Health
The hidden costs of sugar
Americans today consume nearly three times the recommended amount of sugar every day. That's an average of 66 pounds of added sugar per year.
Nov 14, 2014
0
4
University of California, San Francisco
Genetics
The power of precision genomics to understand unique causes of disease in individual patients
A UC San Francisco-led research team has identified the rare genetic mutation responsible for a unique case of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a deadly immune system disorder also known as "boy in the bubble" disease. ...
Dec 1, 2016
0
0
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika in fetal brain tissue responds to a popular antibiotic
Working in the lab, UC San Francisco researchers have identified fetal brain tissue cells that are targeted by the Zika virus and determined that azithromycin, a common antibiotic regarded as safe for use during pregnancy, ...
Nov 30, 2016
0
816
Psychology & Psychiatry
To let neurons talk, immune cells clear paths through brain's 'scaffolding'
To make new memories, our brain cells first must find one another. Small protrusions that bud out from the ends of neurons' long, branching tentacles dock neurons together so they can talk. These ports of cellular chatter—called ...
Jul 6, 2020
0
358
Surgery
For the elderly, physical therapy can help straighten a hunched back
A hunched back affects four out of 10 people over age 65. This extreme forward curvature of the upper back, called hyperkyphosis, increases disability and the risk of falls and fractures, but it's rarely deemed a treatable ...
Jul 20, 2017
0
13
Immunology
Thymic tuft cells play key role in preventing autoimmunity, mouse experiments show
UC San Francisco researchers were recently surprised to discover fully formed gut and skin cells in the thymus, a lemon-sized organ that sits in front of the heart and is responsible for training the T cells of the immune ...
Jul 18, 2018
0
159
Health
Five years after abortion, study finds nearly all women say it was the right decision
Five years after having an abortion, over 95 percent of the women in a landmark UC San Francisco study said it was the right decision for them.
Jan 13, 2020
3
550
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Liver transplants double for alcohol-related liver disease
The proportion of U.S. liver transplants for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has doubled in the last 15 years, in part due to broader acceptance of waiving the mandated period of sobriety before transplants for this ...
Jan 22, 2019
0
3
Neuroscience
Hormone shows promise as cognition enhancer
In a study that augurs well for the therapeutic potential of klotho - a life-extending protein hormone that a minority of people naturally produce at high levels - scientists at UC San Francisco have found that administering ...
Aug 8, 2017
0
168
Neuroscience
Reprogramming the brain's cleaning crew to mop up Alzheimer's disease
The discovery of how to shift damaged brain cells from a diseased state into a healthy one presents a potential new path to treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a new study from researchers at UC ...
Aug 11, 2022
0
150
