Researchers have identified a pair of tarantula toxins that target a previously unknown pain pathway in sensory nerves.

DeRisi, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors accorded to an American scientist.

For his pioneering research on plasticity, the brain’s remarkable capacity to modify its structure and function, UCSF's Michael M. Merzenich, PhD, has been awarded the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.

In California, terminally ill individuals can now choose to end their lives. In light of this, UCSF experts examine both the ethical responsibilities and implications for end-of-life and palliative care.

A team of researchers led by UCSF scientists has demonstrated in mice that it is possible to generate healthy new liver cells within the organ itself, making engraftment unnecessary.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are convening a precision public health summit at UCSF to explore how precision approaches can be successfully applied to improve population health and address health disparities.

Since its inception in 2009, UCSF's PlaySafe program has screened more than 2,450 student-athletes from nearly 20 public and private high schools in San Francisco, the East Bay and the Peninsula.

UCSF’s neurosciences community gathered to celebrate the launch of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, made possible by the recent $185 million gift from Joan and Sanford I. “Sandy” Weill.