Meet The Team
Each month we introduce you to one of our fantastic team members. Meet Nuriye Sahin-Hodoglugil, DrPH, Fetal Sequencing Program Manager, managing […]
News
April 10, 2023
UCSF Joins Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network
Mary Norton, MD Center Co-Director Mary Norton and team will join the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU) with funding from […]
2023 American Society of Hematology Scholar Award
Kyle Cromer, PhD Center Investigator and Assistant Professor of Surgery Kyle Cromer, PhD, MPhil, is a recipient of this year’s […]
Pharmacokinetics of Chelators in Infants with Alpha Thalassemia Major
Beth Apsel Winger, MD, PhD Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm (San Francisco) In this session, Dr. Winger discussed: This […]
Meet The Team
Each month we introduce you to one of our fantastic team members. Meet Simon Chu, MD, MS, a Surgery Resident […]
First-in-Human In Utero Enzyme Replacement Therapy
“As new treatments become available for children with genetic conditions, we are developing protocols to apply before birth.” Tippi MacKenzie, […]
Meet The Team
Each month we introduce you to one of our fantastic team members. Meet Center Investigator Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS! Q. […]
Meet The Team
“Knowing what your genes hide and what to do about it is the single most important insight for your future. […]
For nonimmune hydrops, prenatal exome sequencing does better than gene panels
Our group has just published a paper comparing our experience with the diagnostic yield of exome sequencing with targeted gene […]
A new mechanism of maternal-fetal tolerance
Working in mice, the researchers have found that a recently discovered subset of cells in the immune system may prevent the mother’s immune system from attacking the placenta and fetus. If the research is confirmed in further animal studies, and the cells play a similar role in people, they could point the way toward new therapies for pregnancies that are threatened by defects in immune tolerance.