California Assembly Passes UC-supported AB 2296, the Researcher Protection Act of 2008
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Scientists have identified a way in which the brain’s ability to process information diminishes with age, and shown that this break down contributes to the decreased ability to form memories that is associated with normal aging.
It’s always hard to let go of something you have nurtured, tended and loved...
A fourth-year medical student at UCSF was elected to the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) board of directors.
California’s state tobacco control program saved $86 billion--in 2004 dollars--in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
Saving your back means knowing your spine...
The UCSF University Community Partnerships Council has announced its first annual grants awards, totaling $166,055, to 12 San Francisco-based public-health community organizations. Of these, four grants specifically target community groups based in Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP), with awards totaling $99,522.
Five UCSF stem cell scientists have received New Faculty grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
An aggressive childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain “stem” cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene, say researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).