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"The Wait for Life" Highlights Organ Sharing Debate, with UCSF's Liver Transplant Service at the Cen
A difficult conundrum for the nation's transplant patients was aired September 22 when the news program <i>California Connected </i>featured UCSF's liver transplant program.
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New Nikon Imaging Center opens at UCSF
Nikon Instruments, UCSF and the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) announced today the opening of a collaborative core microscopy imaging center to promote education and innovation in microscopy imaging.
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UCSF Stands to Gain from Proposition 1D on Nov. 7 Ballot
UCSF will be one of the beneficiaries if voters approve Proposition 1D, the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, on the November 7 ballot.
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Bloomingdale's Grand Opening Raises $210,000 for UCSF Children's Hospital
Mayor Gavin Newsom and Barbara and Gerson Bakar were among those attending Tuesday's grand opening of Bloomingdale's at the Westfield San Francisco Centre.
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Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Q & A with Naomi Stotland, MD
Putting on a few extra pounds during pregnancy has been thought to be a normal and healthy part of the gestational process. But what happens when a woman gains too much weight, or too little?
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Students Learn About Teamwork During Interprofessional Education Day
For the first time in UCSF history, first-year students from all four schools learned the importance of teamwork in patient safety.
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UC Says Fastow Implicated Banks in Enron Fraud
Sworn testimony by former Enron chief financial officer Andy Fastow, which was made public for the first time today (Sep. 26), coupled with internal documents detailing the scheme, makes it clear that Enron's banks were not innocent bystanders in one of the greatest corporate scandals in our nation's history — but that these financial institutions served as the actual masterminds behind the scheme to defraud investors.
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Fueled by major grant, scientists to identify protein markers for cancer
A team led by Bay Area scientists is one of five nationwide to receive a major grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to refine and standardize the technologies for identifying biomarkers in the blood -- specific proteins, and the patterns they make -- for the early detection of cancer.
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German Science Stirs (with a UCSF Spin), Part 2 of 2
Volker Doetsch, director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Frankfurt's Goethe University, explains how science is flourishing in Germany, thanks to strong government support, particularly for infrastructure and staff. America, take note.
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Organ Transplant System the Focus of "The Wait for Life"
For this <i>California Connected </i>news story about long waiting times for liver transplants, producer Jon Dann filmed interviews with UCSF physicians John Roberts, MD and Nathan Bass, MD, PhD; interviews with UCSF patients Eric De Leon and Anthony Montoya; and coverage of the living-donor liver transplant performed on August 31, where baby Brooke received part of a new liver from her mother, Betty.
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Swim Raises $100,000 for UCSF Children's Hospital Cancer Program
The West Coast's first "Swim Across America" event on Saturday raised $100,000 for the Survivors of Childhood Cancer Program at UCSF Children's Hospital.
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Lasker Foundation: The Winners on Film
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 57, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to receive the 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
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Smokers of menthol cigarettes may have harder time quitting
Although menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system, menthol cigarettes may be harder to quit, according to a UCSF-led study that tracked more than 1,200 smokers over 15 years.
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UCSF to Share Parnassus Redesign Guidelines, Campus Plan
The campus community is invited to comment on design guidelines for enhancing the Parnassus Heights campus on Friday, Sept. 29.
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UCSF Orthopedic Surgeon Volunteers Her Time to National Women's Soccer
Allen recently returned from a trip to Russia and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) U-20 Women's World Cup Championship, where she was the team physician for the US women's under-20 soccer team. She traveled with the team for three weeks during the tournament, which took place at stadiums in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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UCSF one of top universities in 2005 NIH research funding
UCSF was the fourth largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2005, receiving a total of $452.2 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to rankings released by NIH.
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Regents Approve Preliminary Planning for New Hospital Complex at Mission Bay
UCSF got the green light to pursue plans to build a new hospital complex for children's, women's and cancer services at Mission Bay.
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UCSF Conference on Women and AIDS
Female AIDS researchers from 16 countries gathered this week for the UCSF Conference on Women and AIDS, hosted by UCSF AIDS researcher, Nancy Padian, PhD, MPH, who is teaching these researchers from around the globe how to build a network to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Padian is currently researching the diaphragm as an effective HIV prevention method in Zimbabwe with a $40 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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UCSF Plays Pivotal Role as UC is Named Most Successful in Tech Transfer
A study from the Milken Institute, an independent think tank, finds that the University of California system averaged the highest level of licensing income annually from its research discoveries in biotechnology. "Mind to Market: A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization" looks at how well institutions of higher education do at commercialization, the process of turning intellectual property into business startups and licensing income.
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San Francisco hosts "Swim Across America" to raise funds for UCSF Children's Hospital
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UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines Part 2 of 2
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German Science Stirs (with a UCSF Spin), Part 1 of 2
Volker Doetsch, director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Frankfurt's Goethe University, compares and contrasts the world of basic science at UCSF and in his home country.
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Osher Center presents weekend workshop with renowned Ayurvedic expert
A world-renowned expert on Ayurveda, an ancient holistic approach to health that originated in India thousands of years ago, will present a lecture and workshop in late October.
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QB3 "Garage" for Biotech Start-ups Offers Look Inside
QB3 recently welcomed visitors to its new Garage, where enterprising scientists are working to translate their ideas into biotech discoveries.
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Gladstone Researchers Identify Enzyme that May Protect Against Plaque Build Up Causing Alzheimers
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a potential new avenue for reducing the build up of toxic amyloid (Ab) proteins, which are suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Prelude to "Swim Across America,"
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UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines Part 1 of 2
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UCSF launches Women's Global Health Scholars Program
UCSF's Women's Global Health Imperative welcomes this week 28 women scientists from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America for the start of a yearlong leadership-training program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center.
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Five Breast Cancer Research Projects Receive State Funding
Five UCSF projects will be funded from the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation.