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Surprise! It’s a Nobel Prize

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

UCSF’s David Julius won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on pain sensation. “It was really a shock,” he says.

Surgical Procedure Helps Cancer Patients Face Themselves Again

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

For patients with skin cancer & facial sarcoma, reconstructing the face with skin grafted from the leg may result in poor color match. A new technique pioneered by UCSF surgeons uses pigmented tissue to achieve a better match.

Rapidly Responding to Long COVID

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.

Can This Controversial New Drug Curb Alzheimer’s Disease?

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

UCSF neurologist Gil Rabinovici, MD, explains the controversy and shares why he thinks Alzheimer’s care is entering a new era “regardless of whether aducanumab proves to be a blockbuster or a bust.”

The Long Haul

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

A concerted research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.

Five Questions for Monica Gandhi

UCSF Health — December 13, 2021

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine, has been an ardent voice for science during the coronavirus pandemic.

Type O blood shortage

UCI Health — December 12, 2021

The nation continues to face a blood shortage and the UCI Blood Donor Center is in dire need of blood donations. All blood types are needed, but there is a critical need for Type O. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Red Cross has dealt with low blood supplies, but…

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