University of California San Francisco
The UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes will receive funds totaling $5.6 million over five years as part of the first-ever major funding initiative focusing on HIV eradication.
<p>Findings from a new study by UCSF researchers underscore the need for hospitals to develop approaches to reduce the potential harm of the “July Effect,” when experienced residents graduate and new interns begin their training, so that patients get the best care year round.</p>
<p>Members of the UCSF community only have a few days left to register to walk at AIDS Walk San Francisco, which is slated for Sunday, July 17. Funds may be donated to the cause through mid-August.</p>
An international team led by researchers from UCSF and the nonprofit Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Port St. Lucie, Fla., has received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a strategy to eradicate HIV from the body.
UCSF researchers will play key roles in several newly funded projects that foster collaborations across UC's academic medical centers to identify ways to deliver better health care and safer treatment for patients.
<p>UCSF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has made several important contributions as it supports the University's <em>advancing health worldwide</em> mission.</p>
Researchers at UCSF and in Michigan, North Carolina and Spain have discovered how genetic mutations cause a number of rare human diseases, which include Meckel syndrome, Joubert syndrome and several other disorders.