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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.
A UCSF postdoctoral scholar is singled out for his work exploring how natural killer cells adapt to ward off infection and cancer more effectively.
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
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.
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.
New UCSF Faculty, February 2009
Nearly150 people attended the 2009 UCSF Martin Luther King Jr. Awards ceremony on Friday honoring Katherine Flores, JoAnne Keatley and Bunly Pel.
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.
UCSF Children’s Hospital wants to alert the public to a fundraising scam that has been brought to its attention.
A new study has found that resident physicians at teaching hospitals underuse interpreter services — often relying on hand gestures or a limited number of words in the patient’s native language.
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.
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.
UCSF is hosting a workshop geared toward women to learn how to apply for and get appointed to a board or commission. The workshop is free and open to the public.
The self-perceptions and life experiences of young homeless people vary significantly by race, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The findings underscore the need for a more tailored approach to youth homelessness intervention and prevention programs.
Lisa Bero, a leader in the study of conflicts of interest in biomedical research, will be the featured speaker at the San Francisco-based Commonwealth Club of California on Feb. 4.
The UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine is sponsoring a symposium on February 5 to address the impact of health reform and related issues in the field.
Behavioral weight-loss programs can be an effective way to reduce urinary incontinence in women who are overweight or obese, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
Two HIV prevention interventions developed by UCSF researchers have been selected as additions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2008 Compendium of Evidence-based HIV Prevention Interventions.
In African American women with breast cancer, high blood pressure lessens the chances of survival compared with white women, a new UCSF study finds.
UCSF’s Victor I. Reus, who is considered an expert in training the next generation of mental health professionals, will receive a national award in October.
The deadline to apply for fall 2009 entry into the Master’s Program in Global Health Sciences is Jan. 30.
Children with newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease have higher concentrations of folate in their blood than individuals without IBD, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The findings bring into question the previously held theory that patients with IBD are prone to folate – also known as folic acid – deficiency.
A partnership between UCSF and a San Francisco high school earned the team certificates of honor from the city Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature.
Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer’s progress.
Members of the community can nominate a colleague for the Milton and Helen Pearl Award for Outstanding Service.
With support from the Fogarty International Center, the UCSF School of Nursing is examining the impact of stigma as it relates to nurses who care for HIV patients in developing countries.
Scientists at UCSF have discovered an abnormality in a patient’s immune system that may lead to safer therapies for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and colitis, as well as potential new ways to treat transplant rejection.