UCSF Police are asking for more information about a suspect arrested Aug. 11 for alleged sexual battery of two women in UC Hall on the Parnassus campus.

At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto this week, UCSF researchers were among the attendees and presenters – which also included former President Bill Clinton – at sessions focusing on prevention and technology.

James G. Kahn, MD, MPH, speaks at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Kahn is professor at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, the AIDS Research Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, all at UCSF.

Nature takes a first look at research suggesting that certain genetic mutations that increase life span in the roundworm C. elegans also reduce the growth of tumors in the worm.

UCSF Children's Hospital helped raise thousands of dollars to benefit children in San Francisco's southeast sector on Sunday.

UCSF congratulates Janice Marchi-Varlow, a Cardiovascular Thoracic nurse, who was recognized recently at the winner of the August DAISY award.

On Tuesday, August 15, KQED-FM's Forum with Michael Krasny assesses a recent hypothesis on obesity, and how sugar may trigger a starvation reaction in the brain.

NBC News reports on a San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) and University of California, San Francisco study in this week's issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine about the subtle ways pharmaceutical companies market their products to physicians and patients.

The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering a free, eight-week vegan cooking class to the general public.

Christopher Ames, MD, assistant professor in residence in the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, has developed a technique to remove large tumors, buried deep within the spine, that are often considered inoperable.