UCSF to Host Symposium Addressing Health Care Disparities Research
The campus community is invited to a four-hour symposium addressing health care disparities research on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
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Website Features UCSF Library's Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
UCSF has launched a new website showcasing woodblock prints that provide a window into traditional Japanese attitudes toward illness, the human body, women, religion, and the West.
Emergency Response Expert Joins UCSF Police Department
UCSF has hired an expert who has served in 23 disaster situations, including Hurricane Katrina and the attack upon the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
UC Study Uncovers Tobacco Industry Efforts to Undermine Secondhand Smoke Link to Cardiovascular Dise
In Light of Voluntary Recall of Infant Cold Medicines, UCSF's Soller Comments on Safety and Efficacy
UCSF Medical Center names new Chief Nursing Officer
Sheila Antrum, RN, MSHA, has been named the new chief nursing and patient care services officer for UCSF Medical Center.
Genes that both extend life and protect against cancer identified
A person is 100 times more likely to get cancer at age 65 than at age 35. But new research reported today in the journal "Nature Genetics" identifies naturally occurring processes that allow many genes to both slow aging and protect against cancer in the much-studied C. elegans roundworm.
Study reveals a key to blood vessel growth and possible drug target
Researchers have identified a molecular pathway that plays a critical role in the growth of blood vessels.