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Archive: Chancellors at UCSF, KC University place friendly wager on World Series
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Archive: Soft Drinks Might Be Rotting Your DNA
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Archive: UCSF Researchers Identify Key Factor in Transition from Moderate to Problem Drinking
A team of UCSF researchers has found that a tiny segment of genetic material known as a microRNA plays a central role in the transition from moderate drinking to alcohol use disorders.
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Archive: It’s Wine and Cheese vs. Barbecue and Jazz as UCSF, UM-Kansas City Stake Wager on World Series
The chancellors of the leading public research universities of Kansas City and San Francisco have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the 2014 World Series.
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Archive: A lifetime of sugary sodas may be 4.6 years shorter
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Archive: National Senior Citizens Law Center Honors Estes
On the evening of Oct. 17, the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC) honored UC San Francisco School of Nursing’s Carroll Estes, PhD, with the organization’s Second Annual Paul Nathanson Distinguished Advocacy Award for her work on aging and elder women’s economic and health security.
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Archive: DNA Said to Protect Hispanic Women From Breast Cancer
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Archive: Halting Schizophrenia Before It Starts
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Archive: Study: Sugary sodas linked to accelerated aging
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Archive: Genetic Variant May Shield Latinas From Breast Cancer
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Archive: Jerry Brown urged to return tobacco company money given to CA ballot measure
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Archive: Genetic Variant Protects Some Latina Women from Breast Cancer
An international research collaboration led by UCSF researchers has identified a genetic variant common in Latina women that protects against breast cancer.
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Archive: Indiana push to cut ER visits sees mixed results
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Archive: How A 'Small But Mighty' Team Of Googlers Is Using Maps To Save People And The Planet
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Archive: UCSF Study Links Soda To Premature Aging, Disease, Early Death
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Archive: More Than 60 Gather for First ABOG Mentee Reunion
More than 60 mentees attended the first ABOG (Academic Business Officers Group) mentorship alumni reunion at UC San Francisco on Sept. 4 at the Millberry Union Conference Center. Mentees from 1991 to present listened to John Plotts, senior vice chancellor of Finance and Administration, address the group.
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Archive: Slow and steady may not win the weight-loss race
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Archive: Bay Area Scientists Work On Test To Find Ebola Virus Early
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Archive: Staff Prepare for Debut of New Mission Bay Hospitals
The new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay held a “Day in the Life” exercise to prepare staff for the Feb. 1 opening day of the three hospitals.
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Archive: UCSF, Centre for Drug Research and Development Sign Drug Development Agreement
UCSF and The Centre for Drug Research and Development have announced a collaborative affiliation to identify potential medications and develop them to the stage where they are commercially attractive to private sector partners.
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Archive: Sugared Soda Consumption, Cell Aging Associated in New Study
Sugar-sweetened soda consumption might promote disease independently from its role in obesity, according to UC San Francisco researchers who found in a new study that drinking sugary drinks was associated with cell aging.
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Archive: More California Residents Die From Smoking Than AIDS, Study Says
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Archive: Experts fault changing U.S. guidelines on Ebola protective gear
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Archive: For Ebola Health Workers, Risks and Duty Collide
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Archive: Human Cancer Prognosis Is Related to Newly Identified Immune Cell
A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumors is associated with less severe cancer outcomes in humans, and may have therapeutic potential, according to a new UCSF study.
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Archive: Breast cancer awareness month offers little when disease has spread
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Archive: San Francisco to get first medical helipad in decades
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Archive: Ebola scare has Bay Area asking: How at risk are we?
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Archive: UCSF Team Learns More About Why Airway Closes Up During Asthma Attacks
The molecular regulation of smooth-muscle contraction is an important determinant of airway responses during an acute asthmatic attack. In acute asthma, various triggers, including viral illnesses and aeroallergens, can cause acute narrowing of the airways leading to a life-threatening respiratory crisis and sometimes death.