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Give to UCSFUCSF scientists who identified the only human gene known to promote “natural short sleep” have discovered a second.
Blood test that is currently under development may flag concussion in CT-negative patients, enabling them to be evaluated for long-term complications.
A new web tool spells out for the first time the exposures that more than 6.5 million working women in California face that could increase their risk for breast cancer, including industrial solvents, antimicrobials and phthalates.
Eighty-eight percent of the e-cigarette waste collected was found at schools serving predominantly upper-income families with mostly white student populations. None were found at schools serving predominantly low- and middle-income families with large Latinx and African American populations.
Researchers discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor,” which they think it can be used as a tool for studying chronic pain and inflammation, and may eventually lead to the development of new kinds of non-opioid pain relievers.
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 scientists show that Alzheimer’s disease directly attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness during the day.
Study has revealed that seniors with dementia living at home may endure more pain and have more complex or unaddressed medical needs than their counterparts in nursing homes.
Advanced sleep phase that lures people to sleep at 8 p.m., enabling them to wake up as early as 4 a.m — previously believed to be very rare — may affect at least one in 300 adults.
Since 2017, UCSF researchers Winston Chiong and Eddie Chang have led a collaborative neuroethics research project funded by the NIH.