Third Graders Raise Funds to Help Cancer Patients at UCSF
UCSF cancer patients will get financial support thanks to third-graders who raised money as way to comfort their teacher.
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Learning How to Control Cells That Remodel and Destroy Bone
The number of Americans stricken by a deadly and debilitating bone-thinning disease continues to climb. According to a 2004 Surgeon General's report, more than half of Americans age 50 and older are at risk for osteoporosis – porous bones.
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Historic Gift Creates Endowed Chair at School of Nursing
The UCSF School of Nursing has received a gift in honor of the late Lillian Aldous, who obtained a master of science in nursing degree from UCSF.
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In The Female Brain, UCSF's Brizendine Describes How Women See the World
Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, will publish her first book, <em>The Female Brain</em>, on August 1.
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Radiation Oncology Recruits Breast Expert, Among Other Improvements
UCSF's Radiation Oncology department reports a few significant improvements, including recruiting a renowned breast radiation oncologist and unveiling a new website.
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UCSF Fundraisers Contribute $56,000 to AIDS Walk San Francisco
On Sunday, July 16, the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco was held at Golden Gate Park. The event drew more than 25,000 people to fight a disease that was first acknowledged 25 years ago and has killed more than 25 million people worldwide.
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UCSF Children's Hospital Cosponsors Stadium-to-Stadium Run
Sunday, Aug. 13, UCSF Children's Hospital will cosponsor the 5-mile Run/Walk, which will travel up 3rd Street from Monster Park (Candlestick) to AT&T Park.
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UCSF Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Increase the Amount of Drug Uptake by Tumor Cells
Several studies have shown that antibody-targeting of drug-laden nanoparticles to cancer cell receptors can significantly enhance antitumor efficacy of the drug cargo.
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Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Nets $1 Million to SFGH
An Avon Foundation grant to San Francisco General Hospital will enable its breast cancer center to provide genetic screening to uninsured women – the first program of its kind in the country.
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New Tests to Measure Executive Function in the Neurologically Impaired
When hearing the term "executive function," we might conjure up an image of a CEO behind a big desk, doing her daily routine.
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Exploring Many Paths for Parkinson's Disease Treatments
The last few years have produced an impressive store of insights and discoveries in neuroscience, but Parkinson's disease remains particularly resistant to treatment.
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Scientific Leaders on Neuron Regulation, Development Honored
Lily Y. Jan, PhD, and Yuh Nung Jan, PhD, both UCSF professors of physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, were asked to present Presidential Award Lectures at the international symposium of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, held this past week in San Francisco.
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Viral Genetic Differences are Possible Key to HIV Dementia
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has revealed a possible answer to a longstanding AIDS mystery: why only some people infected with HIV go on to develop HIV dementia.
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UCSF genetics pioneer Y.W. Kan earns Lifetime Achievement Award
Yuet Wai Kan, MD, DSc, an internationally recognized leader in the field of human genetics, was honored Thursday (July 20) with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.
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UC Regents OK Study to Examine Impact of Prop. 209
The University of California will begin a comprehensive study to examine the impact of the 1996 voter-approved Proposition 209 on the diversity of the student body.
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UCSF's Stem Cell Efforts Highlighted in The New York Times, Other Media
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, spoke to the national and local press about a bill approved by the Senate Tuesday that would have expanded federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.
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Campus to Make Changes to Shuttle Service
UCSF is making some changes to the newly revised shuttle service beginning on Monday, July 24.
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Tune in...
KQED (88.5) radio's live call-in program <i>Forum</i> with Michael Krasny is scheduled to take up the issue of the Senate human embryonic stem cell bill, vetoed by President Bush, at 9:00 am Thursday, July 20 (pending last-minute changes).
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Chronic Middle Ear Infections
The Center for Genomic Sciences at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute in Pittsburgh report in JAMA that a build-up of a slimy substance in the Eustachian tube is responsible for a chronic ear infection in children called otitis media, or an infection or inflammation of the middle ear.
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International Group Tackles Sjogren's Syndrome
The UCSF-led Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) held an investigators' meeting in Washington, DC, recently.
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UCSF Faculty Seek Greater Support for Biomedical Research
More than 400 faculty members at UCSF are asking for more financial support for the National Institutes of Health.
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Family In Race For Cure of Hurler's Syndrome
An East Bay family is turning its personal tragedy into a campaign to save others from the same fate.
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Campus Develops Strategic Plan to Guide its Future
UCSF is tapping the wealth of knowledge, experience, and perspective of the UCSF community to develop a comprehensive strategic plan.
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UCSF's Kriegstein Weighs In on Reasons to Expand Federal Stem Cell Funding
Five years after President George W. Bush announced limited funding for human embryonic stem cell research, the US Senate takes up a bill today that would significantly expand that funding.
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UCSF Opens Pediatric MS Center
Early this year, the UCSF Medical Center opened a Regional Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center to address the needs of patients and their families.
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The Premature Birth Problem
<i>Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention</i>, a report released Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, shows that 12.5 percent of births in the United States in 2004 were preterm, a 30 percent increase over the 1981 rate.
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UCSF Blogs: Our Mann in Munich
UCSF director of university publications Jeff Miller is attending the EuroScience Open Forum. From Munich, Miller blogs his experiences and observations.
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Academic Senate Names Distinguished Clinical Research Lecturer
Critical care expert Michael Matthay has been selected to deliver the Sixth Annual Distinguished Clinical Research Lectureship on October 17.
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Improving Nutrition Begins With Small Steps
KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny discussed supermarket grocery pricing, availability, and quality with Toby Morris, a registered dietician at UCSF Medical Center.
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Multiple Sclerosis in Children Is More Common Than Thought
Multiple sclerosis is increasingly being diagnosed in children and teens. Although physicians have long known that kids can come down with the disease, new technology and emerging awareness of the problem have led them to spot the kind of cases that previously had gone undetected until years later.