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The ideal therapy for a disease works exclusively at the site of the disease. But when it comes to the brain, which is wrapped in a protective barrier and contains thousands of different cell types, this ideal is very hard to…

Oakland artist Adia Millett has been commissioned to create public art at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. She’s the third local artist to add their work to the hospital grounds. Echoing stained glass, Millett’s portfolio of…

People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected, according to experts at UC San Francisco and Harvard, who made the recommendations after finding…

The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers potential clues to why some people develop…

Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, who has played a leading role in improving tuberculosis care around the world, has been named executive director of UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences. Nahid, who joined UCSF more than 20 years ago,…

UCSF has been honored as a “Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Students” by the U.S. State Department for the 2023-2024 academic year. The designation — one of several times UCSF has made the prestigious list — was…

Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research from UC San Francisco that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could severely restrict access to one of the…

Music has been central to human cultures for tens of thousands of years, but how our brains perceive it has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a precise map of what is happening in the…

UC San Francisco received the most funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of any public university in 2023, driving one of the most diverse portfolios of scientific research in the nation. It is the 17th year in a row that…

UC San Francisco will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID. The move follows research indicating that the virus can continue to linger throughout the body and may hold the key to…