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Lower Extremity Revascularization Not Effective in Majority of Nursing Home Residents
Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization procedures are alive and ambulatory a year after surgery, according to UCSF researchers, and most patients still alive gained little, if any, function.
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How Beige Fat Could Fight Obesity
For the first time, scientists have isolated beige fat in adult humans that's able to convert energy-storing white fat cells into the energy-burning kind.
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UCSF Medical Center Rewarded $800K for Sustainability Efforts from PG&E
When leaders at UC San Francisco were planning to build UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, they made sure that state-of-the-art energy efficiency systems were integrated in the design of their new buildings, which led to a check from PG&E for $804,000 in incentives that came via that focus on sustainability and energy efficiency.
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Dual Therapy’s One-Two Punch Knocks Out Drug-Resistant Lung Cancer
UCSF scientists have identified a biological escape hatch that explains the resistance to targeted drug treatment in some lung cancer patients.
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UMass Dartmouth, UCSF Research Demonstrates Shared Rules of Development Can Predict Patterns of Evolution in Different Species
The evolution and development of structures as diverse as limbs, fingers, teeth, somites and vertebrae may have more in common than once believed, according to a new study.
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Blood Test Trumps Accuracy of Standard Screening in Detecting Down Syndrome in Early Pregnancy
A blood test undertaken between 10 to 14 weeks of pregnancy may be more effective in diagnosing Down syndrome and two other less common chromosomal abnormalities than standard non-invasive screening techniques.
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Miaskowski Inducted into International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, the Sharon A. Lamb Endowed Chair in Symptom Management Research in the UCSF School of Nursing, is one of 19 nurse researchers being inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI).
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Robert Wachter Examines Highs and Lows of Digitizing Health Care in New Book
Robert Wachter chronicles the challenges of digitizing medicine and health care — and the potential technology holds — in his new book, 'The Digital Doctor.'
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Researchers Identify “Beige” Fat-Burning Cells in Humans
A research team, led by a UCSF biologist, has isolated energy-burning “beige” fat from adult humans, which is known to be able to convert unhealthy white fat into healthy brown fat.
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Esteban Burchard Named to Expert Panel for Obama’s Precision Medicine Plan
UCSF’s Esteban Burchard has been appointed to an expert panel advising the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on how to develop President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.
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Calico Licenses Technology from Acclaimed UCSF Laboratory
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Scientists Link Unexplained Childhood Paralysis to Enterovirus D68
A research team led by UCSF scientists has found the genetic signature of enterovirus D68 in half of the California and Colorado children diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis – sudden, unexplained muscle weakness and paralysis – between 2012 and 2014.
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New Reality of California ‘DREAMers’ Takes Shape at UCSF
José Carrasco Sandoval, Laura Aguilar and Angie Celis typify the caliber of talent UC San Francisco attracts. All three have been chosen to join the School of Dentistry’s Class of 2019. Unlike most of their peers, all three are “DREAMers.”
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Male Registered Nurses Make Thousands More in Salary Than Female Counterparts
Male registered nurses make more than $5,000 per year than their female counterparts across most settings, specialty areas and positions, according to a UCSF-led study.
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UCSF Medical Center, John Muir Health Affiliate to Develop Regional Health Care Network, New Company
UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health have finalized an agreement that will serve as the foundation for a Bay Area health care network intended to provide patients with high quality care at an affordable price.
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Hollywood and Tobacco: New Spotlight on Smoking At The Movies
UCSF is launching a revamped Smokefree Movies website that offers the public unusual insight into Hollywood’s role in the global tobacco epidemic, projected to kill one billion people this century.
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UCSF to Study Benefits of Personal Approach to Breast Cancer Screening
A research team at UCSF has won a five-year award of $14.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to investigate whether a personalized approach to breast cancer screening is as safe and effective as annual mammograms.
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To Beat Leukemia, Boost Cell Signaling, Study Suggests
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia led by UCSF researchers puts an intriguing new twist on anti-cancer strategies.
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Alumni Association Marks 150th Anniversary with Awards
To mark UC San Francisco’s 150th anniversary, the Alumni Association of University of California San Francisco (AAUCSF) is honoring 150 alumni of UCSF's four professional schools (Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy), the Graduate Division, and training programs with an Alumni Excellence Award.
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Three UCSF Pioneers to Appear in PBS Cancer Documentary
UCSF Chancellor and Professor Emeritus J. Michael Bishop, MD, Professor Emeritus Harold Varmus, MD, and Chancellor and Professor Emeritus Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will be highlighted for their pioneering work on cancer in the Ken Burns-produced PBS documentary series “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” which airs March 30-April 1, 2015.
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US Health Secretary Visits UCSF, Lauds Promise of Precision Medicine
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said precision medicine will help researchers and doctors develop better, targeted medicine during her visit to UCSF’s Mission Bay campus Thursday.
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Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2015
The School of Medicine Class of 2015 fourth-year medical students gathered on Friday to learn where they "matched," and the hospital or program where they will spend the next four or five years training as resident physicians.
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DeGrado Wins International Award for Protein Research
William DeGrado, PhD, a UC San Francisco researcher, has won a prestigious award from the Protein Society, an international organization dedicated to supporting protein research.
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UCSF Team Finds Key to Making Neurons From Stem Cells
A research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule called Pnky that can be manipulated to increase the production of neurons from neural stem cells.
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Take an up-close look at what patient choice really looks like
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Advisory committee to examine university’s cost structure to provide update at UC regents meeting
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High tech approach to healthcare at children's hospital
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In health care, shared decision-making gains traction
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UCSF’s 14th Annual Developmental Disability Conference in review