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Sunshine May Shield Children, Young Adults from Multiple Sclerosis
Spending time under the sun may raise the risk for skin cancer, but a new study led by UCSF and the Australian National University shows that for children and young adults, sun exposure may protect against multiple sclerosis.
Sickle Cell Clinical Trial Aims to Cure Disease by Correcting Patient’s Mutated Gene
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland has received the largest research trial grant in its history to launch an innovative clinical trial that aims to cure sickle cell disease.
Looking to the Cell’s Power Generators for Clues to Depression
Hoping to discover a new approach to treating depression, UCSF researchers looked at mitochondrial proteins and found that people with untreated depression have significantly lower levels of these proteins. New hypotheses emerge about the relationship between depression and the function of the brain’s energy-hungry neurons.
Only Alcohol – Not Caffeine, Diet or Lack of Sleep – Might Trigger Heart Rhythm Condition
A recent UCSF study tested possible triggers of a common heart condition, including caffeine, sleep deprivation and sleeping on the left side, and found that only alcohol use was consistently associated with more episodes of heart arrhythmia.
Infecting Gut Microbes with CRISPR-loaded Virus Demonstrates Potential for Microbiome Gene Editing
In a first, UCSF reserachers successfully used the DNA-editing system CRISPR to alter the genomes of bacteria living in the guts of mammals, which may advance our understanding of the microbiome and pave the way for treating gut-related disease.
