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Discovery Suggests Drugs Can Prevent Brain Injuries Common in Premature Babies
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New City Budget Proposal Includes Private Security For SF General
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Botox Alternative Better at Smoothing 'Crow's Feet'
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In Medicine, New Isn't Always Improved
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Treating Disease Before Birth with Tippi MacKenzie, MD
Stem cell transplantation may hold the promise to treating many diseases before birth such as sickle cell anemia and muscular dystrophy. But first, researchers need to overcome many barriers, including rejection of stem cell transplants by the fetus. MacKenzie’s lab recently discovered that mothers’ T cells are responsible for rejecting the grafts and that this rejection may be avoided by using stem cells from the mother.
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Barry Bonds Pays Surprise Visit to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
San Francisco Giants home run king Barry Bonds paid a surprise visit to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where he talked with patients, families and hospital staff in the Barry Bonds Family Foundation Playroom before visiting one-on-one with several kids in their hospital rooms on June 23.
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning Outlines Vision
<p>Tina Brock, who recently became associate dean of teaching and learning in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, offers her perspective on the science of education, the importance of interprofessional learning and teaching future pharmacists.</p>
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Media Advisory: NFL Stars to Present $2.5 Million Check for Brain Tumor Research
Former NFL player Harris Barton will present a $2.5 million check on behalf of Champion Charities to Dr. Michael Prados of the University of California, San Francisco’s Brain Tumor Research Center, to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.
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Hospitals Create Healthy Demand for Medical Offices
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Prenatal Folic Acid Doesn't Boost Sons' Fertility
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The March Continues: UCSF Takes Lead in 25th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco
<p>In advance of the upcoming AIDS Walk San Francisco, UCSF will host a free public screening of a documentary depicting the emergence of the epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital and a talk by UCSF's Jay Levy, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, on June 29.</p>
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Dr. Laura Esserman, UCSF Breast Cancer Researcher
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Cocaine Laced With Veterinary Drug Levamisole Eats Away at Flesh
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Researchers Look at Triple Negative Breast Cancer
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Mission Bay Prepares for Makeover
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MediBabble: The iPhone App That Could Save Your Life
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UCSF Study Finds PTSD Takes a Physical Toll
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Cigarette Packages Will Tell Ugly Truth in 2012
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UCSF Medical Students Create Free Medical Translation App, Conquering Language Barriers to Patient Care
<p>What started as a 2 a.m. conversation over coffee between two fourth-year medical students, ended with the development of a free mobile medical translation application with the potential to profoundly impact patient care worldwide that has more than 8,000 downloads to date on iTunes.</p>
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Brains of Vets with PTSD Can Change As They Age
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Researchers Uncover More About PTSD
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Pharmaceutical Industry Seeks Stronger Ties with Academia in Bid to Speed Up Drug Development
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Healthcare Workers' Personal Hygiene
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Study Finds Benefits Of Sleeping On A Hammock
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Free Dental Care Gives Uninsured a Reason to Smile
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Study Finds Botox Alternative Better at Smoothing 'Crow's Feet'
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A Genetic Factor is Linked to Long-Term Success of Leg Bypass Surgery
Outcomes of bypass surgery to repair blocked arteries in the legs tend to be better in the roughly one-in-five people who have inherited a specific genetic variation from both parents, according to a study presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session of the Vascular Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 18, 2011.
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UC's QB3 Bioscience and Cleantech Incubator Arrives at Old Twinkies Bakery Site in Berkeley
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A Multi-Faceted Poison