• April 28, 2011

Archive: The Aga Khan Visits UCSF to Strengthen Partnership to Advance Global Health

<p>His Highness the Aga Khan recently visited UCSF to gain insight into the driving forces behind UCSF’s excellence in research and education, and receive the University’s highest honor, the UCSF Medal.</p>

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• April 28, 2011

Archive: UCSF Awards Medals to Three Health Innovators for Outstanding Contributions

<p>A 2009 Nobel laureate, an&nbsp;internationally renowned physician who has improved the care of veterans,&nbsp;and the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, which is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor,&nbsp;were honored recently with the UCSF Medal for their outstanding contributions in areas associated with the University’s mission. WATCH VIDEOS.</p>

• April 28, 2011

Archive: Mutant Mouse Reveals New Wrinkle in Genetic Code, Say UCSF Scientists

A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco may have uncovered a new wrinkle in the genetic code – an entirely unrecognized way our bodies regulate how genes are expressed in different tissues throughout life.

• April 27, 2011

Archive: UCSF's Olney Driven to Publish Clinical Finding Even as ALS Takes its Toll

<p>Richard K. Olney, MD, the founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in ALS clinical research, pushes to complete a clinical research paper, even as he nears the end of his own struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).</p>

• April 27, 2011

Archive: First UCSF Medical Center Clinics Implement Electronic Health Records

<p>UCSF Medical Center is implementing a new electronic health record system that enables patients to quickly access their medical information, such as prescriptions and lab test results, and empowers them to help manage their health care.</p>

• April 26, 2011

Archive: Successful Match Day Recruits Top Candidates to UCSF

<p>Juan Bautista stood nervously waiting to open the envelope that would dictate where he and his family would spend the next several years of their lives. While he loved his medical school experience at Northwestern University in Chicago, he wanted to match with UCSF Fresno to complete his obstetrics-gynecology residency and give back to the community in which he was raised.</p>

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• April 26, 2011

Archive: Stem Cell Discoveries Pace Growing Understanding of Human Brain's Uniqueness

<p>Scientists are making great strides in figuring out how the human brain develops, which are leading to novel ideas about the causes of a range of brain disorders, and are raising hopes for the regeneration of tissue that is lost in diseases such as Alzheimer’s.&nbsp;</p>

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• April 26, 2011

Archive: Men's and Women's Immune Systems Respond Differently to PTSD

Men and women had starkly different immune system responses to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, with men showing no response and women showing a strong response, in two studies by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

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• April 25, 2011

Archive: Teens Enjoy First-Ever Prom at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

• April 22, 2011

Archive: Risk of Accelerated Aging Seen in PTSD Patients with Childhood Trauma

Adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of childhood trauma had significantly shorter telomere length than those with PTSD but without childhood trauma, in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

• April 22, 2011

Archive: UCSF Team Takes Second Place for 'Smart' Diaphragm Device in National Innovation Competition

<p>A UCSF team that developed a low-cost diaphragm&nbsp;device, which monitors early signs of pre-term labor and sends a wireless alert to the patient’s physician, has won second place in a national competition and could lead to clinical trials of the product.</p>