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Researchers at UCSF and Stanford University have discovered a key mechanism responsible for the activity of a commonly prescribed drug for treating multiple sclerosis (MS), which they hope will spur better therapies for the disease.
All faculty members are invited to participate in welcoming activities and learn more about the University this September.
From the A-bomb to XP, James Cleaver has become an expert on DNA repair and the "fundamental derangement" we know as cancer...
Just a few weeks ago, they were finishing high school. Today, they're trying to reprogram the "molecular bar code" that distinguishes one part in a cell from another. Six pre-college students and one undergraduate are working with UCSF graduate student and postdoc mentors to fashion a new kind of organelle inside a living cell.
UCTV programming will air nightly from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. on EATV2, the educational access channel recently launched by City College of San Francisco.
UCSF postdoctoral scholars Thomas M. Huckaba, PhD, and Melissa R. Junttila, PhD, have been named among 18 new Damon Runyan Fellows by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation at the Foundation's May 2007 Scientific Advisory Committee review. Recipients of the prestigious, three-year award are outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and translational cancer research in the laboratories of leading senior investigators across the country.
Suspect Robert Dentley was arrested during the commission of an auto burglary at the Millberry Union garage on July 24.
UCSF Children's Hospital will hold a special reunion picnic for children--from infants to teens--who are transplant patients.
Molly Cooke, MD, FACP, has been elected to a four-year term as a Member-at-Large of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).
Two new large-scale genomic studies have honed in on the main genetic pathway associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), while also uncovering new genetic variations in the disease and suggesting a possible link between MS and other autoimmune diseases.
UCSF surgeon scientist Hobart Harris has sepsis in his sights and movies on his mind...
Eric Small, who leads the Prostate Cancer Program, has been appointed director of investigational therapeutics in the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Campus shuttle service on weekends between the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses will be discontinued, among other changes to take effect on July 30.
KPFA's Peter Laufer addresses a recent study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that predicts, based on the current rate of increase in obesity in the U.S., that 75 percent of adults will be overweight by 2015 and 41 percent will be obese. The study also found 66 percent of adults were overweight or obese between 2003 and 2004.
UCSF recently invited parents to learn how to help their children prepare academically and financially for college.
Federal funding for abstinence education is on the rise: a proposed $191 million dollars for 2008, up $28 million from 2007. But recent studies are raising questions, finding no difference in sexual activity between kids with abstinence education and those without. <i>On Point</i>, produced by WBUR-FM, Boston, examines the effectiveness of sex education for children and adolescents in the current climate of increased federal funding for abstinence education programs.
One of the ways that UCSF helps to provide a supportive work environment for staff is by offering mentoring opportunities, such as the Turnaround Program.
The UCSF Palliative Care Program has been named by the American Hospital Association as one of the top three programs nationwide for its innovative efforts to provide end-of-life care. The program receives the AHA annual Circle of Life Award in a San Diego ceremony on July 23.
UCSF is offering a drop-in immunization clinic in the Mission District to give children the vaccines they need to start school. Parents are encouraged to bring their children if they have not yet received their shots.
A video perspective on how the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institute hopes to turn youthful curiosity into a career...
Three UCSF faculty members have been selected to lead a national discussion about the importance of effective collaboration in global health research.
UCSF recently received full accreditation by an international organization, which evaluates institutions that use animals in research, teaching or testing.
A new law requires hospitals to rapidly report to the state Department of Health Services incidents involving or posing the risk of unexpected death or serious injury to patients.