The new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay held a “Day in the Life” exercise to prepare staff for the Feb. 1 opening day of the three hospitals.

UCSF and The Centre for Drug Research and Development have announced a collaborative affiliation to identify potential medications and develop them to the stage where they are commercially attractive to private sector partners.

Sugar-sweetened soda consumption might promote disease independently from its role in obesity, according to UC San Francisco researchers who found in a new study that drinking sugary drinks was associated with cell aging.

A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumors is associated with less severe cancer outcomes in humans, and may have therapeutic potential, according to a new UCSF study.

The molecular regulation of smooth-muscle contraction is an important determinant of airway responses during an acute asthmatic attack. In acute asthma, various triggers, including viral illnesses and aeroallergens, can cause acute narrowing of the airways leading to a life-threatening respiratory crisis and sometimes death.