A UCSF study followed Black kidney donors to see if they faced elevated risks for low kidney function, and found that many ...

Alcohol use disorder is a major cause of disease and premature death worldwide. For people with chronic liver disease (CLD), there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Yet many patients with this ...

UCSF scientists discovered that a small change to a SARS-CoV-2 protein dictates whether the virus lives quietly in bats or ...

Congenital heart disease is a condition primarily associated with infants and children, but that is changing. More adults than children now live with congenital heart disease (ACHD) in the U.S., an ...

S. Andrew Josephson, MD, a master clinician and educator who has led UC San Francisco’s top-ranked Department of Neurology since 2017, has been named the next dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and ...

GLP-1s have shaken up treatment for weight loss with close to 1 in 5 Americans saying they have taken them at some point. Recently, experts shifted attention to the drugs’ effects on the brain. They ...

Life hit a speed bump shortly after her son was born with a congenital heart condition. That’s when Maria, whose name is changed here to protect her and her son’s privacy, realized she needed a new ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the initial illness. The same thing happens for millions of people worldwide with ...

How does origami-like DNA affect brain development? How do cancer-immune cell interactions prevent immune cell activity in tumors? Two breakthrough discoveries by UC San Francisco scientists answer ...

Roughly a quarter of all cancerous tumors are caused by mutations in the KRAS gene, which fosters cell growth. For more than three decades, scientists believed these mutations were impervious to ...

Drinking coffee can protect against atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a common heart rhythm disorder that causes a rapid, irregular heartbeat and can lead to stroke and heart failure. Doctors typically ...