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UC San Francisco has received the gold-standard international re-accreditation for its animal research program, recognizing the University’s commitment to the highest ethical standards in animal care and treatment.
The fall 2013 UCSF Magazine, which features the promise of precision medicine, is now available online.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 5: Omics Medicine. Molecular biologist Nevan Krogan's work is not only illuminating how genes and proteins function, it's also shedding light on the underlying biology of disease for each person.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 6: Digital Health. The Center for Digital Health Innovation shepherds the development of digital health innovations created at UCSF and validates the effectiveness of devices from both inside and outside the institution.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 4: Computational Health Sciences. Computationally intensive approaches are used to analyze and cross-analyze large but discrete collections of data, such as patient health histories and genetic makeup.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 3: Clinical Discovery. Researchers are taking vast amounts of patient data, often collected through first-ever clinical studies, and putting it into tools like MS Bioscreen that have a direct impact on patient care.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 2: Basic Discovery. The long path to developing potent new treatments often starts with an observation in the lab that then leads to a question about a fundamental life process.
Campus leaders will recognize the dedication and service of UCSF staff at upcoming staff appreciation events, a collaborative effort between UCSF Medical Center and campus.
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 1: Knowledge Network. With an increased ability to harvest information automatically and more powerfully, scientists can find the connections among discoveries that would otherwise go unrecognized.
Today, with a host of tools garnered from precision medicine, patients can benefit from precise and effective therapies for some of the world's most daunting illnesses. <em>UCSF Magazine</em> explores the promise of precision medicine.
San Francisco is one of 13 cities out of 52 applicants nationwide to be selected as a first round finalist for a competition that supports outstanding efforts to build science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) mentoring for underrepresented students.
The UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center is offering free screening to test for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a major cause of illness around the world and the third leading cause of death in the United States.
For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation has freed hundreds of people from complete insulin dependence. UCSF is leading a push to bring this experimental procedure into the mainstream.
In a bold demonstration of support for children fighting cancer, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital will host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event where several doctors will go bald to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research.
UCSF continues its annual Employee Giving Program to give faculty and staff an opportunity to support and contribute to the community.
With inexpensive genetics kits flooding the market, both consumers — and their doctors — still lack basic information about what to do, if anything, with what they learn about their own genomes.
In the wake of the devastating typhoon in the Philippines, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann sent out a message to the campus community.
On Nov. 8, a near capacity crowd of 1,000 people filled the Mission Bay Conference Center (MBCC) for Sharecase 2013, the second annual UCSF forum for all things IT.
UCSF faculty members will discuss their cutting-edge approaches to researching and delivering health care on at Dreamforce 2013’s “Unusual Thinkers” track.
In celebration of the Concert4Kids Dreamforce gala, UC San Francisco is giving away two pairs of tickets to see Green Day and Blondie live in concert at AT&T Park on Nov. 19, 2013.
Lawrence M. Krauss, an internationally known theoretical physicist whose research covers science from the beginning to the end of the universe, will deliver the Gordon Tomkins Lecture at UCSF on November 22.
Lawrence M. Krauss, an internationally known theoretical physicist whose research covers science from the beginning to the end of the universe, will deliver the Gordon Tomkins Lecture tilted "The Greatest Story Ever Told ... So Far" at UC San Francisco.
Researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered how the activation of specific stretches of DNA control the development of uniquely human characteristics.
UCSF scientists were able to arrest, and even reverse, tissue scarring of the liver, kidneys and lungs in mice. The scarring, also known as fibrosis, is a major factor in nearly half of all deaths in developed countries.
