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Pelosi to tour UCSF Mission Bay and Gladstone Institutes, to speak at press conference April 17 in San Francisco
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tour the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay Campus and the J. David Gladstone Institutes.
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Visiting Professor Oulton Brings Valuable Insight into Global Health
World-renowned nursing and health policy advocate Judith Oulton is this year’s UC Presidential Chair at UCSF and will spend the next three months teaching at the UCSF School of Nursing.
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UCSF, Stanford study reveals neural networks targeted in brain diseases
Scientists are reporting the strongest evidence to date that neurodegenerative diseases target and progress along distinct neural networks that normally support healthy brain function. The discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses, novel treatment-monitoring strategies, and, possibly, recognition of a common disease process among all forms of neurodegeneration.
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UCSF Joins National Celebration of the Week of the Young Child
The 10th annual children’s art exhibition and a free movie are among the activities planned at UCSF during the Week of the Young Child, which begins on April 19.
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UCSF to award its highest honor to four civic and scientific leaders
UCSF will award its highest honor—the UCSF Medal—to four civic and scientific leaders at a special event on Wednesday, April 15.
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Support from the Inner Circle: UCSF Department of Neurosurgery Accommodates Disabled Patient's Service Dog
UCSF Medical Center is sensitive to the needs of its patients, who get support from an inner circle that sometimes includes a beloved animal.
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UCSF Chancellor and Gladstone President host Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Mission Bay tour
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UCSF team closer to creating safe embryonic-like stem cells
A team of UCSF researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the capacity to become any cell type in the body.
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Young Women's Health Leadership Summit Brings High School Students to UCSF
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health recently hosted nearly 250 young women from local high schools at a summit designed to empower them to succeed.
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UCSF rises to second among top universities in NIH funding
UCSF was the second largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2008, according to new figures released by NIH
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UCSF Establishes a New Funding Model for Data Network
In accordance with the UCSF Strategic Plan, which calls for investment in infrastructure, including information technology (IT) systems, the University will begin implementing a recharge fee to help make critical improvements to the UCSF data network.
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Update: Antipsychotic Drugs for Depression
Big Pharma continues to seek approval to market schizophrenia drugs for depression.
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UC Separates Fact from Fiction About the Budget
The University of California recently posted a new fact sheet about the state budget crisis.
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Testosterone in Prostate Cancer - New Way to Block Hormones
An idea for treating drug-resistant prostate cancer emerges from a UCSF lab.
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Update: Brown Fat Metabolism in Humans and Mice
Last week, we reported that Robert Farese Jr.’s mutant mice lack an enzyme and burn up more food calories as a result. Farese wonders whether brown fat is involved. This week, researchers report that humans have the stuff too.
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Health Needs of Adolescents Not Being Met, UCSF Expert Says
Adolescent health expert Mary-Ann Shafer is calling for top-to-bottom reform and a holistic, custom-tailored approach when it comes to caring for the nation’s 42 million adolescents.
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Lydia B. Zablotska joins Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
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Pap Smear or HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer?
A new study finds that one-time cervical cancer screening for women with limited health care access is worthwhile. A DNA test to detect HPV could be used for mobile van delivery of same-day screening and follow-up in the rural US.
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UCSF Teams with University of Hawaii to Address Neonatal Nurse Shortage
A collaborative neonatal nurse training program was created in response to the growing demand for these specialists, and will work to meet the short- and long-term needs of the most vulnerable premature infants.
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Neda Ratanawongsa joins Department of Medicine
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
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Scientists identify key gene that protects against leukemia
Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types -- a discovery that could eventually open the door to more streamlined treatments for leukemia and other blood cancers, in which blood cells proliferate out of control.
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Walter Wins Gairdner International Award
UCSF’s Peter Walter, who explores the signaling pathway by which cells alter their quantities of endoplasmic reticulum, has won the prestigious Gairdner International Award.
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Shaolin Monks Visit UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
A group of Shaolin monks recently visited UCSF to learn about how ancient forms of healing are combined with modern medicine at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
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Laurel Heights Exhibits Art by Women Artists
The campus community is invited to enjoy the works of women artists on display now through Sept. 21 at UCSF Laurel Heights.
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UC to Begin Planning for Employee Furloughs, Salary Reductions in Response to State Budget Crisis
The University of California will "begin planning for the possibility of employee furloughs and/or temporary and permanent salary reductions as an additional element of the university's response to the state budget contraction," according to UC President Mark Yudof.
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Sali Takes the Helm of QB3 at UCSF
Andrej Sali, a UCSF professor and protein researcher, hopes to maximize QB3’s global influence by promoting cross-campus alliances as well as the promising work taking place in UCSF’s own labs.
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Colon cancer screening targets wrong elders, study finds
Healthy patients age 70 and older who could benefit from colon cancer screening are not being adequately screened, while ill patients are being screened unnecessarily, according to a study of more than 27,000 veteran patients led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Top UCSF Leadership to Report on April 13 on Diversity Efforts
The campus community is invited to a forum on “Diversity: Accomplishments, Challenges and Plans for the Future” on April 13 in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus.
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With Thousands in Need of Transplants, UCSF Intensifies Efforts to Promote Organ Donation
As a global leader in transplant surgery, UCSF has a responsibility to educate the public about the importance of organ donation, and must keep working to reduce the gap between need and availability, advocates say.