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By Alan Toth Leanne Jones, PhD, will join UCSF from UCLA to lead the new Bakar Aging Research Institute. UC San Francisco is launching the Bakar Aging Research Institute (BARI), a scientific community that aims to translate breakthroughs...

First recognized for stabilizing blood pressure, ACE2 also offers a deadly handshake to the coronavirus. By Pete Farley UCSF Magazine Winter 2021 In the now ubiquitous computer-generated image of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has ricocheted...

Experiments Point to New Synergistic Treatment Possibilities By Jeffrey Norris A breast cancer tumor and its microenvironment is shown in a live mouse model. Image by NIH Many cancer patients might respond better to treatments with the...

EPISODE SUMMARY Tissue biologist Sarah Knox has long been fascinated with saliva and how the glands that make it develop. Just when she begins to doubt whether her singular passion will lead to real-world impact, an old family friend...

DNA Markers in Cells of MDD Sufferers Appear 2 Years Older than in Healthy Controls, Researchers Say By Alan Toth Cells from individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) were found to have higher than expected rates of methylation at...

By Robin Marks Pancreatic cancer cells. Cancer starts with mutations in a cell’s DNA, but new UC San Francisco research shows that the endurance of a tumor relies on its ability to rapidly evolve and adapt to challenges brought about by...

By Laura Kurtzman Medical workers may be more willing than the general public to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but racial-ethnic differences in vaccination intentions exist in both groups, a new survey from UC San Francisco has found. The survey...

By Laura Kurtzman Rachel Muster (third from right), a medical student at UCSF, looks at a lung scan during rounds in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unity at UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. The team includes Saned Raouf (left), MD,...

Cells Called Astrocytes Can Independently Promote Longer or Deeper Sleep in Mice, a New Study Shows By Lindzi Wessel For something we spend one-third of our lives doing, we still understand remarkably little about how sleep works – for...