The Reality of Brain Trauma in Sports Recently, concern about the long-term effects of head trauma related to contact sports has skyrocketed. At the center of the...
Zika Outbreak Prompts Emergency Research at UCSF The recent outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America correlates with a spike in birth defects, the first...
The Militarization of Cells Once every academic quarter, the UCSF Mission Bay campus takes on a new character. Normally unlocked buildings are barricaded and...
Genome Editing Opens Brave New World From Brave New World to Gattaca, the repercussions of gaining genetic control over people’s traits has constantly preoccupied science fiction...
How the brain forms The human brain can process a picture in just 13 milliseconds. The cellular functions underlying this incredible processing speed involve...
Understanding Immune Tolerance The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...