Cancer Drug Cost May Be Unbearable, Even for Insured
Cancer doctors may be writing the prescriptions for new generations of drugs, but some financially hard-pressed patients are not having those prescriptions filled.
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Executive Budget Committee Approves Principles, Appoints Work Groups
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Gloria C. Mejia joins Department of Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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UCSF Names Work Group on Revenue Generation and Innovation
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UCSF Adopts Budget Principles
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UCSF Prepares for Accreditation Visit by WASC Team
UCSF is preparing for a site visit next week by a panel of experts who will review the University as part of an accreditation process by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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Josette Rivera joins Department of Geriatrics
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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UCSF Names Work Group on Academic and Clinical Program Efficiencies
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UCSF Names Work Group on Administrative and Business Efficiencies
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Drug discovery short-circuits cancer growth
A new drug that blocks cancer's main source of growth has been created in the lab and proven effective in mice, scientists are reporting. It is now being readied for clinical trials in patients.
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UCSF Students Share Love and Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UCSF students recently shared their love and knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences with the next generation during Science Day at the Mission Bay campus
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Investigation Leads to Conviction of Animal Rights Activist
A man was convicted on Tuesday for making threatening phone calls to several UCSF researchers who conduct studies with animals.
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UCSF-based facility nurtures biotech startups seeking venture funding
Over the past three years, the QB3 Garage at UCSF Mission Bay has seen five biotech start-ups emerge from obscurity into the marketplace, and several more are well on their way.
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UCSF dental clinic offers free cleanings for "Give Kids a Smile Day"
The UCSF School of Dentistry will offer free cleanings, dental sealants and fluoride treatments as part of the citywide “Give Kids a Smile Day.”
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UCSF Pharmacy faculty featured in SF Chronicle story on Personalized Medicine
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Society of General Internal Medicine Names Feldman as Editor
Mitchell Feldman, professor of medicine, has been appointed as co-editor of the official peer-reviewed scientific publication of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
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Lung Cancer Now Is the Focus of Powerful Genetics Research
Lung cancer research at UCSF is poised to leap forward, thanks to a big bank. No, not some teetering financial institution down the street. What UCSF has is an invaluable tissue bank.
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Painkiller May Be Banished After Half a Century
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of drugs pulled from the market, and many observers have been blaming the drug approval process of an understaffed, underfunded, industry-dependent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But even old drugs, predating today’s FDA environment, also are subject to recall.
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UCSF Scholar Honored for Work With Cells That Fight Cancer, Viral Infection
A UCSF postdoctoral scholar is singled out for his work exploring how natural killer cells adapt to ward off infection and cancer more effectively.
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UCSF's Fetal Treatment Center highlighted in Wall Street Journal
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Eric J. Collier joins Social & Behavioral Sciences Department
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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UCSF Partners with China to Promote Health, Scientific Research and Education
Through both long-term and one-time-only projects, UCSF is increasing its efforts to engage China in scientific and academic collaboration — part of the University’s ongoing pursuit to improve global health.
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Brain Cells Growing Bad: A Conversation with David Rowitch
Brain development disorders are the primary interest of UCSF neonatologist David Rowitch, MD, but his research also has led to new insight into gliomas, the deadliest brain cancers. Rowitch and colleagues have identified specific molecules that help control where and when brain cells arise, and what kinds of brain cells they become.
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Kelly M. Cordoro joins Dermatology Department
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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Three are recognized for their contribution to social justice
Nearly150 people attended the 2009 UCSF Martin Luther King Jr. Awards ceremony on Friday honoring Katherine Flores, JoAnne Keatley and Bunly Pel.
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Bennie H. Jeng joins Opthalmology Department
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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Center for Gender Equity to Host Workshop for Women Interested in Public Service
Registration is due Feb. 2 for women interested in attending a Feb. 5 workshop at UCSF to learn how to secure appointments to local boards and commissions.
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UCSF receives tentative renewal of major stem cell training grant
UCSF has received tentative approval of a grant from the California Institute for Regeneration Medicine to continue its comprehensive stem cell training program, designed to help cultivate the next generation of stem cell scientists.
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Alert: UCSF Children's Hospital reports fundraising scam
UCSF Children’s Hospital wants to alert the public to a fundraising scam that has been brought to its attention.
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Zip code, race, class trump genetics and health care as predictors of public health
Chronic disease and early death are far more common in low-income communities, which also tend to be largely nonwhite and less educated, says public health expert Anthony Iton.