As Both Therapy and Tool for Drug Discovery, Stem Cells Present Parallel Opportunities for TreatmentInternational team of researchers report progress in using stem cells to develop new therapies for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, a rare genetic condition affecting boys that can be fatal before 10 years of age.
Results Lend Support to Arguments for "Personalized Education" in Classrooms, Researchers SayUCSF study conducted in songbirds shows that what at first appear to be genetic constraints on birds’ song learning abilities could be largely eliminated by tailoring instruction to better match the birds’ inborn predispositions.
UCSF, UC Berkeley Join Forces to Advance Care, Research and Screening, Implement Effective SolutionsThe center will be a a two-campus multidisciplinary clinical and research alliance between UCSF and UC Berkeley.
This fall, RAP introduces two new funding opportunities for neuroscience researchers, a new award for health services research, and grant supplements to support diversity and inclusion.
UCSF scientists who identified the only human gene known to promote “natural short sleep” have discovered a second.
Researchers discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor,” which they think it can be used as a tool for studying chronic pain and inflammation, and may eventually lead to the development of new kinds of non-opioid pain relievers.
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.