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Is oxytocin the new "love hormone"? Find out here
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Removing the Oxytocin Receptor Does Not Interfere with Monogamy or Giving Birth. Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at UC San Francisco and Stanford Medicine shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may n
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Aggressive surgery improves survival in patients with low-grade brain tumo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the findings of a study led by UC San Francisco, the progression of a low-grade, slow-growing brain tumour to a deadly one can be delayed if neurosurgeons remove as much as possible soon after diagnosis.
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COVID-19 vaccines prior to infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A study in California prisons found recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but Infection risk remains high. Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in California prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to an analysis b
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Study finds new infant gene therapy to treat Artemis-SCID patients
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ten young infants born without functioning immune systems and unable to fight infections are on track for better lives thanks to a new gene therapy procedure developed at UC San Francisco.
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Research: Killing pancreatic cancer with T cells that supercharge themselv
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered T cells to produce a potent anti-cancer cytokine, but only when they encounter tumour cells.
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Prenatal classes cut moms' depression in half: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later, a new UC San Francisco study finds. In the study, one of the first to look at outcomes so far into the future, pregnant women who participated in a group wellness class that met weekly for eight weeks
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Specific immune cells cause myocarditis in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center identified particular immune cells that cause lethal cardiac damage in a small subsection of cancer immunotherapy patients.
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Research: Dozens of gut bacteria associated with multiple sclerosis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): An international research consortium led by UC San Francisco scientists has shown significant differences between the gut bacteria profiles of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy individuals, as well as between MS patients receiving different dru
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Sleep quality is more important than quantity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): According to researchers at UC San Francisco, people who are gifted with genes that pack the benefits of slumber into an efficient time window, show psychological resilience and resistance to neurodegenerative conditions that may fend off neurological disease
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Only alcohol among caffeine, diet or lack of sleep might trigger heart rhy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 26 (ANI): New research from UC San Francisco that tested possible triggers of a common heart condition, including caffeine, sleep deprivation and sleeping on the left side, found that only alcohol use was consistently associated with more episodes of the heart arrhy
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Study finds only alcohol triggers heart arrythmia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
San Francisco [US], November 24 (ANI): According to research at UC San Francisco, it was found out that while the common heart condition is triggered by caffeine, sleep deprivation and sleeping on the left side, alcohol is the only one that was associated with heart arrhythmia (improper beat
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For new patients with paralysis, tighter blood pressure management may lea
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Patients with new spinal cord injuries whose blood pressure is maintained within a newly defined range during surgery may stand a better chance of regaining some mobility and functionality - even in patients with the most devastating injuries - according t
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