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UCSF's David Julius is the recipient of the 2017 Human Frontier Science Program Nakasone Award, which honors scientists who have made key breakthroughs in fields at the forefront of the life sciences.

UCSF held a veterans job fair and open house Nov. 7 to connect with veterans in our community seeking employment advice and opportunities.

Stephen McLeod has been appointed editor-in-chief of Ophthalmology, the official journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

University of California President Janet Napolitano and the UC chancellors issued a statement regarding the presidential election results.

Smartphone use directly correlates with sleep, with greater use demonstrating a significant association with shorter sleep duration and worse sleep efficiency, according to researchers at UCSF.

UCSF researchers are learning more about what guides the formation of crystals that malaria parasites leave behind so they can work toward new treatments.

Recreational marijuana is now legal in California, but it’s still prohibited at the University of California.

People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to also drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks.

Children, teens and parents explored more than 150 hands-on science exhibits, games, experiments and shows at during the Bay Area Science Festival’s 6th annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park on Nov. 5.

Researchers at UCSF are pioneering a new technique, known as quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, or qMRI, that can reveal the earliest signs of cartilage damage, a precursor to osteoarthritis.

More than 35,000 kids, teens and parents will unleash their inner scientist at the Bay Area Science Festival’s 6th annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park on Nov. 5.

Low income and Latina pregnant women who seek care at ZSFG have widespread exposure to environmental pollutants, many of which show up in higher levels in newborns.

Graduate student Lauren Rodda captured a microscopic mage of a mouse gut, which highlights her work to understand the germinal center, where immune cells compete to be the best at recognizing an invading pathogen.

UCSF's schools of Dentistry and Medicine have helped to craft a unified and definitive set of classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome.

The tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Mexico could prevent hundreds of thousands of adults from developing Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease while saving approximately $1 billion in health care costs.

Certain foods — particularly processed foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat — don’t just taste good, they also can be addictive, said scientists at a UCSF symposium on food and addiction.

More than one in four older adults have not engaged in planning for end-of-life care or directives, despite significant public efforts to encourage the practice.

Maureen Brodie has been named the new director of the UCSF Office of the Ombuds.

John C. Greene, dean emeritus of the UCSF School of Dentistry, died at age 90. Greene served as dean from 1981 to 1995.

A microscopic image of a mouse leg that has been reconstructed with a stem cell transplant shows what may one day help patients regrow new muscle after a major surgery.