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NASA Mission to Mars Could Lead to Colonization of Red Planet
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Oakland Native Beats Cancer, Performs on Broadway
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UCSF Nursing Achieves Magnet Status for Excellence in Patient Care and Innovation
<p>UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital have earned the prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.</p>
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Marijuana Compound Fights Cancer; Human Trials Next
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Retraction of First Paper on XMRV Takes Authors by Surprise
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Global Health to Launch Hub at UCSF With $20 Million Gift
UCSF has received a $20 million gift from philanthropist Chuck Feeney to build a new hub for Global Health Sciences at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
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Talking Philanthropy with Marc Benioff
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UCSF Nets $20M Gift for New Mission Bay Building
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UCSF Chancellor to Deliver 2012 State of the University Address
<p>The UCSF community is invited to hear Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann deliver her annual State of the University Address on September 25.</p>
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Study Confirms Erroneous Link Between Prostate Cancer and Retrovirus from Mice
A once-promising discovery linking prostate cancer to an obscure retrovirus derived from mice was the result of an inadvertent laboratory contamination, a forensic analysis of tissue samples and lab experiments – some dating back nearly a decade – has confirmed.
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Findings Inspire Medical Pot Researcher
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Pediatricians Mmay Skip Kids' Blood Pressure Checks
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Before You Vote, Meet State and City Candidates at UCSF-Sponsored Forums
<p>With just over a month until the November election, UCSF is co-sponsoring a series of candidate forums for the California Assembly, California Senate and San Francisco Board of Supervisors.</p>
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Hope on the Horizon for Asthma Sufferers
A new study by a UCSF-led research team has found a way to help asthma sufferers by impeding the two most significant biological responses that lead to an asthma attack.
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International Doctors Get Surgical Training in SF
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Salesforce.com Foundation Pledges $10 Million to District 10
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Are ADHD Medications Overprescribed?
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Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits
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Simple Tool May Help Evaluate Risk for Violence Among Patients with Mental Illness
Mental health professionals, who often are tasked with evaluating and managing the risk of violence by their patients, may benefit from a simple tool to more accurately make a risk assessment, according to a recent study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Yosemite Extends Hantavirus Warning; 9th Infection Confirmed
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Scientists Develop Technique to Track Dormant AIDS Virus Concealed in Cells
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have devised a method to track HIV inside individual cells — an important development for understanding “HIV latency" when the virus goes dormant after the patient begins antiretroviral treatment.
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Will We Be the First Martians?
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UCSF Study of ICU Errors Wins $2.1M Foundation Grant
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Microbes Benefit More than Just the Gut
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UCSF Installs WarnMe Emergency Alert Electronic Display Boards
<p>If there is an imminent threat to your life or safety from a hazardous material spill, fire, violent protests or an active shooter on campus, UCSF Police and its Homeland Security Emergency Management Division will send an emergency alert to any cell phone, email, pager or text messaging address registered in UCSF's WarnMe mass notification system.</p>
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Children's Hospital Oakland Eyes Challenges, Opportunities as It Turns 100
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Stock Up on Food and Water in Case Disaster Strikes
<p>When disaster strikes, whether it is Hurricane Katrina or flooding in the Midwest, one of the most striking media images we see are the long lines of people waiting for water, food, and shelter. And in almost every instance, it appears those supplies don’t arrive soon enough.</p>
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City Chooses to Continue Fluoridation
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Gladstone Scientists Map Genomic Blueprint of the Heart
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic “switches” required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells — providing new clues into the genetic basis for some forms of congenital heart disease.