Current and future scientists of all backgrounds will convene at UCSF Mission Bay on December 17 through a biotech networking event that draws students from City College of San Francisco.

UCSF physicians are combating a devastating side effect of chemotherapy with an innovative new program -- “Hair to Stay” -- to evaluate devices that could reduce scalp hair loss in breast cancer patients.

UCSF researchers have identified an existing medication that restores key elements of the immune system that, when out of balance, lead to a steady decline in immunity and health as people age.

Health care inequality in South Africa is even worse for poor, black South Africans than it was under apartheid, according to new study co-authored by UCSF internal medicine resident Sanjay Basu.

Staff appreciation events continue December 13 at Mount Zion and December 15 at Mission Bay.

During December and throughout 2011, members of the UCSF community can participate in events and activities that can improve their health and well being.

Leading UCSF faculty are featured in videos on the iBioSeminars website, which brings the world’s best biology in seminars to people around the world.

A team of UCSF researchers has engineered E. coli with the key molecular circuitry that will enable genetic engineers to program cells to communicate and perform computations.