• UCSF News
• December 13, 2011

Stem Cell and Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell and other Genetic Diseases

<p>A cure for sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening genetic disorders that arise in the blood is the goal of a new $6.7-million, five-year research project headed by UCSF scientist Y. W. Kan, a pioneer of modern genetics and the diagnosis of genetic diseases before birth.</p>

• December 13, 2011

UCSF to Receive Tobacco Papers, Funding to Improve Public Access to the Documents

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a proposed consent order today with a federal district court that tobacco companies provide $6.25 million to improve free public access to tobacco documents via the Internet. The court will provide this money to the UCSF Legacy Library for this purpose.

• December 12, 2011

UCSF's Blackburn Inducted into the California Hall of Fame

<p>UCSF Nobel laureate&nbsp;Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, whose co-discovery of an enzyme involved in cell aging and cancers opened a whole new field of scientific inquiry, was inducted into the&nbsp;<a href="">California Hall of Fame</a>&nbsp;on Dec. 8, 2011.&nbsp;</p>

• December 12, 2011

Immunity Against the Cold

Throughout the interior spaces of humans and other warm-blooded creatures is a special type of tissue known as brown fat, which may hold the secret to diets and weight-loss programs of the future.

• December 12, 2011

UCSF Senior Vice Chancellor Gives Update on Shuttle Safety

<p>UCSF Senior Vice Chancellor Plotts updated the UCSF community on improvements made to enhance safety of the campus shuttle service since the death of professor Kevin Mack in an accident on July 14.</p>

• December 9, 2011

UCSF Celebrates National Mentoring Month 2012 in Honor of Late Kevin Mack

<p>The UCSF community will celebrate&nbsp;National Mentoring Month in January 2012 with a series of events in&nbsp;honor of the late UCSF professor Kevin Mack, a beloved mentor to both students and colleagues.</p>

• December 8, 2011

Nominations Sought for 2012 Chancellor's Service Awards

• December 8, 2011

Study Challenges Decades-Old Treatment Guidelines for Anorexia

Adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa who receive treatment based on current recommendations for refeeding fail to gain significant weight during their first week in the hospital, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.