UCSF Medical Center is sensitive to the needs of its patients, who get support from an inner circle that sometimes includes a beloved animal.

UCSF will award its highest honor—the UCSF Medal—to four civic and scientific leaders at a special event on Wednesday, April 15.

The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health recently hosted nearly 250 young women from local high schools at a summit designed to empower them to succeed.

In accordance with the UCSF Strategic Plan, which calls for investment in infrastructure, including information technology (IT) systems, the University will begin implementing a recharge fee to help make critical improvements to the UCSF data network.

UCSF was the second largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2008, according to new figures released by NIH

A team of UCSF researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the capacity to become any cell type in the body.

The University of California recently posted a new fact sheet about the state budget crisis.

Big Pharma continues to seek approval to market schizophrenia drugs for depression.

Last week, we reported that Robert Farese Jr.’s mutant mice lack an enzyme and burn up more food calories as a result. Farese wonders whether brown fat is involved. This week, researchers report that humans have the stuff too.