New heart and vascular center opens its doors
UCSF Medical Center is bringing together cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and other specialists to form a new UCSF Heart and Vascular Center.
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Research reveals potential new target for prostate cancer drugs
Scientists have determined the precise molecular structure of a potential new target for treating prostate cancer, a disease driven in part by abnormal testosterone activity.
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Enzyme reins in runaway inflammation; May prove potent drug target
An enzyme found in nearly all animal and human cells acts as a natural brake to prevent potentially deadly runaway inflammation, UCSF scientists have discovered.
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The future of HIV therapeutics is brightening, according to Gladstone Institutes director
Recent discoveries about the way that HIV infects cells are propelling the development of a broad spectrum of promising new antiviral drugs, according to an invited commentary on the topic in the current issue of Nature Immunology (August 27, 2004).
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UCSF and SFGHMC roll out new mobile eye service
A new mobile eye service operated by UCSF Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center will soon be winding its way through San Francisco ...
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Research Reveals Potential New Target for Prostate Cancer Drugs
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Research reveals potential new target for prostate cancer drugs
Scientists have determined the precise molecular structure of a potential new target for treating prostate cancer, a disease driven in part by abnormal testosterone activity.
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Newly discovered protein may be key to muscular dystrophy
A defect in the action of a newly discovered protein may play a central role in muscular dystrophy, a disease of progressive muscle degeneration with no known cure.
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Breast Feeding Fair at UCSF Women's Health Resource Center on August 6
One of only 18 sites selected in the country to participate in a special lactation program, the UCSF Women's Health Resource Center will present a comprehensive health fair on breast feeding this Friday, August 6.
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Prion finding offers insight into spontaneous protein diseases
UCSF scientists are reporting what they say is compelling evidence that the infectious agent known as prion is composed solely of protein.
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Clonidine reduces post-surgical risk of cardiovascular death in non-cardiac surgery
Patients with or at risk for heart disease who take the anti-hypertensive drug clonidine before non-cardiac surgery can significantly reduce the risk of complications and death due to inadequate blood flow to the heart
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Aging HIV Patients May Be at Risk for Dementia, Study Shows
Aging HIV patients whose infection has not evolved into full-blown AIDS may be at risk for developing a chronic dementia similar to Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF.
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HIV clinician fatalism hinders "prevention for positives" counseling
UCSF researchers have found that some physicians express a sense of fatalism about HIV prevention and this belief -- that changes in sexual risk behavior by their HIV-positive patients are unlikely -- is hindering the provision of prevention counseling services in publicly-funded clinics.
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Gladstone study finds no evidence of superinfection among highly exposed HIV+ couples
In a study of 33 HIV+ couples who engaged in frequent, unprotected sex, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology researchers found no evidence of superinfection, the sequential acquisition of multiple HIV variants.
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UCSF events for August 2004
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Mobile HIV testing program removes barriers to testing in Sub-Saharan Africa
A voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) program using a mobile van to travel to marketplaces in townships and villages overcomes the structural barriers to HIV testing in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to UCSF researchers.
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Africans take anti-HIV meds at a higher rate than many anticipated
Contrary to widespread assumptions, UCSF researchers have found that an HIV-infected African cohort successfully followed a medication regimen ...
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Some HIV patients treated during early infection test negative
UCSF researchers have found that some HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative, at some point, for the virus. Study findings showed this result in six of 87 patients.
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Neurodegenerative disease in children might respond to neurosteroids
Scientists studying mice have identified a possible strategy for slowing a rare, fatal childhood neurodegenerative disease known as Niemann-Pick type C, in which brain cells accumulate fat and die.
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Study finds virtual colonoscopy not ready for widespread use
A study by researchers at UCSF Medical Center has found that virtual colonoscopy may not measure up to conventional colonoscopy for widespread colorectal cancer screening in the U.S.
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UCSF Medical Center & Children's Hospital make U.S. News "America's Best Hospitals" list
UCSF Medical Center has risen to No. 6 among "America's Best Hospitals," and UCSF Children's Hospital has been recognized as the highest-quality pediatric facility in California and No. 11 in the United States.
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Young gay men experience high rates of anti-gay violence and harassment
A UCSF study of gay and bisexual young men in Phoenix, Austin, and Albuquerque found that during a six-month period, over a third reported experiencing anti-gay harassment, 5 percent reported anti-gay violence and 11 percent reported anti-gay discrimination.
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Kids "battle" cancer at launch of "Ben's Game"
UCSF Children's Hospital and the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation® partner with Eric Johnston of LucasArts to launch "Ben's Game" at www.makewish.org/ben.
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"Women, Children, and HIV" educational CD-ROM to be distributed at international aids conference
With the aim of reaching the thousands of health care workers in developing countries who do not have ready access to the Internet, a CD-ROM containing the latest information on HIV/AIDS will be disseminated to the 19,000 delegates attending the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July.
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UCSF Achieves Major NIH Designation for Moving in on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
With the aim of accelerating the pace of discovery regarding dementing diseases, the UCSF Memory and Aging Center has been designated an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center by the National Institutes of Health ...
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Special picnic for children who had transplants, Saturday, June 19
Transplant Patient Picnic -- Kids from babies to teens who've had kidney or liver transplants -- or are waiting for transplant.
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Media briefing on Wednesday, June 23, will preview XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok
A UCSF AIDS Research Institute (ARI) news briefing in advance of the XV International AIDS Conference will take place next Wednesday, June 23.
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UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop receives honorary Harvard degree
J. Michael Bishop, MD, chancellor of UCSF, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Harvard University at the school's commencement ceremony June 10.
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Research discovery identifies new strategy against diabetes
UCSF scientists have identified a protein on T cells of the immune system that triggers type 1 diabetes in mice when it interacts with another protein in the pancreas.
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Leading geneticist to head new UCSF Center for Human Genetics
Neil J. Risch, PhD, recognized internationally for innovative genetics research on a range of diseases, has been named director of the new Center for Human Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).