How Microbes Partner Up to Digest Fiber-Rich Foods
UCSF lab mapped out the multistage biochemical pathway by which different strains of bacteria in gut contribute to digesting inert and otherwise indigestible lignans into useful nutrients.
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Carrie L. Byington Takes the Reins at UC Health
Carrie L. Byington started as executive vice president of UC Health. The University of California Board of Regents appointed Byington at its July meeting to lead the university’s health enterprise following a nationwide search.
Stem Cell Therapy: What’s Real and What’s Not at California’s For-Profit Clinics
We asked Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, about for-profit stem cell clinics and what’s real and what’s not in stem cell medicine.
What You Need to Know About Wildfire Smoke and Its Health Impacts
We spoke to John Balmes, MD, a pulmonologist and professor of medicine at UCSF, about the immediate and long-term health risks of wildfire smoke, and what people should be aware of on days with poor air quality.
MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Launches First Space Health Innovation Conference
UC San Francisco and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health are co-sponsoring the inaugural Space Health Innovation Conference to advance research and scientific understanding of how space travel impacts health.
Rare Mutations Drive Cystic Fibrosis in Caribbean
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic is dominated by unusual gene mutations not often observed in previously studied CF populations. Majority of Dominican patients had no detectable mutations at all in the gene that is thought to drive 95 percent of CF cases.
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Puts Latino Patients’ Health at Risk
Anti-immigrant remarks from the White House are taking a substantial toll on Latino patients’ perceptions of their personal safety and are affecting their access to emergency health care.
New Center to Improve Emergency Response for Children Across Five Western States
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is leading a consortium of more than 60 agencies across five states to establish a West Coast Center of Excellence in Pediatric Disaster Care, aimed at improving emergency pediatric disaster-response capabilities throughout the region.
