Smoking appears to interfere with the brain's ability to recover from the effects of chronic alcohol abuse, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
The UCSF Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology's Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology will host a major symposium on the Parnassus campus Friday, March 17, titled "Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Skeletal Biology."
For most of us, roughing it on vacation means staying at a hotel without room service.
But for an increasing number of UCSF Medical Center physicians and nurses, taking a no-frills vacation means much more.
Lewis Lanier, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology at UCSF, exlains the discovery in mice of immune cells with cancer-fighting capability in an interview for KQED's California Report.
The prison inmate population is aging rapidly, but prisons have not yet adapted to the physical and mental needs of geriatric prisoners, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.