In a paper researchers describe a technique that uses a special version of CRISPR developed at UCSF to systematically alter the activity of genes in human neurons generated from stem cells, the first successful merger of stem cell-derived cell types and CRISPR screening technologies.
Study Suggests Tau Tangles, Not Amyloid Plaques, Drive Daytime Napping That Precedes DementiaUCSF scientists show that Alzheimer’s disease directly attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness during the day.
Study Is Step Toward One Day Treating People with Speech LossUCSF scientists have for the first time decoded spoken words and phrases in real time from the brain signals that control speech.
Since 2017, UCSF researchers Winston Chiong and Eddie Chang have led a collaborative neuroethics research project funded by the NIH.
Places Among Nation’s Most Renowned for Excellence in 15 Adult SpecialtiesFor the 21st year, UCSF Health has been listed among the top 10 hospitals nationwide in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals survey.
With New Commitment, Couple’s Total Giving to ‘UCSF: The Campaign’ Reaches $50MThe Susan and Bill Oberndorf Foundation has made a new commitment of $25 million to UCSF psychiatry and the neurosciences, bringing its total giving to "UCSF: The Campaign" to $50 million.
Technology that Uncovered Antibody Has Potential to Identify Other Autoimmune DiseasesUsing advanced technology, scientists have discovered an autoimmune disease that appears to affect men with testicular cancer.
The commitment reflects the ambitions of Atlantic Philanthropies and its founder, Charles “Chuck” Feeney, to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies.
New finding in mice highlights potential postnatal therapeutic target for the disorderUnlike other gene mutations linked to autism, which are thought to alter brain development before birth, the newly identified changes in brain signaling may occur closer to the onset of autism symptoms in the first years of life.
Survey Recognizes Hospitals as 5th Nationwide in Neonatology, Best in Northern California in 4 Other Pediatric Fields UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals rank among the nation’s best in all 10 specialties assessed in the 2019-20 U.S. News & World Report annual survey of Best Children’s Hospitals.