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A gadfly with giant wings, UCSF’s Stan Glantz, PhD, knows how to cause a stir.
UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble is leading the search for a new dean of the UCSF School of Medicine.
Robin Shaw thinks heart cell comunication holds the secret to future therapies...
Bernard Smith, who served on the UCSF School of Dentistry faculty for 17 years, died following his long battle with leukemia.
War and aging play particular havoc with the human brain, a fact that has mobilized and energized researchers and clinicians at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC).
UCSF will offer free health screenings for cardiovascular health and Hepatitis B to women and families on Saturday.
Jonathan “Jack” Rodnick, a national leader in family medicine, highly effective clinical educator and excellent role model, died unexpectedly on Saturday.
Morphine's serious side effect as a pain killer – its potential to create dependency – has been almost completely eliminated in research with mice by genetically modifying a single trait on the surface of neurons. The study scientists think a drug can be developed to similarly block dependency.
Recent power outages have prompted UCSF safety officials to remind the campus community to use the emergency telephone for a direct line to the UCSF Police when trapped in an elevator.
Andre Guerrero, a third-year student at the UCSF School of Dentistry, has won a scholarship from the National Hispanic Health Foundation.
Times have definitely changed when you can talk about fetal surgery being the norm...
Scientists have discovered that mice genetically engineered to lack a particular protein in the brain have profound deafness and seizures. The finding suggests a pathway, they say, for exploring the hereditary causes of deafness and epilepsy in humans.
Looking for something cheap and delicious to eat for lunch? Check out Peasant Pies on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
Samuel C. Hughes, MD, a professor of anesthesia and perioperative care at UCSF and an attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, died Jan. 20 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 61.
UCSF experts in HIV/AIDS prevention will be discussing the topic this Friday during a special forum following the screening of the documentary <i>Miss HIV</i>.
UCSF Public Affairs is sponsoring a screening of the documentary film "Miss HIV" and a panel discussion with UCSF experts about HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Africa. The event is free and open to the public.
The University of California is making great strides to protect the planet, according to a new report by the UC Office of the President.
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, and Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have uncovered a biochemical signaling pathway that leads to the formation of abnormally large bones in mice.
Humans must outwit their own biology to flourish in outer space...
Radiology informatics expert Ronald Arenson, MD, longtime chair of the Department of Radiology, has been elected to the Radiological Society of North America’s board of directors.
We regret that our recent news report (1-14-08) about an important population-based study on MRSA USA300 with public health implications contained some information that could be interpreted as misleading.
A brain tumor survivor, who launched a nonprofit organization, helped UCSF receive an anonymous donation to support research of a type of tumor.
Gilles R. Hickson, a postdoctoral researcher at UCSF, is among those to receive the DeLill Nasser Awards for Professional Development in Genetics.
Worried that your next PowerPoint presentation won't carry the UCSF logo? Here is the answer to your problem.
UCSF Medical Center is launching a new ad campaign featuring faculty, alumni, patients and donors.