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Could These Tiny Organs Save Millions of Lives?

UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They ...
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New Program at UCSF and UC Berkeley Will Drive Advances in Medicine

UCSF and UC Berkeley have launched a joint program to develop the frontier of AI in biomedicine and accelerate advances in ...
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What to Know About Menopause: Latest Guidance to Empower Women

UCSF experts explain menopause symptoms, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), benefits, risks, and new guidelines to help women ...
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FDA Clears Zyn: Will Nicotine Pouches Hook a New Generation?

UCSF’s Dr. Pamela Ling explains why the FDA’s Zyn ruling risks a new generation of nicotine addiction, despite being marketed ...
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UCSF Screens First Patients in Novel Alzheimer’s Trial

The first two patients with early or asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease will be screened this week for a novel national clinical trial led by UC San Francisco. This is the first large-scale trial to ...
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Genetic Test Ranks Risk for Black People Hoping to Donate a Kidney

A UCSF study followed Black kidney donors to see if they faced elevated risks for low kidney function, and found that many ...
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Why it Might Be Time to Reassess Your Long-term Prostate Medication

Researchers found that one in three men had minimal symptomatic benefits from tamsulosin, the most commonly prescribed medication for older men with a form of urinary tract infections, and suggest ...