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Archive: New Imaging Advance Illuminates Immune Response in Breathing Lung
In a recent UCSF-led study in mice, researchers developed a method to stabilize living lung tissue for imaging without disrupting the normal function of the organ. The method allowed the team to observe, for the first time, both the live interaction of living cells in the context of their environment and the unfolding of events in the immune response to lung injury.
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Archive: 10 Heart Healthy Tips from the UCSF Center for Prevention of Heart & Vascular Disease
’Tis the season for temptations, with holiday dinners and treats nearly everywhere we turn. So stick a fork into these 10 tips from the UCSF Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease.
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Archive: Challenge for the Children Raises More than $1 Million
Surpassing fundraising expectations ten-fold, thanks, in part to 12-year-old Paddy O’Brien, the Challenge for Children concluded December 16, generating more than $1 million for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay.
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Archive: UCSF Challenge for the Children highly successful, breaks $1 million
The UCSF Challenge for the Children, a social media-based fundraising contest that won the support of prominent Silicon Valley companies, tech industry executives and other celebrities, concluded yesterday (Dec. 16, 2010), raising more than $1 million for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
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Archive: UCSF Campus Shuttle Bus Rear-Ended In Traffic Collision
A UCSF shuttle bus stopped at a red light near San Francisco General Hospital was rear-ended this morning in a chain-reaction traffic collision, said the San Francisco Police Department.
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Archive: New test can predict complications from kidney disease
Cystatin C, a blood marker of kidney function, proved significantly more accurate than the standard blood marker, creatinine, in predicting serious complications of kidney disease, in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF team finds new source of immune cells during pregnancy
UCSF researchers have shown for the first time that the human fetal immune system arises from an entirely different source than the adult immune system, and is more likely to tolerate than fight foreign substances in its environment.
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Archive: UCSF Launches Operational Excellence Website
UCSF’s ongoing program called “Operational Excellence” has a new website to help faculty and staff better understand efforts to reorganize campuswide services and achieve both administrative excellence and financial savings.
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Archive: Study Links Increased BPA Exposure to Reduced Egg Quality in Women
A small-scale University of California, San Francisco-led study has identified the first evidence in humans that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may compromise the quality of a woman’s eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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Archive: Regents Approve Changes to UC's Retiree Health and Pension Programs
The University of California Board of Regents voted at a special meeting on Dec. 13 to change some of UC’s retiree health and pension programs. <a href="http://universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/ucrpfuture/news-updates/regents-approve-changes-to-uc%E2%80%99s-retiree-health-and-pension-programs">Read the story on the UC website</a>.
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Archive: Charitable Giving Campaign Nears its Final Days
With only days to go for employees to make donations through the UCSF Charitable Giving Campaign, so far fund totals are looking remarkably below those raised in previous years.
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Archive: Reuters Story Features UCSF Women's Health Study
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center chief named most-admired CEO
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Archive: In Brain Cancer, Unique Genetic and "Epigenetic" Profile Means Better Odds
Brain cancers are deadly more often than not, but UCSF researchers have determined that a particular genetic signature in is associated with longer survival, a discovery that may lead to better therapies for some of the deadliest brain cancers.
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Archive: Chemicals in Environment Deserve Study for Possible Role in Fat Gain, Says Byers Award Recipient
Weight gain and environmental pollutants might be linked, an award-winning worm researcher suggests.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Recaps Highlights of 2010
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann released a video message citing this year’s accomplishments in advancing the University’s top three priorities – patient care, discovery and education.
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Archive: Pharmacy expert discusses medication mistakes with Dr. Oz
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Archive: Cell of origin for brain tumors may predict response to therapy
For patients with glioma, the most common primary brain tumor, new findings may explain why current therapies fail to eradicate the cancer. A UCSF-led team of scientists has identified for the first time that progenitor rather than neural stem cells underly a type of glioma called oligodendroglioma.
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Archive: UCSF Celebrates City College of San Francisco's Efforts in Biotech Internship Programs
Current and future scientists of all backgrounds will convene at UCSF Mission Bay on December 17 through a biotech networking event that draws students from City College of San Francisco.
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Archive: UCSF tests promising solutions for cancer hair loss
UCSF physicians are combating a devastating side effect of chemotherapy with an innovative new program -- “Hair to Stay” -- to evaluate devices that could reduce scalp hair loss in breast cancer patients.
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Archive: UCSF "fountain of youth" pill could restore aging immune system
UCSF researchers have identified an existing medication that restores key elements of the immune system that, when out of balance, lead to a steady decline in immunity and health as people age.
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Archive: Health Care Access for Poor in South Africa Still Lags Behind
Health care inequality in South Africa is even worse for poor, black South Africans than it was under apartheid, according to new study co-authored by UCSF internal medicine resident Sanjay Basu.
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Archive: Campus Leaders Continue to Show Staff Appreciation
Staff appreciation events continue December 13 at Mount Zion and December 15 at Mission Bay.
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Archive: Living Well Program at UCSF Brings Free Wellness Activities, Expo to Campus
During December and throughout 2011, members of the UCSF community can participate in events and activities that can improve their health and well being.
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Archive: KQED Forum discusses malaria elimination with UCSF expert
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Archive: UCSF Team Develops "Logic Gates" to Program Bacteria as Computers
A team of UCSF researchers has engineered E. coli with the key molecular circuitry that will enable genetic engineers to program cells to communicate and perform computations.
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Archive: Free Lectures by Leading Biologists Available Online
Leading UCSF faculty are featured in videos on the iBioSeminars website, which brings the world’s best biology in seminars to people around the world.
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Archive: UCSF pilots trial to prevent hair loss in chemotherapy
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Archive: San Francisco Ballet's "Nutcracker" Comes to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Five dancers from the San Francisco Ballet volunteered to come to the children’s hospital on their day off, performing an abridged version of the “Nutcracker.”