First ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demonstrated in Paralyzed Person
The achievement of “plug and play” performance demonstrates the value of so-called ECoG electrode arrays for BCI applications.
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Mapping Genetic Diversity of Lung Tumors Over Time May Lead to More Effective Therapies
Researchers have figured out how to assemble genetic profiles of individual lung cancer cells obtained from patients at different times during the course of their treatment.
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To Treat Frontotemporal Dementia, Treat the Brain’s Immune Cells
Though FTD is not as well known as Alzheimer’s disease, it’s the second most common cause of dementia in people under 65, and there’s currently no treatment.
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Immune Cells in Spinal Fluid of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Identified as Likely Disease Drivers
New UCSF research sheds light on how immune system B cells that infiltrate the central nervous system may drive multiple sclerosis.
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Flu Shot Study Offers Window Into Coronavirus Vaccine Uptake in U.S.
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COVID-19 Vaccines Are Moving Fast, But Will Americans Agree to Get Them?
Only one in three U.S. adults received the flu vaccine in 2018, a number that has critical implications for the impending flu season, which threatens to overwhelm medical resources and lead to tens of thousands of deaths at a time when Americans are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In Tiny Llama Antibodies, Researchers See Hope for a Coronavirus Treatment
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Female Chromosomes Offer Resilience to Alzheimer’s
UCSF scientists now have evidence from research that women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease because they have genetic protection from the ravages of the disease.
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$5.1M Grant Will Help Develop COVID-19 Prediction Algorithm for Wearables
UCSF Osher Center faculty member Ashley Mason, PhD, has received a $5.1M award to expand TemPredict, a study she directs in collaboration with Rick Hecht, MD, and Benjamin Smarr, PhD.
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Coronavirus in the Classroom? New UCSF Study Calculates the Odds
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To Stop COVID-19 Spread in Schools, Start with Local Data and Do the Math
A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals shows that public data and a simple equation may be all that is required to estimate the number of students infected with COVID-19 who might be in a classroom.
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Smartphones May Help Detect Diabetes
Researchers at UCSF have developed a “digital biomarker” that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect diabetes.
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Kids Aren't Big COVID-19 Spreaders. Really.
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‘AeroNabs’ Promise Powerful, Inhalable Protection Against COVID-19
UCSF scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.
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How COVID Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves
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Genomic Sequencing as a Standalone Newborn Screening Tool Falls Short, But May Help Diagnose Uncertain Cases
Researchers found that, when used alone, sequencing comes up short, missing some sick babies, while flagging many healthy ones for unnecessary follow-up testing. But sequencing can still be useful in cases that look suspicious but were not clearly identified by older screening technology.
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Non-Invasive Nerve Stimulation Boosts Learning of Foreign Language Sounds
New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UC San Francisco revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer’s ability to learn the sounds of a new language.
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One More Reason to Wear a Mask: You’ll Get Less Sick From COVID-19
It’s likely that face masks, by blocking even some of the coronavirus-carrying droplets you inhale, can reduce your risk of falling seriously ill from COVID-19, according to Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF.
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Some ‘Inert’ Drug Ingredients May Be Biologically Active
Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs — such as dyes and preservatives — may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UCSF and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
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‘Wasabi Receptor’ Reveals Its Eye-Watering Secrets
UCSF researchers have now determined how the TRPA1 molecule manages to sense such a diverse variety of dangerous chemicals – and do so with enough sensitivity to let you flee before suffering too much tissue damage.
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We Must Learn from Our Past
A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: the Stem Cell Biologist
Why are more men than women dying of COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.
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An Epidemic of Inequality
Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality. Both issues have roots in the same problem.
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Tweeting a Pandemic
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
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Five Big Lessons from the Pandemic
When future historians look back on this moment, they will draw many conclusions from our response to this crisis. Here are five big lessons that UCSF experts already see taking shape.
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We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
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Anti-Asian Racism Escalates During COVID-19
The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
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Seeking Immunity Against COVID-19
Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: Searching for the Silver Bullet
Clinical trial leader Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon a vaccine.
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How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days
As the United States’ testing regime floundered early in the pandemic, scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.
