QB3 "Garage" for Biotech Start-ups Offers Look Inside
QB3 recently welcomed visitors to its new Garage, where enterprising scientists are working to translate their ideas into biotech discoveries.
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Gladstone Researchers Identify Enzyme that May Protect Against Plaque Build Up Causing Alzheimers
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a potential new avenue for reducing the build up of toxic amyloid (Ab) proteins, which are suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Prelude to "Swim Across America,"
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UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines Part 1 of 2
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UCSF to Host First Annual Interprofessional Education Day
First-year students from all four schools will come together tomorrow for the first event of its kind that focuses on communication and patient safety.
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Newsweek's "Twenty Top Women on Leadership" Profiles UCSF Researcher
The September 25 issue of Newsweek features as its cover story "Twenty Top Women on Leadership." One of the women profiled is Renee Reijo Pera.
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UCSF launches Women's Global Health Scholars Program
UCSF's Women's Global Health Imperative welcomes this week 28 women scientists from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America for the start of a yearlong leadership-training program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center.
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Five Breast Cancer Research Projects Receive State Funding
Five UCSF projects will be funded from the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation.
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Tech Nation Explores The Female Brain
On public radio's Tech Nation, Louann Brizendine, MD, neurospychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, speaks with host Moira Gunn about Brizendine's new book <i>The Female Brain</i>.
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UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn receives Lasker Award
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 57, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to receive the 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
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UCSF's Blackburn Wins Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn has been named a recipient of the 2006 Lasker Award for the prediction and discovery of telomerase.
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Campus Ushers in Centennial Anniversary of Nursing School
Chancellor Mike Bishop and CEO Mark Laret joined Dean Kathleen Dracup on September 13 to commemorate 100 years of excellence in nursing care, research and education.
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Class on Traditional Chinese Medicine Emphasizes Communication, Collaboration
UCSF's Asian Heart & Vascular Center recently conducted a free community education class on traditional Chinese medicine and its role in cardiovascular care.
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His Mind, Her Mind: Differences in Brain Circuitry
CBS 5's Kim Mulvihill interviews Louann Brizendine, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at UCSF whose new book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, compiles two decades of brain research showing that the male and female brains are wired, structured and fueled differently, leading to unique talents.
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Second UCSF Swimmer to Help Fight Cancer
Two swimmers from UCSF will swim in the San Francisco Bay on September 23 to raise funds for the UCSF Survivors of Childhood Cancer program.
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Experimental Brain Tumor Treatment
Barbara Hammerman, 47, San Mateo's first female police lieutenant, has terminal brain cancer and is pioneering again, this time volunteering for an experimental brain tumor treatment at UCSF that will hopefully save her life.
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Lesbian Health Institute to take place as part of annual GLMA Conference
On Wednesday, October 11 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the UCSF Lesbian Health and Research Center will sponsor a Lesbian Health Institute in conjunction with the 24th Annual Conference of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association in San Francisco.
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Pediatrics Resident Muses on Vagal "Triggers"
"For some, it is the sight of blood; for others, the smell of stool or vomit. Almost every medical student will at some point in training encounter a particular procedure or biological unpleasantry that simply turns his or her stomach inside out.
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October Town Halls to Update Strategic Planning
The campus community is invited to hear an update on the strategic planning process during the second round of town hall meetings to begin October 3.
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Cannabis Use Can Improve Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Therapy
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Are Antibiotics Necessary for Ear Infections?
NBC's Robert Bazell takes a look at a new trend in medicine in which doctors suggest not giving children antibiotics right away to cure ear infections. NBC follows Cynthia Kim, MD, a pediatrician at UCSF Children's Hospital, as she treats a young girl for an ear infection.
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UCSF invites the public to mini medical school
The public is invited to join the conversation with the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at UCSF's Mini Medical School for the community, which begins October 24.
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Gladstone Institutes Honor Debas, Smith with Trustee Awards
The J. David Gladstone Institutes honored long-time UCSF leaders Haile Debas and Lloyd H. "Holly" Smith with trustee awards.
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UCSF's Kahn Speaks Out on Comprehensive Medical Insurance
SB840, a bill passed by the California state legislature but recently vetoed as too costly by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would have provided comprehensive medical insurance for every Californian. James Kahn, professor in residence at UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies, believes Gov. Schwarzenegger was wrong in vetoing the bill. Kahn explained his opinions in a recent interview.
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UCSF Hosts Inaugural Faculty Welcoming Week
UCSF will host the inaugural Faculty Welcoming Week from September 18 to 22.
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The View from the Bay: Louann Brizendine, MD
Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, talks with <i>The View From The Bay </i>hosts Spencer and Jannell about her new book, <i>The Female Brain</i>.
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Science Cafe to Debut at www.ucsf.edu
UCSF brims with rich and stimulating conversation about science, but many of the thoughts, ideas and insights escape into the air or skim across our synapses, never to be heard or pondered again.
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Patient-Owned Pets a Boon to Children at UCSF Children's Hospital
Kyle Jackson Wetle's heart-warming reunion with stolen puppy Chemo on Wednesday highlights yet another UCSF Children's Hospital effort to ensure that children receive the care and nurturing they need, even if it's from the family pooch.
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UCSF Offers Update on Disaster Preparedness
In the five years following the national tragedy of 9/11, UCSF has made significant progress as it works to prepare for disasters of any kind.
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Staving Off Type 1 Diabetes with Immune Therapy
Researchers at UCSF are finding success in altering the natural, and previously inexorable, course of type 1 diabetes. Through various drugs, including antibody therapies, the researchers hope to save or preserve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.