University of California San Francisco
Report on dietary supplements containing ephedra makes urgent call for research to develop dose guid
A study undertaken for the Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety of
popular dietary supplements containing ephedra concludes that these products
can pose severe health risks and even kill some people...
Growing number of financial ties between academic researchers and private industry shows need for st
While private industry involvement in academic research continues to grow
rapidly, universities struggle to prevent potential conflicts of interest
without clear guidelines for defining or managing financial conflicts...
UCSF-Harvard team publishes major HIV therapy study over objections of sponsor; compound shows no ef
Researchers led by University of California, San Francisco and Harvard School
of Public Health are reporting the largest randomized trial among HIV-1
infected persons conducted during the 1990s.
Commonly used herbal product lowers PSA level in men with advanced prostate cancer, UCSF study finds
A popular herbal supplement used by prostate cancer patients has been found to significantly reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels -- a protein in the blood that often indicates prostate cancer...
UCSF researchers call for shift in HIV prevention priorities
HIV prevention resources are not allocated in the most cost-effective fashion
say researchers at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS).
UCSF-led study offers insight into cancer development, resistance to therapy: finding focuses on Ras
UCSF-led scientists have determined that under certain conditions the Ras
oncogene, a key culprit in many cancers, suppresses the function of the p53
tumor-suppressor gene...