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Zev Gartner is working to building a fully functioning 3-D human breast tissue that will allow him to test potential cancer therapies, an innovation that's earned him a spot among Popular Science's "Brilliant 10" this year.
UCSF researchers have successfully isolated human muscle stem cells and shown that the cells could robustly replicate and repair damaged muscles when grafted onto an injured site.
Circuits in the brain that grow noisier over time may be responsible for ways in which we slow mentally as we grow old, according to new studies from UCSF.
Review of studies from 20 countries indicates that tobacco use is not addressed in substance abuse treatment programs, says UCSF professor.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the UCSF School of Dentistry three research awards potentially totaling nearly $21 million.
UCSF Imaging Center and UCSF Women’s Health Primary Care launched a new Montgomery Street clinic on September 2.
Involving parents in the treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa is more effective than treating the patient individually, according to a study led by UCSF and Stanford researchers.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and Community Medical Centers (CMC) today announced an agreement to significantly enhance the provision of specialty medical care for children in Fresno.
A new collaboration between Celgene Corp. and the Recombinant Antibody Network (RAN), a consortium comprising research groups from UCSF, the University of Chicago and the University of Toronto, will support the development of next-generation, antibody-based cancer therapies.
The UCSF School of Medicine welcomed 153 new students to the class of 2019 with a very different kind of orientation, focused on communication and racial bias.
Fetuses with enlarged ventricles may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study co-authored by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
Video games are not adequately rated for tobacco content, according to a new UCSF study that found video gamers are being widely exposed to tobacco imagery.
UCSF has received a National Cancer Institute grant of $5 million over the next five years to lead a massive effort to integrate the data from all experimental models across all types of cancer.
Heart and lung transplant recipients are living longer than ever before, thanks to rapid advances in technology, medications and surgical procedures. That progress was cause for celebration last month at UCSF, where 400 patients and families gathered.
UCSF will take a key role in convening the Personalized Medicine World Conference next year.
UCSF is partnering with the Salesforce Foundation to support Dreamforce 2015, where experts will explore ways to improve healthcare and research.
In a perspective published by the New England Journal of Medicine, UCSF's Elizabeth Watkins shares a historical perspective of pharmaceutical advertising and proposes a new approach for educating consumers.
Researchers at UCSF are leading a five-year, $10 million research project dedicated to pediatric cancer, funded by the first grant of its kind to focus on a molecular pathway that underlies many cancers.
Privately insured pregnant women are less likely to have C-sections when their regular care includes midwives and 24-hour obstetrician coverage, according to a study by researchers at UCSF and Marin General Hospital.