War and aging play particular havoc with the human brain, a fact that has mobilized and energized researchers and clinicians at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC).
Jonathan “Jack” Rodnick, a national leader in family medicine, highly effective clinical educator and excellent role model, died unexpectedly on Saturday.
Recent power outages have prompted UCSF safety officials to remind the campus community to use the emergency telephone for a direct line to the UCSF Police when trapped in an elevator.
Morphine's serious side effect as a pain killer – its potential to create dependency – has been almost completely eliminated in research with mice by genetically modifying a single trait on the surface of neurons. The study scientists think a drug can be developed to similarly block dependency.