A protein that may partly explain why human brains are larger than those of other animals has been identified by...

Two major genetic studies of autism, led in part by UC San Francisco scientists and involving more than 50 laboratories...

UC San Francisco researchers have used brain scans to predict how young children learn to read, giving clinicians a possible...

It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us — which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold...

Brief, acute psychological stress promoted healing in mouse models of three different types of skin irritations, in a study led...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific...

Parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are about one third less likely to have more children...

Despite its potentially harmful effects in children, codeine continues to be prescribed in U.S. emergency rooms, according to new research...

E-cigarettes, promoted as a way to quit regular cigarettes, may actually be a new route to conventional smoking and nicotine...

UC San Francisco researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified by the human brain, offering...

Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be...

Scientists at UC San Francisco are reporting that they have found a way to reverse some of the negative effects...

New research in Nature concludes the eye – which depends on light to see – also needs light to develop...

Scientific studies have suggested that a wandering mind indicates unhappiness, whereas a mind that is present in the moment indicates...

Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in...