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Armed with a new $10 million grant, a multi-center “dream team’’ of scientists, led by UCSF, is embarking on a groundbreaking undertaking to overcome therapeutic resistance and revolutionize treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
<p>Here are answers to frequently asked questions about induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, the type of cell that has been reprogrammed from an adult cell, such as a skin or blood cell.</p>
<p>Stem cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, gained international acclaim in 2006 when he developed the method for inducing skin cells from mice into becoming like pluripotent stem cells and called them iPS cells. Here's a look at his road to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.</p>
<p>Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a UCSF professor of anatomy, is making headlines across the world as winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.</p>
<p>Colleagues at the Gladstone and UCSF celebrated the news on Monday that Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that has transformed the field of stem cell research.</p>
<p>Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a professor of anatomy at UCSF, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that are capable of developing into any cell in the human body.</p>
<p>Since 1981, when UCSF’s Gail Martin, PhD, co-discovered embryonic stem cells in mice and coined the term embryonic stem cell, UCSF has been a key player in the stem cell field. Today, Shinya Yamanaka became the fifth UCSF scientist to win the Nobel Prize.</p>
<p>Gladstone and UCSF leaders will participate in a Nobel Prize press conference at the Gladstone Institute at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time (PT). Shinya Yamanaka will join via videoconference from Japan.</p>
<p>A steady stream of new apps and devices that can be synced to ever-more sophisticated mobile phones is flowing into consumers’ hands, and this technology is revolutionizing the practice of self-tracking, in which individuals measure and collect personal data to improve their heath.</p>
<p>UCSF and its affiliates have been major players in the transformation of San Francisco as a leading center of innovation in health care and biosciences, according to a new report released Wednesday.</p>
A new documentary, <a href="http://www.escapefiremovie.com/">“Escape Fire,”</a> examines a broken US health care system that’s “designed for quick fixes rather than prevention.” The film also highlights pioneering efforts to transform the system and bring effective, low-cost solutions to the public, including interviews with UCSF researchers Dean Ornish, Elizabeth Blackburn and Peter Carroll.