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New Genomic Tests Aim to Diagnose Deadly Infections Faster
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Meet The Blind Piano Player Who's So Good, Scientists Are Studying Him
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Here's How Long Coronaviruses May Linger on Contaminated Surfaces, According to Science
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Can San Francisco Be Saved?
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The Neglected Consequences of Foot-Binding
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'An Outbreak, Not an Epidemic': Bay Area Doctors Talk Coronavirus Risks and Prevention
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Acid Reflux Drug Is a Surprising Candidate to Curb Preterm Birth
The study also identified 12 other FDA-approved drugs that are deemed safe in pregnancy.
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‘Virtual Pharmacology’ Yields Unprecedented Biological Clock Breakthrough
Researchers screened a massive library of over 150 million virtual molecules and discovered the first drugs that selectively target one of two mammalian melatonin receptors that modulate sleep-wake cycles.
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There's So Much We Still Don't Know About Pain
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Cigarette Company Expands to Food, Beverages Using Same Race-Based Playbook to Woo Customers
The researchers uncovered efforts to sell to minorities by drawing from corporate papers such as memos, financial reports and company newsletters that are housed in the UCSF Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library.
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Long-Term Learning Requires New Nerve Insulation
For a conditioned response to become long-lasting requires brain cells to increase amounts of an insulating material called myelin, which may serve to reinforce and stabilize newly formed neural connections.
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Brain Tumor Surgery that Pushes Boundaries Boosts Patients Survival
Survival may more than double for adults with glioblastoma, if neurosurgeons remove the surrounding tissue as aggressively as they remove the cancerous core of the tumor.
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Distinctive Alzheimer’s Symptoms Linked to Damaged Glial Cells
Understanding the biological differences that drive distinct symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease could lead to more personalized patient care and potentially therapies targeted to patients’ individual needs.
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Brain’s ‘GPS System’ Toggles Between Present and Possible Future Paths in Real Time
In a study of rats navigating a simple maze, neuroscientists at UCSF have discovered how the brain may generate such imagined future scenarios. The work provides a new grounding for understanding not only how the brain makes decisions but also how imagination works more broadly, the researchers say.
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Coronavirus: UCSF expert working on quicker diagnostic test to stop spread
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Can Dentistry Be A New Nexus for Precision Medicine?
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Not ‘Brains in a Dish’: Cerebral Organoids Flunk Comparison to Developing Nervous System
Widely used organoid models fail to replicate even basic features of brain development and organization, much less the complex circuitry needed to model complex brain diseases or normal cognition.
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Simple Test Identifies Patients at High Risk for Future Dialysis or Transplant
A low-cost test that screens for excess protein in the urine has been shown to accurately identify patients at higher risk for progressive kidney disease after being hospitalized for acute kidney
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The simple design change that could help doctors prevent opioid addiction
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Human Nature: How Will CRISPR Change our Relationship with Nature?
How will the gene-editing tool CRISPR change our relationship with nature? Will it affect human evolution? This documentary explores these questions through interviews with the pioneering scientists who discovered CRISPR, the families whose lives are altered by this new technology, and the bioengineers who are testing it. UCSF alumna Sarah Goodwin, who earned her PhD in cell biology, is the leading science adviser on the film, as well as a producer.
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Opioid Prescriptions Affected by Computer Settings
Researchers found that when default settings, showing a preset number of opioid pills, were modified downward, physicians prescribed fewer pills. Fewer pills could improve prescription practices and protect patients from developing opioid addictions.
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UCSF Releases Report on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Testing Protocols
Scientists from UCSF, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have concluded an independent review of the appropriateness of the radiation testing protocols used by the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Navy to assess radiation contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard.
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6 Questions for Keith Yamamoto on Preciscion Medicine at UCSF
In this interview, Keith Yamamoto, PhD, Director of UCSF Precision Medicine, explains why UCSF is considered a leader in the field and describes the "machine" created to fuel new insights and innovation.
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‘Living Fossil’ May Upend Basic Tenet of Evolutionary Theory
UCSF–led research team has discovered the first conclusive evidence that natural selection may also occur at the level of the epigenome and has done so for tens of millions of years.
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Ageless Muscles, Lab-Made Organs, and Other “Better” Parts
Scientists at UCSF are exploring how we can improve our bodies – now and in the future – with science that sounds like sci-fi.
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What Would It Take to End Homelessness?
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Five Years After Abortion, Nearly All Women Say It Was the Right Decision, Study Finds
Five years after having an abortion, over 95 percent of the women in a landmark UCSF study said it was the right decision for them.
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Speech-Disrupting Brain Disease Reflects Patients’ Native Tongue
English and Italian speakers with dementia-related language impairment experience distinct kinds of speech and reading difficulties based on features of their native languages.
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Lifestyle Choices Could Slow Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
A physically and mentally active lifestyle confers resilience to frontotemporal dementia, even in people whose genetic profile makes the eventual development of the disease virtually inevitable.
