UCSF to Host Scientific Symposium on Pandemic Flu on Dec. 12
Scientific experts from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and others will gather at UCSF on December 12 to discuss the new avian influenza virus and other topics.
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New SF neuroscience research effort will help troops and veterans
The San Francisco VA Medical Center, the Department of Defense, and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education have joined together to establish a new SFVAMC Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
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UCSF Wins HHMI Award for Interdisciplinary Graduate Education
UCSF is among 10 universities selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to help lead the way in interdisciplinary graduate education.
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Study Finds Tobacco Scenes in Movies Boost Teen Smoking
A new study shows the more kids see smoking on screen, the more likely they are to smoke.
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UCSF Study Finds Nerve Regeneration is Possible in Spinal Cord Injuries
A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury.
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Avian Flu: Threat of Pandemic Leads to Shortage of Antiviral Drugs
Many experts fear that a human plague may emerge if the avian flu virus acquires the ability to spread directly from person to person.
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Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
The first complete review of research on the link between teenagers viewing on-screen smoking and then taking up smoking themselves finds that one leads to the other.
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Gladstone Institutes ranks #1 in The Scientist survey of best places for postdocs to work
The J. David Gladstone Institutes is North America's best institutional work environment for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey, published in the March 1 issue.
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Students Raise Awareness of Atrocities in Darfur Region of Sudan
UCSF students are raising awareness of the atrocities that continue to devastate the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Mission Bay Plan Moves Forward; UCSF Considers Options at Mount Zion to Meet State Seismic Safety La
UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret is preparing to present plans to meet the state seismic safety law to the UC Regents in January.
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Scientists directly view immune cells interacting to avert autoimmunity
Using a new form of microscopy to penetrate living lymph nodes, UCSF scientists have for the first time viewed immune cells at work, helping clarify how T cells control autoimmunity.
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UCSF to Host Scientific Symposium on Pandemic Flu on Dec. 12
Scientific experts from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and others will gather at UCSF on December 12 to discuss the new avian influenza virus and other topics.
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Gladstone Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have identified a potential new way to stop brain cell death related to Alzheimer's disease.
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UCSF study finds nerve regeneration is possible in spinal cord injuries
A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury.
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Former UCSF Nursing Dean Margretta Styles Dies
The UCSF School of Nursing plans a memorial service in San Francisco in January for former dean Margretta Madden Styles, who died on November 20.
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Dean Kessler Issues World AIDS Day Message
In a message today on World AIDS Day, Dean David Kessler says that HIV/AIDS work at UCSF is a vivid example of the University's ability to drive important findings from basic research labs to clinicians and, ultimately, to patients.
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UCSF wins HHMI award for interdisciplinary graduate education
UCSF's Integrated Program in Complex Biological Systems has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to initiate fundamental changes in the way PhD scientists are trained.
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Study Hints at Role of Stem Cell Genes in Testicular, Breast Cancers
UCSF scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence of a link between embryonic stem cells and cancer.
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Genetic key to growth of new arteries is identified
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have uncovered part of the genetic mechanism that causes new arteries to grow in response to blocked arteries.
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Study hints at role of stem cell genes in testicular, breast cancers
UCSF scientists have discovered that the activity of several embryonic stem cell genes is elevated in testicular and breast cancers, providing some of the first molecular evidence of a link between embryonic stem cells and cancer.
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Former UCSF Nursing Dean Margretta Styles dies at age 75
Margretta Madden Styles, RN, EdD, FAAN, a scholar with an international impact on the profession of nursing, died on November 20 at her home in Clearwater, Fla., at the age of 75.
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QB3's Inaugural Event Features Announcement of Major Partnerships with Industry
Technology industry leaders gathered at QB3 on Monday to announce several major partnerships with the California institute headquartered at UCSF Mission Bay.
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UCSF, GE Healthcare Announce Cancer Research Collaboration
UCSF will collaborate with GE Healthcare to develop new techniques to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases.
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Depressed heart patients skip medications, have elevated stress hormones
Recent studies conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center suggest two possible mechanisms for the widely recognized link between depression and adverse outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease
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QB3 "Inaugural event" features announcement of major partnerships between industry and UC Institute
Technology industry leaders today announced several major new research alliances with QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
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UCSF ARI World AIDS Day symposium
The AIDS Research Institute at UCSF will sponsor a symposium outlining the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research, prevention and care on the afternoon of Thursday, December 1, World AIDS Day.
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UCSF and GE Healthcare announce cancer research collaboration
The University of California, San Francisco today announced a collaboration with GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), to develop new technology for clinical use that tracks real-time changes in tissue metabolism with unprecedented sensitivity.
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Campus Mourns Loss of Marcellus Martin
Longtime UCSF employee and dedicated friend and family man Marcellus Martin died on Oct. 24, 2005.
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SF Fire and Police Chiefs to represent UCSF Children's Hospital at Macy's Union Square tree- lightin
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UCSF Transfusion Center Gets $10 Million Grant for Research
The Department of Laboratory Medicine in the UCSF School of Medicine recently received a $10 million research grant to explore causes of transfusion-related deaths.