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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.
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.
UCSF was the second largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2008, according to new figures released by NIH
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.
An idea for treating drug-resistant prostate cancer emerges from a UCSF lab.
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.
Big Pharma continues to seek approval to market schizophrenia drugs for depression.
The University of California recently posted a new fact sheet about the state budget crisis.
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.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
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.
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.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
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.
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.
The campus community is invited to enjoy the works of women artists on display now through Sept. 21 at UCSF Laurel Heights.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Faculty, staff and alumni who want to join a growing network of advocates for UCSF may now sign up to receive email alerts about important issues that affect the University.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
Fat-filled calories – how would you like to eat as many as the next guy, while he balloons out and you don’t? That idea might not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
The new campus events calendar has a fresh look and offers more detailed listings and user-friendly search tools.
As if you need a reason to celebrate, UCSF is hosting the Red Hot Gala on Saturday featuring live entertainment at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
UCSF is offering employees a three-part series that will offer expert advice on résumé writing, interviewing and financial planning.
Tens of thousands of women are having surgery – sometimes even having both breasts removed – to treat a condition that is unlikely to ever become life-threatening.