News & Discoveries

November 08, 2018

UCSF Study Shows No Major Changes In Cognition or Physical Function
An innovative San Francisco program of community choirs for older adults found that singing in a choir reduced loneliness and increased interest in life, but did not improve cognition or physical function.

October 30, 2018

Seven UCSF research subject areas were ranked in the top 10 globally by US News & World Report.

October 18, 2018

UCSF researchers discovered a gene that plays an essential role in noise-induced deafness.

October 17, 2018

UCSF scientists are working to understand how concussions cause long-term cognitive damage – and how they might be treated.

October 15, 2018

The UCSF faculty members are among the 75 new members and 10 international members elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

October 12, 2018

A UCSF-led consortium has received a $26.2 million award from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity to develop treatments for traumatic brain injury.

October 10, 2018

Scientists at UCSF and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a new technique for making mice with brains that combine the genetics of two different mouse strains.

October 02, 2018

Ten UCSF postdocs competed to explain complex research in simple language – and in three minutes or less – in the third annual Postdoc Slam held Sept. 26.

October 02, 2018

The National Institutes of Health has awarded six NIH Director’s Awards to early-career UCSF scientists – a record number for the University.

September 24, 2018

New research suggests that phototherapy – a treatment for newborns with jaundice – could increase children’s risk of developing epilepsy.

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