UCSF got the green light to pursue plans to build a new hospital complex for children's, women's and cancer services at Mission Bay.

The campus community is invited to comment on design guidelines for enhancing the Parnassus Heights campus on Friday, Sept. 29.

UCSF was the fourth largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2005, receiving a total of $452.2 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to rankings released by NIH.

Although menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system, menthol cigarettes may be harder to quit, according to a UCSF-led study that tracked more than 1,200 smokers over 15 years.

A study from the Milken Institute, an independent think tank, finds that the University of California system averaged the highest level of licensing income annually from its research discoveries in biotechnology. "Mind to Market: A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization" looks at how well institutions of higher education do at commercialization, the process of turning intellectual property into business startups and licensing income.

QB3 recently welcomed visitors to its new Garage, where enterprising scientists are working to translate their ideas into biotech discoveries.

Volker Doetsch, director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Frankfurt's Goethe University, compares and contrasts the world of basic science at UCSF and in his home country.

A world-renowned expert on Ayurveda, an ancient holistic approach to health that originated in India thousands of years ago, will present a lecture and workshop in late October.