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Anti-Aging Research Advances Featured in QB3 Symposium
Eleven leading scientists from the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) presented their latest aging research findings and anti-aging strategies at a daylong symposium called “The Science of Staying Younger Longer.”
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UC BRAID Celebrates Successes, Looks Ahead
Faculty and staff representing seven campuses met at the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program's annual retreat to discuss next steps, identify potential research intersections and share its achievements.
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Annual Bay Area Science Festival Features Learning Events for All Ages
The third annual Bay Area Science Festival, produced by UCSF, is rolling out a variety of fun, informative events to celebrate the role of science, engineering and technology in the region and around the world.
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Battling Alarm Fatigue: Nursing School Leads Research on Rising Problem in Hospitals
Barbara Drew is leading research to solve the dangerous problem of alarm fatigue, in which clinicians turn down, turn off or tune out the alarms because they're exhausted by their frequency and false readings.
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Hospitals Look to Reduce Danger of 'Alarm Fatigue'
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Successful City/UCSF Welfare-to-Work Partnership Honors Graduates
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Garment Saves Mothers From Postpartum Hemorrhage
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Keeping it Local: Protecting the Brain Starts at the Synapse
New research by scientists at UC San Francisco shows that one of the brain’s fundamental self-protection mechanisms depends on coordinated, finely calibrated teamwork among neurons and non-neural cells.
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Gladstone Scientist to Receive Prestigious Pacesetter Award
Lennart Mucke, MD, who directs neurological research at the Gladstone Institutes, next week will receive the ARCS Foundation’s 2013 Pacesetter Award.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Research Advances with $18.8M NIH Award
The National Institutes of Health is awarding $18.8 million, administered through UCSF, to support worldwide research on concussion and traumatic brain injury.
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Three on UCSF Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
Three UCSF faculty members are among the 70 newly elected members of the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the highest honors in the health sciences.
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Gallo Center Announces New Awards for $20M Army-Funded Research Program
The UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center has issued a second round of grants to accelerate the discovery and development of new medications to treat alcohol and substance abuse in the context of post-traumatic stress and combat injury.
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Study to Determine Effects of Singing in Choirs on Seniors
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Napolitano Reflects on First Two Weeks as UC President
Newly appointed University of California President Janet Napolitano shared a letter to the UC community.
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UCSF Researcher Makes Sense of Conflicting Advice on Calcium Intake
In recent years, studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding whether calcium supplements used to prevent fractures increase the risk of heart attack.
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UCSF’s Clarissa Kripke wins Chancellor Award for Disability Service
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Prions May Develop Drug Resistance: The Implications for Mad Cow, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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Just Say No: When It Makes Sense Not to Take Your Medicine
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Teens Turned Away from Tanning Salons, That’s the Good News
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UCSF Studying Health of S.F. Seniors in Choirs
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Genetic Discovery Could Help Guide Doctors’ Treatment of Bladder Cancers
A UCSF-led team of scientists has discovered that a gene mutation found in some bladder cancers is indicative of low-risk tumors that are unlikely to recur or progress after surgery.
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Can Singing Lead To A Longer, Healthier Life?
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Weakness Found in 'Triple Negative' Breast Cancer
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MEDIA ADVISORY: The Science of Staying Younger Longer
The Science of Staying Younger Longer is a by-invitation symposium and panel discussion highlighting advances in scientific understanding of the biological underpinnings of aging and ideas for how to slow down age-associated disease and decline.
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Discovery on Cell Growth Could Target Cancer
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National Institute of Health Launches $25 Million Study on Newborn Genetic Testing
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Childbirth Not Major Contributor to Women's Sexual Dysfunction
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In a Surprise Finding, Gene Mutation Found Linked to Low-Risk Bladder Cancer
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Cluster Headaches Are Linked With Unusual Brain Connectivity