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UCSF Study Sheds Light on the Reasons Behind Sex Differences in Myocarditis

In the past several years, myocarditis has been of public interest because of cases associated with vaccines for SARS-CoV2 or related conditions. Another form of myocarditis has been linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) used in cancer care. ICI-induced myocarditis is a potentially fatal

Community Car Show Brings Cancer Screening Awareness to Mission Bay

UCSF Hosts First Lady Jill Biden to Discuss Breast Cancer Research

First Lady Jill Biden, PhD, met with top UC San Francisco cancer leaders during a visit Friday to hear about UCSF’s breast cancer research and progress on the National Cancer Moonshot. The visit was timed to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Hosted by Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president

NIH initiative to systematically investigate and establish function of every human gene

The National Institutes of Health is launching a program to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene. The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC) program, managed by the National

Hackathon Prepares Young Researchers for the Collaborative Science of the Future

Bioscience discovery is not a solo pursuit. Confronted with mountains of genomic data, it takes a team of researchers with complementary expertise to glean gemlike insights. On a sunny Friday, teams of aspiring young scientists gathered in the Clinical Sciences building at Parnassus Heights, looking

UCSF Develops First of Its Kind Robotic Surgery Trial in Partnership with FDA

UCSF Health is recruiting patients for the only FDA-approved study of the use of single port robotic technology for colorectal surgery in the United States. UC San Francisco clinical investigators Ankit Sarin, MD, FACS, and Hueylan Chern, MD, initiated the study which will evaluate whether single

Drug Turns Cancer Gene Into “Eat Me” Flag for Immune System

Tumor cells are notoriously good at evading the human immune system; they put up physical walls, wear disguises and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks. Now, UC San Francisco researchers have developed a drug that overcomes some of these barriers, marking cancer cells for destruction by