Atul Butte, who championed the use of big data in science and health care and inspired a generation of trainees at UC San ...

Many experts believe that social isolation is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, but a new study found that the disease ...

In an article appearing June 23 in the cardiology journal Circulation, the UCSF group reports on the successful treatment of a patient with sudden and severe (acute fulminant) myocarditis using an ...

Health trackers keep tabs on nearly 1 in 4 Americans at this point. Professor of Medicine Sandeep Kishore, MD, PhD, MSc, ...

Scientists found a way to identify and possibly treat a mysterious type of bladder cancer that affects up to 1 in 4 cases.

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 ...

A New System Aims to Save Injured Brains and Lives. The New York Times May 20, 2025 . Prenatal Genetic Therapy for SMA Shows Promise in a Mouse Study. STAT May 14, 2025 . 22 Top Travel Shoes for ...

UC San Francisco is leading revolutions in health – and those revolutions often start in the lab. From basic science to clinical research, we are constantly pushing scientific boundaries and earning ...

For decades, doctors have noticed a rare burst of visual creativity that occurs among a small number of patients with dementia, echoing the same strange phenomenon among patients who have had a stroke ...

“Many of health’s mysteries are waiting to be solved through the study of oral microbiota,” said Michael Reddy, DMD, DMSc, dean of the School of Dentistry and associate vice chancellor, Oral Health ...

Scientists at UCSF and Contineum Therapeutics have developed a drug that spurs the body to replace the protective insulation around nerve cells, myelin, that is lost in multiple sclerosis. If it works ...

David Julius in his office at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Photo by Steve Babuljak. David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular ...