• September 29, 2011

Breast Cancer Month: Time to Take Stock of UCSF Advances

<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.</p>

• September 28, 2011

Breast Cancer Facts

• September 28, 2011

The Battle Against Breast Cancer

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.

• September 28, 2011

How Normal Cells Become Brain Cancers

Brain tumor specimens taken from neurosurgery cases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has given scientists a new window on the transformation that occurs as healthy brain cells begin to form tumors

• September 27, 2011

New UCSF Students Fill Millberry Gym for Orientation Event

<p>UCSF welcomes hundreds of first-year students, who are members of an entering class that hale from 44 states and 55 countries in addition to the United States and consist of&nbsp;66 percent women.&nbsp;</p>

• September 27, 2011

Leaders Discuss Transforming Global Health Education

<p>Some of the biggest names in the field of global health came to UCSF recently to discuss to work together to improve the education of health professionals in the United States and around the world.</p>

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• September 26, 2011

Brown Fat Research Heats Up, Fuels Dreams of Weight Loss

<p>A type of fat known as brown fat combined with a stimulating environment appears to help burn calories, at least in a mouse, and maybe even in humans. The findings further fuel enthusiasm for research aimed at converting white fat to brown fat.</p>

• September 26, 2011

Addiction Scientist Receives Presidential Early Career Award

Gallo neuroscientist Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, receives President’s Early Career Award, in recognition of her studies on the effects of drug use and stress on the adolescent brain, aimed at developing strategies to mitigate drug dependence.

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• September 26, 2011

Obesity Clues in Humans May Be Unearthed First in a Worm

<p>Obesity research in overweight humans may soon be guided by genetic studies of eating behavior, metabolism and fat storage in the nematode worm, <em>C elegans</em>.</p>

• September 26, 2011

Interactive Mobile App from UCSF and QuantiaMD Teaches People How to Manage Diabetes

A new interactive mobile phone app called DiabetesIQ challenges people to test their knowledge of diabetes and to compete with one another as they learn about the complexities of the disease.

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• September 26, 2011

"QB3 Startup in a Box" Helps UC Entrepreneurs Launch Companies

Biophysicist Adam Abate was the perfect trial candidate for a program called the "QB3 Startup in a Box," which aims at tearing down the obstacles for University of California entrepreneurs and offering guidance and connections ranging from grant-writing to business accounts to legal consultations.

• September 23, 2011

UC Program to Accelerate Translational Research Across State

<p>Imagine a statewide research engine of pooled resources, data, and expertise that accelerates the “translation” of academic research to direct patient benefit. This is the goal of the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program.</p>

• September 23, 2011

UCSF to Host Health Care Fraud Prevention Seminar on September 27

<p>Health care practitioners are invited to learn how to prevent fraud committed through medical identity theft during a seminar in UCSF's Cole Hall Auditorium on September 27.</p>

• September 22, 2011

Media Advisory: Swim Across America to Raise Funds for UCSF Child Cancer Care

Olympians and swimming enthusiasts will take part in Swim Across America’s (SAA) sixth annual San Francisco Bay Area Open Water Swim.

• September 22, 2011

New Pediatric Website Streamlines Access to Clinical Trials

<p>UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Division of General Pediatrics has developed a large collection of &nbsp;pediatric clinical trials, which are now readily accessible via a new website that features&nbsp;the latest news and information on UCSF’s general clinical trials with children.&nbsp;</p>

• September 22, 2011

UCSF Chancellor to Deliver State of University Address on October 4

<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will share a glimpse of UCSF’s future on Tuesday, Oct. 4 when she delivers the State of the University address.</p>

• September 21, 2011

International Surgeons Learn Life-Changing Procedures from UCSF/SFGH Surgeons

<p>UCSF surgeons at the Institute for Global Orthopaedics & Traumatology hosted a symposium designed to provide hands-on training in trauma care to physicians from around the world.</p>