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Nearly one-third of the students at UCSF are the first in their families to graduate from college. They shared stories of finding mentorship, struggling with self-doubt, and paving the way for others.
Increasing medications for blood pressure when discharging older patients from the hospital may pose a greater risk of falls, fainting and acute kidney injury that outweighs the potential benefits.
Study shows that the adult-to-iPSC conversion process can mutate DNA found in mitochondria, causing mice and humans to reject iPSCs, and stem cell transplants more generally.
Researchers want to learn how to repair certain types of skin rather than providing short-term relief.
In a paper researchers describe a technique that uses a special version of CRISPR developed at UCSF to systematically alter the activity of genes in human neurons generated from stem cells, the first successful merger of stem cell-derived cell types and CRISPR screening technologies.
Scientists identify faulty molecular recycling as potential driver of Alzheimer’s disease.
UCSF researchers aim to radically rethink the role of the microbiome in early life and develop new interventions aimed at preventing childhood diseases.
The gifts will launch new research initiatives on their respective campuses to leverage the growing science of the human microbiome.
Raphael Hirsch comes to UCSF from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, where he served as chair of the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics.
UCSF scientists show that Alzheimer’s disease directly attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness during the day.
