New study findings show that exposure to on-screen smoking in movies has a strong correlation with beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers among young adults 18-25, a critical age group for lifelong smoking behavior.
UCSF's Feroz Papa has won a highly prestigious National Institutes of Health award that recognizes bold ideas from some of the nation's most innovative new scientists.
UCSF researchers have discovered that blocking the function of a certain type of immune cell halts pancreatic islet tumor growth in mice. The finding proves, they say, that specific immune cells can play a critical role in the formation and subsequent growth of cancer.