Cancer Center Names Garcia-Aguilar Surgeon in Chief
Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD, has been named surgeon in chief of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Insight into neural stem cells has implications for designing therapies
Scientists have discovered that adult neural stem cells, which exist in the brain throughout life, are not a single, homogeneous group. Instead, they are a diverse group of cells, each capable of giving rise to specific types of neurons.
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Scientists figure out how an enzyme works by knowing its atomic structure
In the last 40 years, scientists have perfected ways to determine the knot-like structures of enzymes, but they've been stumped trying to translate the structure of enzymes into an understanding of their function – what they actually do in the body.
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UCSF's Voigt Praises Venter's Synthetic Genome Research
Craig Venter's recent announcement that his J. Craig Venter Institute research team had successfully made one new bacterial species from another brought this reaction from UCSF's premier synthetic biologist, Christopher Voigt, PhD.
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For the New York Times, UCSF's Blackburn Answers Questions About Stress and Aging
In May, <i>TIME</i> magazine named UCSF microbiologist Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, as one of this year's 100 most influential men and women shaping our world.
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American Society of Transplantation Names Vincenti President
Flavio Vicenti, a kidney and pancreas transplant specialist at UCSF, is now president of the American Society of Transplantation.
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Pre-kindergarten TB testing not cost effective, study finds
The health care system in California could save nearly $1.3 million a year with few adverse public health effects if it discontinued universal tuberculosis skin testing of children entering kindergarten, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility President Calls for Diplomatic Solution in Iran
A leading diplomat discussed called for peaceful solutions to ease tensions between the US and Iran at UCSF recently.
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Changing the Face of Costello Syndrome
Medical genetics is revealing ever greater secrets about rare disorders that strike newborns...
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New Google Advisory Group on Health Includes Three UCSF Healthcare Experts
Every day, people use Google to learn more about an illness, drug or a treatment, or simply to research a condition or diagnosis.
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Smoking interferes with thinking and memory in recovering alcoholics
After six to nine months of abstinence from alcohol, recovering alcoholics who were also chronic smokers showed a significantly lower rate of improvement in tests of memory, reasoning, judgment, and visual/spatial coordination than non-smoking recovering alcoholics in a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
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Translating Form into Function: Scientists Figure out How an Enzyme Works by Knowing Its Atom-by-Ato
In the last 40 years, scientists have perfected ways to determine the knot-like structure of enzymes, but they've been stumped trying to translate the structure into an understanding of function — what the enzyme actually does in the body. This puzzle has hurt drug discovery, since many of the most successful drugs work by blocking enzyme action. Now, in an expedited article in <i>Nature</i>, researchers show that a solution to the puzzle is finally in sight.
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UCSF Unveils Strategic Plan to Guide Its Global Leadership in Advancing Health
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has finalized its first-ever campuswide strategic plan, a vision for the future with specific recommendations to guide its global leadership in health sciences.
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UCSF's Kriegstein Says Bush Veto Disappointing, but Field Advancing
Last Wednesday, President Bush issued his second veto of a bill that would have ended federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. UCSF's Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, says the move puts a strain on a field that is just finding its wings.
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UCSF Establishes Campuswide Occupational Health Service
Effective July 1, UCSF will integrate clinical services previously provided separately by the campus and medical center into a single clinical care delivery system.
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Silicon Valley's Mike Homer Teams up with UCSF Scientists for Fight of His Life
Mike Homer has been one of the leading forces in Silicon Valley for more than two decades. In May, he was diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as CJD. Now, the 49-year-old husband and father of three young children is fighting for his life, with the assistance of physicians at UCSF Medical Center.
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Campus Announces AIDS Walk Early Bird Prize Winners and T-Shirt Design Winner
Three members of the campus community are doing their part for UCSF's participation in AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 15.
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SFGH Cancer Patients to Perform Original Theater Piece
The Araceli Theater Project, which involves people who face tremendous challenges, will present three upcoming performances beginning Thursday.
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Grand Rounds to Focus on Radiation Research
The campus community is invited to hear Grand Rounds by Nils Cordes, MD, PhD, from the Center for Radiation Research in Oncology at Dresden University, on July 6.
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Cheung Wins Pediatrics' Grumbach Award
UCSF pediatric endocrinology fellow Clement Cheung has received the 2007 Melvin Grumbach Award for Pediatric Research.
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Dogs Guide Search for Genes in Panic and Anxiety
According to the US Census Bureau, more than one in three American households include at least one dog.
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Can Addiction Be Stopped? Banys Responds to Fields
Is alcoholism more than one disease? And does "recovery" actually work? Yes to both, says UCSF psychiatrist Peter Banys in his response to UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields...
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UCSF Experts Mark the 26th Anniversary of AIDS
World-renowned AIDS researchers and physicians marked the 26th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS recently.
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UCSF receives $150 million pledge for cancer center
UCSF has received a $150 million pledge to support clinical and research programs of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. It is the largest philanthropic commitment from an individual ever received by the University and was given anonymously.
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Physician to Share Insights from Recent Visit to Iran Today
The campus community is invited to hear Catherine Thomasson, national president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, who will report on her recent trip to Iran.
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UCSF to Host Discussion on Peaceful Solutions to World Problems
The campus community is invited to a lunchtime discussion with Dadi Janki, a revered spiritual leader and advocate for world peace, on June 29.
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UCSF School of Nursing Celebrates a Century of Excellence
More than 700 people gathered at the St. Francis Hotel on June 9 to commemorate a century of nursing excellence at UCSF.
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JAMA Study: Give Doctors Info on Most Widely Covered Medicare Drugs
While millions of elderly Americans are skipping medications because they can't afford them, a new study in the <em>Journal of the American Medical Association</em> offers a solution: Tell doctors upfront which drugs are most widely covered by Medicare so that patients can get their medications faster and more cheaply.
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UCSF's Kahn Discusses Universal Health Care, Michael Moore's Film Sicko
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UCSF Researcher Tracks Genes that Predict Response to Antidepressants