• July 12, 2000

Nine cancer centers share $8.9 million grant to improve treatment for neuroblastoma, a cancer that s

• July 12, 2000

Recently infected patients show immune benefit when interleukin-2 is added to antirectroviral therap

In an early report from an ongoing, randomized clinical trial, researchers from UCSF have shown that the addition of the immune stimulator interleukin-2 (IL-2) to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) improves immune function in patients who have been recently infected with HIV.

• July 12, 2000

UCSF research reveals how the embryo brings its heart together

• July 11, 2000

Researchers find jail-based surveillance screeing useful in monitoring HIV and sexually transmitted

A study by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, conducted at the San Francisco County Jail, has found that anonymous HIV screening of jail inmates offers an opportunity to track the epidemic in at-risk groups...

• Research
• July 11, 2000

Imaging of Brain Chemicals Improves Alzheimers Diagnosis

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease may become easier with the help of imaging studies from the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, which is affiliated with UC San Francisco.

• July 11, 2000

Appeals court rejects challenge to UCSF tobacco research

The right of University of California scientists to carry out tobacco smoking research and anti-smoking advocacy was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Sacramento Thursday (July 6).

• July 10, 2000

Female condom proves cost-effective in preventing HIV in Africa

A new study headed by a University of California, San Francisco AIDS researcher has determined that providing the female condom to women who are commercial sex workers in rural South Africa is a highly cost-effective means of preventing HIV transmission...

• Campus News
• July 10, 2000

World Alzheimer Congress to Feature Latest Research Findings

• July 10, 2000

Nurse clinicans at UCSF's perinatal AIDS center optimize care for pregnant HIV-infected women and th

A University of California, San Francisco program that uses certified nurse midwives and nurse practitioners as primary care givers has significantly reduced transmission of HIV from mother to child...

• July 10, 2000

Studies on HIV voluntary counseling and testing in developing countries show positive results

Results from two studies proving the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of providing voluntary counseling and testing for HIV-1 in developing countries are reported in the new issue (July 8) of the British medical journal The Lancet.

• July 8, 2000

Multi-institutional study shows immune benefit when interleukin-2 is added to antirectroviral therap

• May 4, 2000

UCSF Study Reveals Mechanism of Telomerase Enzyme That Could Lead to Target for Cancer Therapy, Cell Regeneration

UC San Francisco researchers have discovered a region in the telomerase enzyme that they say could prove to be a target for killing cancer cells and regenerating damaged cells, and could also lead to a possible target for attacking HIV.

• March 16, 2000

Mysteries of touch, wise use of alternative therapies, are among the topics for UCSF's second Mini M

• March 14, 2000

Common pathway found in early stages of addiciton to alcohol and many drugs

• March 14, 2000

Pain drug reveals what most already know - men's and women's brains are simply different

• March 13, 2000

UC San Francisco among leaders in NIH grants for Biomedical Research

• March 13, 2000

New UCSF program promotes community hiring at all major campus construction projects

• March 13, 2000

Protein that stimulates blood vessel growth also helps repair broken bones

• March 9, 2000

Genetic test for melanoma developed at UCSF

• March 8, 2000

Elizabeth Glaser Foundation to link UCSF and four other medical centers in a new Pediatric Research

• March 7, 2000

Methadone maintenance found to be more effective in treating heroin addiction than 180 day detoxific

• March 7, 2000

Bone density test results during osteoporosis treatment can be misleading, a UCSF study has found

• March 7, 2000

Health of elderly patients in nursing homes at risk due to understaffing, according to expert panel

• March 2, 2000

Many HIV+ urban indigents adhere well to strict anti-AIDS drug therapies; little drug resistance fou

• February 29, 2000

High volume hospitals have lower death rates for many surgeries and HIV/AIDS, says UCSF study

• February 28, 2000

Human rights violations documented in mexican psychiatric hospitals

• February 24, 2000

Facing challenges and taking control: popular UCSF Women's Health Conference covers more than just m

• February 23, 2000

New incentives are needed to spur research and delivery of vaccines and drugs to poor nations, say w

• February 18, 2000

UCSF researcher reports on protein therapy to reverse facial birth defects

• February 17, 2000

Scientists develop transgenic mouse that models parkinson's related disorders