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Virtual Reality View of Mutations Can Reveal Better Ways to Treat Cancer
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Horses as Healers: UCSF's pilot program pairs cancer survivor with horses
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Child Diagnosed With Rare Blood Cancer Saved by UCSF 'Miracle' Treatment
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‘One-Eyed Sheep’ Talk Takes Top Prize at 2019 Postdoc Slam
Ten finalists competed in the live event, hoping to impress the judges with snappy three-minute summaries of their research.
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Bay Area family's journey from cancer to hospital music programs around the world
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UCSF Launches Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research
The UCSF Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research, made possible by a $35 million gift from Marc and Lynne Benioff, will bring together scientists and physicians who seek to push the boundaries of prostate cancer research and devise new strategies to combat the disease.
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Cancer patients use crowdfunding for medical bills, expenses
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How a Powerful Genetic Test Found a Life-Saving Therapy for an Infant’s Rare Cancer
A new genetic test found that Quincy's aggressive blood cancer had an unusual mutation on the FLT3 gene. That gave Quincy’s doctors a life-saving idea.
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Infant with Deadly Leukemia Saved by Drug for Adult Liver Cancer
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have successfully treated a months-old infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy approved for adults with inoperable liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer.
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Cancer Patients Turn to Crowdfunding to Pay for Medical Care
Patients increasingly resort to crowdfunding websites to pay medical bills, a new UCSF study finds that online donations are sought for lost wages, child care and even occasionally experimental treatments.
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Dark Skin No Protection Against Sun's Harmful Rays
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Medical Imaging Rates Continue to Rise Despite Push to Reduce Their Use
Despite a broad campaign among physician groups to reduce the amount of imaging in medicine, the rates of use of CT, MRI and other scans have continued to increase.
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Chemical Exposure Web Tool Defines Risks Faced by Millions of California Women
A new web tool spells out for the first time the exposures that more than 6.5 million working women in California face that could increase their risk for breast cancer, including industrial solvents, antimicrobials and phthalates.
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Confused About Sunscreen Ingredients? Here's What We've Learned
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The Real Chernobyl: Q&A With a Radiation Exposure Expert
We talked with Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD, about the real-life health impacts from the disaster portrayed in the HBO miniseries.
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Rare disease discovery: Antibodies fighting cancer go on to attack brain
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Breakthrough: A Visionary Quest to Find a Cure for Cancer
This documentary, about “a renegade scientist’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer,” features immunologist James Allison, PhD, a residency alumnus and a former member of the UCSF and UC Berkeley faculties. Allison overcame many obstacles en route to his discovery of the immune system’s role in defeating cancer – work that won him a 2018 Nobel Prize. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, the film includes interviews with several current UCSF researchers, including Max Krummel, PhD, who as a graduate student in Allison’s UC Berkeley lab led several of the key studies recognized by the Nobel.
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Scientists Discover Autoimmune Disease Associated with Testicular Cancer
Using advanced technology, scientists have discovered an autoimmune disease that appears to affect men with testicular cancer.
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A Decade of Research Sharpens View of Brain Tumor Genetics, Causes
Today, our understanding of glioma subtypes has expanded to include the molecular and genetic variants that can influence a tumor’s development, prognosis, and response to treatment.
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UCSF Unveils Cancer Building Devoted to Precision Medicine
UCSF is opening a pioneering cancer center devoted to providing adult patients with highly advanced treatments, including immunotherapy, genetic counseling, molecular profiling of tumors, fully integrated clinical trials, and advanced imaging.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Hosts Media Tour of New Cancer Building
UCSF Health is opening a pioneering Precision Cancer Medicine Building devoted to bringing together the leading science with patient-centered care to provide patients with the most advanced, personalized treatments.
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You Might Have Sunscreen In Your Blood - But Don't Freak Out Just Yet
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Anal cancer is on the rise, especially in women. Should they be screened?
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Free Skin Cancer Screening Clinic at UCSF
The UCSF Department of Dermatology is holding its annual free skin cancer screening clinic for the community.
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23andMe gene test might falsely reassure some people of breast cancer risk: Study
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‘Super-Hero’ Stem Cells Survive Radiation to Regrow Muscles
Newly discovered radiation-resistant stem cells are normally rare and inactive (left), but they take on a major role in muscle repair when regular stem cells are damaged by radiation (right). Credit:
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Three Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC San Francisco cancer biologist Alan Ashworth, PhD, structural biologist Yifan Cheng, PhD, and molecular physiologist Holly Ingraham, PhD, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and
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Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns
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Making Better Pediatric Chemo Treatments, and Delivering Them to More Children
Janel Long-Boyle, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy's Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has spent her career advancing lifesaving drugs.
