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A UCSF study has revealed new information about how the brain directs the body to make movements. The key factor is "noise" in the brain's signaling, and it helps explain why all movement is not carried out with the same level of precision.
Experts say current ethical practices need to be strengthened before clinical trials begin using embryonic stem cells to treat disease.
Two Latina women will talk about the aftermath of state Proposition 209 on Sept. 28 during a special noon-time lecture to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month.
The possibility of using embryonic stem cells to treat disease, a strategy known as regenerative medicine, is not yet being explored in clinical trials, and may not be for many years. However, current ethical practices need to be strengthened ...
Two second-floor corridors at Laurel Heights are now exhibiting works donated to the University by an avid art collector and professor emeritus at UCSF.
Back in second grade, judy b. contributed to a class book a story about a girl who came home to find her family's home transformed into a mansion.
Two UCSF faculty members will be among the first to participate in media and public policy training at the nation's capitol.
A new study shows that providing financial incentives for doctors to rein in their prescription practices has not led to cost-cutting innovations.
The UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy is now starting its tour in the UCSF School of Pharmacy after it emerged the victor in the first campuswide competition.
Runners and spectators of all ages are invited to Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 18, for an annual festival that benefits pediatric AIDS research at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Work to make the Medical Sciences Building on the Parnassus campus stronger and safer in an earthquake is expected to begin in December.
In one of the largest studies of its kind, UCSF researchers have found that eating lots of fruits and vegetables – particularly vegetables -- is associated with about a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
The tobacco industry coordinated cross-industry campaigns to delay and weaken federal and international regulations on pesticide use, according to new findings by UCSF researchers.
UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) has recently been awarded two grants, one of which will provide funds to bring back its high school internship program.
With rising concern over the cost of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program – going into effect January, 2006 and estimated to cost $593 billion over the next decade – a new UCSF study reveals that a key cost-cutting strategy employed by HMOs for 15 years is simply not working.
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its third year this fall with new courses for the public starting in October.
Researchers say an antibiotic used for topical applications looks promising to fight Huntington's disease in mice studies.
Capitalizing on the strength of its research and clinical enterprise, UCSF is launching the Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology, providing a framework for close collaboration among investigators from the University's Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Members of the Gladstone Institutes' Conklin lab and Embryonic Stem Cell Lab provided cells and helped train museum staff members for the development and launch of a current Exploratorium exhibit featuring live mouse embryonic stem cells.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded the J. David Gladstone Institutes a $2.4 million grant to create a CIRM Scholars Training Program focusing on stem cell research.
A thought-provoking exhibit, titled "Generations: A Tribute to Mothers and Daughters around the World," opens Thursday, Sept. 15 at UCSF.
Women with atrial fibrillation who are not on anticoagulant therapy have a higher rate of ischemic stroke and face a higher absolute risk for stroke than do men with the condition, according to a joint study by researchers at the UCSF ...
A team of scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) has identified a key factor in heart development that could help advance gene therapy for treating cardiac disorders.
Clioquinol, an antibiotic that was banned for internal use in the United States in 1971 but is still used in topical applications, appears to block the genetic action of Huntington's disease in mice and in cell culture
Here's the take-home lesson from Hurricane Katrina: Personal preparedness is key to surviving a major disaster.
Faculty, students and staff are doing what they can to raise funds for relief efforts in the Gulf Coast states damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
A strong consensus emerged from today's final meeting of the Blue Ribbon Committee on San Francisco General Hospital's Future Location that the hospital should be rebuilt at the Potrero Avenue campus site.
Two common weight loss supplements promoted as ephedra-free and safe for dieters caused increased heart rate among healthy people, and could have harmful health effects in some people, according to a study by UCSF scientists.