The First-Ever Treatment for Non-Metastatic Brain Tumors
Recurring brain tumor growth is halted with a new drug A patient’s options are limited when a non-metastatic brain tumor — a meningioma — recurs…
Recurring brain tumor growth is halted with a new drug A patient’s options are limited when a non-metastatic brain tumor — a meningioma — recurs…
Daytime sleep duration triples after Alzheimer’s diagnosis, UCSF-Harvard led study shows. Daytime napping in the elderly is a normal part of aging, but it may…
A new study led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that people who are vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and have a history…
Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according…
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have successfully leveraged an FDA-approved drug to halt growth of tumors driven by mutations in the RAS…
Over-stimulated immune system may be impetus to cognitive symptoms, UCSF-led study shows. Some patients who develop new cognitive symptoms after a mild bout of COVID…
Physical activity in the elderly is linked to increased levels of proteins that improve neural connections, potentially safeguarding against cognitive decline, even in the presence…
UCSF Cardiology researchers report no link between coffee consumption and arrhythmia. In the largest study of its kind, an investigation by UC San Francisco has…
Small UCSF study indicates vaccine safety for pregnant and lactating women. Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a…
A UC San Francisco study has found that the antibiotic azithromycin was no more effective than a placebo in preventing symptoms of COVID-19 among non-hospitalized…
Questions about safety, side effects preclude youth from getting COVID shot, UCSF study shows. Vaccine skepticism among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd…
Scientists at University of California San Francisco have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people…
Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD, a UC San Francisco scientist who flew in June 1991 aboard the first space shuttle mission dedicated to biomedical studies, died February…
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) scientists have discovered a new way to control the immune system’s “natural killer” (NK) cells, a finding with implications…
Rapid mental rejuvenation in old mice suggests age-related losses may be broadly reversible. Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines…
Airborne pollution implicated in amyloid plaques, UCSF-led study shows. A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco has found that among older Americans…
Fewer headaches reported when school starts later, UCSF-led study shows. Research indicates that starting school later in the morning yields health and academic benefits for…
Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more…