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Raging Arizona
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Mission Bay Impresario Retires
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UCSF to Participate in World No Tobacco Day on May 31
<p>The UCSF community is invited to participate in World No Tobacco Day on May 31.</p>
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White House Petitioned to Make Research Free to Access
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Neuroscientist Talks About Transformation of Biomedicine During Commencement Address
<p>An aspiration of UCSF faculty and campus leaders is that the students trained here continue to transform biomedicine through innovation and risk taking, a theme highlighted by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president at Rockefeller University, who delivered the 2012 Graduate Division commencement speech on May 18.</p>
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Mission Bay Casts Wide Net After Salesforce Exit
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Breast MRI Best at Tracking Response to Chemo: Study
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New Growth Industry: Bay Area Biotech Incubators
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UCSF Receives Transformative Gift for Neuroscience Research and Care from Sandler Foundation
UCSF has received a challenge gift of $20 million from the Sandler Foundation that will provide major support for the university’s groundbreaking research and clinical care efforts regarding neurological diseases.
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Pain-Killing Transplants
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State Tobacco Prevention Funding Lacking, CDC Report Shows
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Sandler Foundation Offers $20 Million Challenge Gift for UCSF Neuroscience Center
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Votes Sought to Support Tree Planting on Mount Sutro
<p>Members of the UCSF community are asked to show their support of the UCSF Sutro Seed Propagation Area and the Sutro Steward's volunteer program in a national contest to win a $10,000 grant from Odwalla for a tree-planting project.</p>
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Neurons Transplanted into Mouse Spines Reverse Chronic Pain
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Routine Care for Crohn's Disease in Children Should Include Measurement of Bone Age
Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
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UCSF Implements Policy to Make Research Papers Freely Accessible to Public
The UCSF Academic Senate has voted to make electronic versions of current and future scientific articles freely available to the public, helping to reverse decades of practice on the part of medical and scientific journal publishers to restrict access to research results.
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Let's Revolutionize Prostate Cancer
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Chronic Pain is Relieved by Cell Transplantation in Lab Study
Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study by UCSF scientists shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent and difficult-to-treat pain, but also to cure the conditions that give rise to them.
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A Glimpse Inside Construction of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
<p>Construction of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay is well underway, with the building’s exterior panels, glass, and interior studs being installed.</p>
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Column: Gregory House M.D.: RIP
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Cuba's First Daughter Lands in Bay Area
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Event to Benefit Art Therapy at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital is holding its second “Art with a Heart” benefit art sale and auction, featuring a collection of art created by young hospital patients, some of whom will be on hand to talk with media about their work.
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Lab Tests Show Arthritis Drug Effective Against Global Parasite
A team of researchers from UCSF and UC San Diego has identified an approved arthritis drug that is effective against amoebas in lab and animal studies, suggesting it could offer a low-dose, low cost treatment for the amoebic infections that cause human dysentery throughout the world.
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Songbirds' Learning Hub in Brain Offers Insight into Motor Control
UCSF scientists have shown that a key brain structure in the Bengalese finch acts as a learning hub, receiving information that helps to improve its song, a finding which may lead to new ways to treat neurological disorders that impair movement such as Parkinson’s disease.
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Cheap Amoebic Dysentery Drug 'Promising'
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New Ads for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Tell Patient Stories
<p>Translating pioneering research into exceptional care for young patients and their families is the heart of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. For that reason, UCSF has launched a new consumer advertising campaign highlighting some of the thousands of children treated every year.</p>
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Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion
To celebrate nearly a quarter-century of advances in hematology and transplantation, UCSF is holding a reunion of patients from the UCSF Medical Center who have undergone bone marrow transplants.
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Global Oral Health Symposium 2012 Draws International Experts
<p>UCSF School of Dentistry's Global Oral Health Symposium 2012 repeated and expanded on the success of last year's inaugural event, bringing greater visibility to vital oral health issues worldwide, and the extraordinary international effort to address them.</p>
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Hepatitis Awareness Month: San Francisco at Ground Zero and UCSF at Forefront
Viral hepatitis chronically infects between 3.5 and 5.2 million people in the U.S. – more than 30,000 in San Francisco, alone – but only about one in three people who are infected know it, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.