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UCSF’s Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Accepting Applications for the Spring 2018 Cycle
The Resource Allocation Program (RAP), in partnership with many on-campus sources of research funding, facilitates the dissemination, submission, review and award of intramural research funding opportunities on campus.
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Study Points to Immune System’s Role in Neural Development
A new study shows that an immune signal named interleukin 33 plays a crucial role in allowing the brain to maintain the optimal number of synapses during the development of the central nervous system.
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'Anxiety Cells' Identified in the Brain
For the first time, neuroscientists have identified “anxiety” cells deep inside the brain.
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Researchers Discover 'Anxiety Cells' In The Brain
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Babies Are Being Born Too Early. For Black Women, It's Worse
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Uniquely Human DNA Sequences Control Brain Development
Stretches of DNA that make us uniquely human are partly responsible for controlling neuron growth, according to new research from the Gladstone Institutes and UCSF.
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Scientists pluck a light-sensitive protein from plants to study cancer metastasis
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Is 'Junk DNA' What Makes Humans Unique?
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Could a Protein Called Klotho Block Dementia and Aging?
Denal Dubal, an associate professor of neurology at UCSF, thinks we can use the science of aging to help stave off these neurodegenerative diseases.
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Is Smoking Pot While Pregnant Safe For The Baby?
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Researchers Invent Reversible 'Off-Switch' for Cellular Proteins
UCSF scientists have invented a technique that lets them precisely and reversibly disrupt the action of specific cellular proteins at a microscopic scale by making them split apart when illuminated with blue light.
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Diabetes Makes Bones Less Bendable, More Prone to Fracture
Type 2 diabetes is known to be a risk factor for bone fractures – but exactly how diabetes makes bones more fragile has been unclear.
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Stem Cells Made by Modifying the Epigenome with CRISPR
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E-cigarettes could help you quit smoking – and help your kids start
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New Approach Attacks 'Undruggable' Cancers from the Outside In
Researchers at UCSF have found a way to attack one of the most common drivers of lung, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer by targeting the proteins it produces on the outside of the cell.
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Former Chief Campus Counsel Marcia Canning, UC Stalwart for More Than Three Decades, Dies
Marcia J. Canning, UCSF’s former chief campus counsel, who bolstered the University’s legal services program and served more than three decades in the University of California system, has died. She was 69.
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Byers Distinguished Professorship Awarded to Wendell Lim, Chair of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood announced Wednesday that Brook and Shawn Byers have established the Byers Distinguished Professorship, which will be awarded to Wendell Lim.
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Bo Huang Delivers 2018 Byers Award Lecture on Boundary-Pushing Microscopy
Huang highlighted the microscopy work in his lab that has enabled a clearer understanding of the function of cells and the processes that underlie disease.
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Cavity Prevention Approach Effectively Reduces Tooth Decay
A scientifically based approach that includes a tooth-decay risk assessment, aggressive preventive measures and conservative restorations can dramatically reduce decay in community dental practices.
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A Heartbreaking New Study Shows What Happens to Women After They Are Denied Abortions
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Why the Flu Season is So Bad This Year
UCSF’s Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, an expert in infectious diseases, answered some questions about this year’s flu season.
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UCSF Alum Among 5 UC Entrepreneurs Chosen to Pitch at Global Venture Summit
The University of California announced the five finalists of its new “I am a UC Entrepreneur” contest for alumni.
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UC President Napolitano Talks About Moral Leadership During School of Medicine Retreat
UC President Janet Napolitano kicked off the annual School of Medicine Leadership retreat in a conversation with Dean Talmadge E. King Jr., MD, dean of the School of Medicine.
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Fresno Study Broadens Links Between Air Pollution, Health, DNA
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Researchers Identify Biomarker for Diabetes Risk in People with Obesity
UCSF researchers have discovered a new biological pathway in fat cells that could explain why some people with obesity are at high risk for metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
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Cycling does not harm men's sexual health, study says
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Offers Free Dental Screenings at MLK Jr. Celebration
UCSF will offer free dental screenings to adults and children as part of San Francisco’s 2018 MLK Jr. Celebration, Film & Comic Arts Festival.
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UC Praises Gov. Brown Proposal to Establish Precision Health Institute
Executive Vice President of UC Health John D. Stobo issued a statement in response to Governor Brown’s proposal to establish the California Institute to Advance Precision Health and Medicine.
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UC Issues Statement on Federal Court DACA Ruling
The University of California is pleased and encouraged that the court has granted an injunction to temporarily stop the Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.