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The Malaria Elimination Group, an independent international advisory group on malaria elimination convened by the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), gathered in the Ezulwini Valley for its tenth meeting to celebrate Swaziland’s achievements. The meeting was opened on November 16, 2015 by Swaziland’s Minister of Health, Honorable Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane.
In the first U.S. safety trial of a new form of immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes, patients experienced no serious adverse reactions after receiving infusions of as many as 2.6 billion cells that had been specially selected to protect the body’s ability to produce insulin.
A new study led by UCSF researchers has found that mice who spend too much time in their thermal “comfort zone” while gorging on fatty foods more than double their risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to mice who stayed cool while eating the same diet.
The annual staff appreciation events not only recognize the collective contributions of staff, but they also build on other UCSF initiatives designed to foster community.
Louis Ptacek and William Seeley have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
In his new role as UCSF’s first vice chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy, Keith Yamamoto will lead efforts to position the University optimally by influencing and shaping science policy at the state and national levels.
The UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center is a one-stop, interdisciplinary clinic offering the wide range of services necessary for mental and physical evaluation and care – and if deemed appropriate, a healthy transition – for children diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
David Jablons, the chief of thoracic surgery at UCSF Medical Center, balances his career in research and health care, with a growing business making award-winning artisan cheeses.
It is worthwhile to give patients expensive new drugs that can cure their hepatitis C much earlier than some insurers are now willing to pay for them, according to a UCSF study.
At a town hall meeting on Nov. 16, UCSF leaders described the goals of UCSF Health, a new health care system that expands the delivery of care throughout the Bay Area.
UCSF researchers has discovered that single-celled yeast have sensory biases that can be hacked by a carefully engineered illusion, a finding that could be used to develop new approaches to fighting diseases such as cancer.
Thomas Vail, James L. Young Professor and chair of orthopaedic surgery at UCSF, has been selected to a one-year term as vice president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
One in 20 survivors of gunshot violence in an urban area with high crime died within five years, mainly by homicide, according to the results of a study that tracked patients after hospital discharge.
Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF, has been named the first woman president of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences.
The Bay Area Science Festival has grown in just five years to become the region’s largest science education event, with two weeks of exhibitions, talks and parties all dedicated to celebrating the wonders of science.
A study that tracked tens of thousands of midlife and older men for more than 20 years has found that vigorous exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits may cut their chances of developing a lethal type of prostate cancer by up to 68 percent.
UCSF researchers have found a human gene that could one day allow physicians to correct congenital deformities, regrow damaged fingers, or even mend a broken heart.
A wave of specialized immune cells entering the skin in early life may induce tolerance to the hundreds of species of so-called friendly bacteria that live on the surface of the body.
A $10 million gift from The Parker Foundation, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker, will establish a new research laboratory within the UCSF Diabetes Center devoted to understanding autoimmunity.
On Nov. 16, 2015, 17 low-income San Franciscans will graduate from the EXCEL program at UC San Francisco and begin the next step along their path into the health care field.
The trajectory of Bruce Miller’s work is emblematic of the integration seen within the entire neurosciences field over the last decade, as its broad range of disciplines attract unprecedented levels of investment.
The Atlantic Philanthropies is awarding UCSF and Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, $177 million to create the Global Brain Health Institute, a groundbreaking venture to stem the precipitous rise in dementia by training and connecting a new generation of leaders worldwide.
The highest honor of the American College of Rheumatology has been awarded to David Wofsy, director of the Russell/Engleman Rheumatology Research Center at UCSF.