An idea for treating drug-resistant prostate cancer emerges from a UCSF lab.

A collaborative neonatal nurse training program was created in response to the growing demand for these specialists, and will work to meet the short- and long-term needs of the most vulnerable premature infants.

Adolescent health expert Mary-Ann Shafer is calling for top-to-bottom reform and a holistic, custom-tailored approach when it comes to caring for the nation’s 42 million adolescents.

A new study finds that one-time cervical cancer screening for women with limited health care access is worthwhile. A DNA test to detect HPV could be used for mobile van delivery of same-day screening and follow-up in the rural US.

New UCSF Faculty, April 2009

New UCSF Faculty, April 2009

UCSF’s Peter Walter, who explores the signaling pathway by which cells alter their quantities of endoplasmic reticulum, has won the prestigious Gairdner International Award.

Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types -- a discovery that could eventually open the door to more streamlined treatments for leukemia and other blood cancers, in which blood cells proliferate out of control.

The University of California will "begin planning for the possibility of employee furloughs and/or temporary and permanent salary reductions as an additional element of the university's response to the state budget contraction," according to UC President Mark Yudof.

The campus community is invited to enjoy the works of women artists on display now through Sept. 21 at UCSF Laurel Heights.