University of California San Francisco
Uncovering the network of genes regulated by a crucial molecule involved in cancer called mTOR, which controls protein production inside cells, researchers at UCSF have discovered how a protein “master regulator” goes awry, leading to metastasis, the fatal step of cancer.
<p>Starting Wednesday (Feb. 22), the <a href="http://ucsfchancellor.ucsf.edu/council-faculty-life">Chancellor’s Council on Faculty Life</a> (CCFL) and the <a href="http://www.library.ucsf.edu">Library</a> are sponsoring a series of events focused on open access publishing, research funding, and getting published in scholarly journals. </p>
<p>Faculty, staff, students and trainees with a UCSF identification badge can get free admission to the Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts the evening of March 10.</p>
The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the diseases of aging, according to a study by UCSF researchers.
A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at UCSF has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines.
Dental students and clinical faculty members from the UCSF School of Dentistry Clinic will give free dental care and education during the annual "Give Kids A Smile" program this Saturday, Feb. 17.
<p>UCSF will welcome alumni back to San Francisco April 20 and 21 for a series of events, including an exclusive breakfast with Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, an evening at the San Francisco Symphony and lectures and panel discussions about the latest in research and health care.</p>
<p>Paul Volberding, MD, one of the world's leading experts on treatment for patients infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, became the new director of the AIDS Research Institute (ARI) at UCSF on Feb. 13.</p>
<p>The City of San Francisco plans to repave and make other modifications on Parnassus Avenue between 5<sup>th</sup> Ave and Clayton Street, a project that will take about six months to complete.</p>
A UCSF stem cell study conducted in mice suggests a novel strategy for treating damaged cardiac tissue in patients following a heart attack, which an estimated 785,000 Americans will experience this year.