Graduate student’s steerable brain device wins big at inventors competition
January 3, 2019
Gopesh Tilvawala is developing a first-of-its-kind catheter to navigate tiny arteries in the brain.
Bulldogs’ screw tails linked to human genetic disease
January 3, 2019
Scientists find the genetic basis for these dogs’ appearance, and link it to a rare inherited syndrome in humans.
The mystery of the super-ager
January 3, 2019
Researchers are trying to figure out the secret to some elderly people's success.
UC’s most buzzworthy research of 2018
December 20, 2018
A looming beer shortage, the gender paradox and consumer products dominated the conversation this year.
The buzz about a malaria prevention drug
December 19, 2018
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, reserarchers are zeroing in on compounds that could prevent the disease.
Depression, anxiety may take same toll on health as smoking and obesity
December 19, 2018
Arthritis, heart disease, stroke — but not cancer — are strongly swayed by psychological status, study finds.
Sex chromosomes hold the secret to female longevity
December 18, 2018
Two X’s and ovaries extend life and protect mice from aging.
How to support a friend facing a medical crisis
December 12, 2018
Cynthia Perlis shares her most important takeaways from 30 years of listening to cancer patients at UCSF.
What’s so controversial about the first gene-edited babies? Experts explain
December 6, 2018
Researcher He Jiankui’s announcement of the first babies with DNA edited as embryos causes concern.
Detecting cancer's ability to spread
December 6, 2018
New sensors detect and measure single cancer cells' potential to metastasize, the leading cause of cancer deaths.