Posts by University of California - San Francisco
Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol
Contrary to popular belief, consuming red meat and white meat such as poultry, have equal effects on blood cholesterol levels, …
Read Full ArticleAlzheimer’s disease is a ‘double-prion disorder’
Two proteins central to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease act as prions — misshapen proteins that spread through tissue like an infection by forcing normal proteins to adopt the same misfolded shape …
Read Full ArticleSpeech synthesis from neural decoding of spoken sentences
A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech …
Read Full ArticleCancer-killing combination therapies unveiled with new drug-screening tool
UC San Francisco scientists have designed a large-scale screen that efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers when combined, …
Read Full ArticlePancreatic beta cell senescence linked to type 1 diabetes onset
A UC San Francisco study of human and mouse pancreatic tissue suggests a new origin story for type 1 (T1) diabetes. …
Read Full ArticleCRISPR gene editing makes stem cells ‘invisible’ to immune system
UC San Francisco scientists have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system to create the first pluripotent stem cells that are functionally “invisible” to the immune system, …
Read Full ArticleCommon pain reliever can improve survival in head and neck cancer
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, …
Read Full ArticleUltra-sturdy bones, with a surprising origin, suggest new osteoporosis approach
A handful of brain cells deep in the brain may play a surprising role in controlling women’s bone density, according to new research by UC San Francisco and UCLA scientists. …
Read Full ArticleCancer researchers identify ‘Achilles heel’ of drug-resistant tumors
UC San Francisco scientists have figured out why some lung cancers become drug-resistant after initially responding to targeted therapies. …
Read Full ArticleRadiotherapy-induced cognitive decline prevented by temporarily shutting down immune response
Treating brain tumors comes at a steep cost, especially for children. More than half of patients who endure radiation therapy for these tumors experience irreversible …
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