UCSF researchers have made strides toward an HIV cure, showing experimental immunotherapy can help control the virus without ...

Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

How a UCSF Scientist Helped Ban a Chemical Connected to Parkinson’s ...

Or at least that’s what artificial intelligence (AI) experts prophesized in 2016 when they said AI would outperform radiologists within the decade. Today, AI isn’t replacing imaging specialists, but ...

Neurons that promote wakefulness in the brain of an Alzheimer's patient (green). There are far fewer functioning neurons that would be seen in a healthy brain, indicating that the awake system is ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects the structure and function of hemoglobin, reduces the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen efficiently, and progresses to a ...

A generation ago, most people with multiple sclerosis could expect to rely on walkers and wheelchairs or be limited to their bed within 15 years of diagnosis. Today, UC San Francisco’s discoveries are ...

The 150,000-square-foot Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building will fully integrate outpatient mental health care for patients of all ages, nation-leading programs in psychiatry and psychology ...

A protocol comprising dietary supplements and lifestyle changes that claims to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline has drawn media fanfare and critical acclaim from health ...

Mel Hirschkorn Sr. (left) receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from UCSF nurse Patrick Sorensen, RN, at a vaccination drive-through at City College San Francisco. Photo by Susan ...