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By Nicholas Weiler lea-grinberg-and-josh-kornbluth-lab.jpg Lea Grinberg (right), MD, PhD. Memory loss is the most common symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, but many patients also experience problems with language, spatial awareness, and other...

550_women_web.jpg Regardless of how long you’ve worked at UC, you’ve probably noted that women hold respected leadership positions throughout the university and that there are programs in place to champion their knowledge, insight and...

mother-and-child.jpg New mothers who are entitled to paid maternity leave beyond a few weeks’ duration are more likely to have better mental and physical health. In turn, their offspring have a slightly reduced likelihood of infant death...

By Nina Bai As cases of the novel coronavirus infection, COVID-19, increase across the U.S., many people may be feeling anxious. We spoke to UC San Francisco psychologist Elissa Epel , PhD, who studies stress, about the difference between...

In Mouse Study, Stem Cells Migrated to Proper Locations in Fetal Brain and Body, Differentiated Into Cells That Produce Crucial Missing Protein By Robin Marks Administering stem cell or enzyme therapy in utero may be a path to alleviating...

Nadine Burke Harris Delivers Annual Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture By Rebecca Wolfson nadine-burke-harris-health-policy-lecture-ucsf-.jpg Nadine Burke Harris speaks in Cole Hall at UCSF’s Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Susan...

Computational Study Identifies a Dozen Other Drugs, All of Which Reduce Inflammation By Laura Kurtzman Lansoprazole, an over-the-counter acid reflux drug that is often taken by pregnant women may be a promising therapy to reduce preterm...

Betty J. Dong, PharmD ’72 , is the recipient of the 2019 Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) for her trailblazing career in clinical pharmacy and her “superb teaching and on-the-mark...

By Lisa Cisneros laura-vantvee.jpg Laura van ’t Veer Leading UC San Francisco experts will take the stage next week at Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC), where they will present their pioneering work spanning the spectrum from...

By Suzanne Leigh A tobacco company that diversified into the food and drink business targeted black and Hispanic consumers in the same way as they had courted them as cigarette smokers, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers...