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- What can one invention make possible? With support from federal research funding, UCSF scientists are developing an artificial kidney that could one day eliminate the need for dialysis or a donor organ. See how investment in science drives impact: tiny.ucsf.edu/i9bINg
- What if monitoring low-risk prostate cancer was better than treating it? UCSF first asked that question three decades ago. A new JAMA study shows surveillance has become the standard, with 93% of veterans undergoing monitoring over surgery or radiation.
- School sports are back. And so are preventable injuries. @UCSFChildrens sports medicine specialist Nirav Pandya, MD, shares what parents should know before their child hits the field this season.
- A deadly fungus kills about 3,000 U.S. patients a year. A new UCSF study reveals how Candida auris hijacks the immune system to survive on skin. The findings could lead to new ways to protect high-risk patients.
