of the future. Built from the ground up, it is the medical school’s first new curriculum in 15 years.

A delegation from the National Autonomous University of Mexico visited UCSF on Thursday as part of a University of California trip to renew an agreement of collaboration between the two institutions.

Two researchers at UCSF have received funding awards from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that total $5.5 million.

Two UCSF-affiliated projects received top honors in the 2016 University of California’s 2016 Larry L. Sautter Awards for information.