UCSF Issues Report, Apologizes for Unethical 1960-70’s Prison Research
The new Program of Historical Reconciliation (PHR) at UCSF aims to acknowledge past harms, especially in unethical research and experiments.
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Give to UCSFThe new Program of Historical Reconciliation (PHR) at UCSF aims to acknowledge past harms, especially in unethical research and experiments.
The California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR3) at UCSF will investigate the effects of the pandemic on California communities and individuals.
Groundbreaking research by UCSF scientists has led to FDA approval of a new therapy that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by at least 2 years.
In a Q&A, UCSF’s Jason Nagata answers questions about the links between screen time and illnesses like OCD for children and teens.
T-cells can be directed to produce cytokine, a powerful anti-cancer component, when they encounter cancer cells. This holds tremendous promise for cancer immunotherapy.
For preteens, the odds of developing OCD over a two-year period increases for every hour they play video games or watch videos.
Researchers have engineered molecules that act like “cellular glue,” a major step toward building tissues and organs.
UCSF experts in multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies will attend the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
A new sophisticated machine learning technique using a molecular library of commands guides engineered immune cells to seek out and tirelessly kill cancer cells.
New records in the Opioid Industry Documents show that Insys Therapeutics improperly sold vast amounts of its addictive product for off-label uses.
UCSF breast cancer experts will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the largest and most prestigious breast cancer conference.
Stress during pregnancy can impact children’s cell aging, and race is an important factor.
Promises from companies leap ahead of medical science in promoting the use of smartwatches to screen for heart rhythm disorders says UCSF’s Gregory Marcus.
To improve assessment of patients who may be at risk for aortic dissection and rupture, researchers from UCSF researchers developed a prediction model of aortic diameter to identify asymptomatic individuals with enlarged ascending aortic diameter.
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers’ mental health up to eight years later, a new UCSF study finds.
UCSF Experts Present Research at the Annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference in San Francisco.
Risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 were found to be greater for patients with PTSD.
Researchers have identified specific immune cells that drive deadly heart inflammation in a small fraction of patients treated with powerful cancer immunotherapy drugs.
The brains of people with Down syndrome develop the same neurodegenerative tangles and plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease and frequently demonstrate signs of the neurodegenerative disorder in their forties or fifties. A new study shows that these tangles and plaques are driven by the same amyloid beta (Aß) and tau prions as Alzheimer’s disease.
E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, reports a team of researchers at UCSF.
Brain implants for speech, neurological effects of COVID-19, and motor recovery after stroke are among the topics that researchers from UCSF will be presenting at this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.