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UCSF officially opened the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building on its Mission Bay campus today with a ribbon-cutting and open house highlighting a new vision for cancer research, treatment, and prevention.
UCSF Medical Center is launching a web-based ad campaign to raise awareness of its expertise in cancer research and care.
UCSF scientists have begun moving into the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, which will bring together approximately 410 cancer researchers.
Scientists are reporting two findings that could influence the way researchers screen for, treat and assess prognosis for women with locally advanced breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease. One finding offers a critical message regarding treatment strategy, they say.
By conducting biomedical research, shaping health care policy, and educating future generations of researchers and caregivers, UCSF aims to advance cancer treatment worldwide, says cancer center Director Frank McCormick.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and collaborators at Harvard Medical School have linked a specialized protein in human muscles to the process that clears glucose out of the bloodstream, shedding light on what goes wrong in type 2 diabetes on a cellular level.
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) have established the Stephen and Nancy Grand Multiple Myeloma Translational Initiative, a research collaboration dedicated to translating basic science discoveries into new candidate drugs for testing in clinical trials.
UCSF’s Kevin Grumbach will receive an award today for excellence in cultivating community partnerships in higher education.
The Multiple Myeloma Translational Initiative (MMTI) aims to promote collaborative research efforts and accelerate the transition of promising cancer therapies from the lab to the hospital.
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman visited UCSF recently, saying that education may finally be getting the funds it deserves to repair the country’s broken school system.
Tackling health threats and improving quality of life were clearly goals that this year’s student researchers had in mind when selecting their projects, which they presented May 19 at a symposium in Millberry Union.
Yuet Wai Kan, an internationally recognized leader in the field of genetics, was recently elected to the American Philosophical Society.
A special seminar at UCSF on Saturday, May 30, will focus on educating patients and families with inherited heart rhythm disorders about advancements in genetic research and treatment and the potential risks to these patients posed by certain medications and athletic activity.
UCSF is partnering with Silicon Valley companies and the United Nations Foundation to host the first in a series of forums to explore how mobile technology applications can be used to solve global health problems.
After just one month of training with a new, high-tech mobility assistance device, a group of UCSF patients showed significant improvements in walking speed, balance, stride length and endurance.
The campus community is invited to the premiere screening of a Public Affairs-produced film titled, “UCSF in India: Cigarettes Clouding the Economic Rise,” at the World No Tobacco Day event at UCSF on May 29.
A performance piece of works by teenage patients at UCSF Children’s Hospital offered an honest, no-holds-barred look at the experience of chronic illness and prolonged hospitalization.
The outcome of the May 19 state ballot propositions means that the University of California will be facing significant budget reductions in the 2009-10 fiscal year. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised state budget proposal alone calls for a cut of $322 million, and when combined with the state's underfunding of student enrollments and inflationary cost increases, UC's total budget gap would amount to $531 million.
To prepare for the total impact of revenue reductions and expense increases, the UCSF School of Medicine is developing a plan to absorb $170 million over the next three years if the economic scenario unfolds as projected, according to Interim Dean Sam Hawgood.
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Baystate Medical Center at Tufts University in Massachusetts concludes that patients facing coronary artery bypass surgery should, as a first priority, select a medical facility that has the highest adherence to quality standards.
UCSF Global Health Sciences, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership, is hosting a partnership forum for leaders in global health, philanthropy and technology to explore the use of mobile technology to solve global health problems.
An effort led by UCSF’s Richard L. Abbott has prompted the Chinese government to adopt national standards for eye care—the first time China has mandated practice guidelines for any medical specialty.
Eric Liu, an author who was named by the World Economic Forum as one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, when Nancy Adler, UCSF professor of psychiatry, is recognized for mentoring.