Sugar’s Sick Secrets

How industry forces have manipulated science to downplay the harm

Why Is It So Hard to Study Marijuana?

Marijuana, now legal by a doctor’s order in 29 states and…

Decoding the Mystery of the Super-Ager

Why do some of us seem immune to the ravages of time?

The UCSF Guide to Healthy and Happy Eating

We talked to dozens of experts, and they agree: No fad…

A Devastating Fall, a Climb Back to Health

Traumatic brain injury patients — and the researchers…

The First Genome Surgeons

Scientists have built tools that can cheaply and easily edit DNA. Now they…

Genome Editing Before CRISPR: A Brief History

By Ariel Bleicher

Streets of Pain

A UCSF public health researcher shares his quest to understand the nation's opioid…

The Unbearable Sensation of Being

Some kids find everyday stimuli excruciating. Some scientists are…

Startup Science

How one scientists’s idea for synthetic cells took Silicon Valley by storm