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Use of CT scans of the chest for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma could be reduced by more than one-third without compromising detection of major injury, concludes a new study led by a UCSF physician.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded seven grants to UCSF scientists to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research.
Adolescents and adults under 40 who have been successfully treated for cancer are at heightened risk of developing a second unrelated cancer, on average 15 years later, according to a study.
Building on the success of the Health eHeart Study at UCSF, the National Institutes of Health has awarded $9.75 million to UCSF over the next five years for creation of Health ePeople.
A virus is nature’s efficient little killer. They’re really good at what they do, and we’ve been able to harness their skills to learn about – and potentially improve – human health in several ways.
A newly established neuroscience research institute based at UCSF will focus on gaining a deeper understanding of plasticity, the brain’s remarkable capacity to modify its own structure and function.
Dramatic increases in exposure to toxic chemicals in the last four decades are threatening human reproduction and health, according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
Two decades after a UCSF researcher proposed that reducing nicotine in cigarettes as a national regulatory policy might facilitate quitting, a new study he co-authored has added to a body of evidence that indicates that doing just that may accomplish this goal.
UCSF-led scientists completed a proof-of-principle study on a real-time blood test based on DNA sequencing that can be used to rapidly diagnose Ebola and other acute infections.
An international research team led by UC San Francisco scientists has identified 65 genes that play a role in autism, 28 of which are reported with “very high confidence.”
UCSF researchers have engineered a molecular “on switch” that allows tight control over the actions of T cells, immune system cells that have shown great potential as therapies for cancer.
Researchers at UCSF have succeeded in mapping the genetic signature of a unique group of stem cells in the human brain that seem to generate most of the neurons in our massive cerebral cortex.
UCSF scientists describe capturing and studying individual metastatic cells from human breast cancer tumors implanted into mice as the cells escaped into the blood stream and began to form tumors elsewhere in the body.
Zev Gartner is working to building a fully functioning 3-D human breast tissue that will allow him to test potential cancer therapies, an innovation that's earned him a spot among Popular Science's "Brilliant 10" this year.
UCSF researchers have successfully isolated human muscle stem cells and shown that the cells could robustly replicate and repair damaged muscles when grafted onto an injured site.