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Last week, we reported that Robert Farese Jr.’s mutant mice lack an enzyme and burn up more food calories as a result. Farese wonders whether brown fat is involved. This week, researchers report that humans have the stuff too.
Big Pharma continues to seek approval to market schizophrenia drugs for depression.
The University of California recently posted a new fact sheet about the state budget crisis.
An idea for treating drug-resistant prostate cancer emerges from a UCSF lab.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
Adolescent health expert Mary-Ann Shafer is calling for top-to-bottom reform and a holistic, custom-tailored approach when it comes to caring for the nation’s 42 million adolescents.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
A new study finds that one-time cervical cancer screening for women with limited health care access is worthwhile. A DNA test to detect HPV could be used for mobile van delivery of same-day screening and follow-up in the rural US.
A collaborative neonatal nurse training program was created in response to the growing demand for these specialists, and will work to meet the short- and long-term needs of the most vulnerable premature infants.
Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types -- a discovery that could eventually open the door to more streamlined treatments for leukemia and other blood cancers, in which blood cells proliferate out of control.
UCSF’s Peter Walter, who explores the signaling pathway by which cells alter their quantities of endoplasmic reticulum, has won the prestigious Gairdner International Award.
The campus community is invited to enjoy the works of women artists on display now through Sept. 21 at UCSF Laurel Heights.
The University of California will "begin planning for the possibility of employee furloughs and/or temporary and permanent salary reductions as an additional element of the university's response to the state budget contraction," according to UC President Mark Yudof.
A group of Shaolin monks recently visited UCSF to learn about how ancient forms of healing are combined with modern medicine at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
Healthy patients age 70 and older who could benefit from colon cancer screening are not being adequately screened, while ill patients are being screened unnecessarily, according to a study of more than 27,000 veteran patients led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Andrej Sali, a UCSF professor and protein researcher, hopes to maximize QB3’s global influence by promoting cross-campus alliances as well as the promising work taking place in UCSF’s own labs.
As a global leader in transplant surgery, UCSF has a responsibility to educate the public about the importance of organ donation, and must keep working to reduce the gap between need and availability, advocates say.
The campus community is invited to a forum on “Diversity: Accomplishments, Challenges and Plans for the Future” on April 13 in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus.
Faculty, staff and alumni who want to join a growing network of advocates for UCSF may now sign up to receive email alerts about important issues that affect the University.
Fat-filled calories – how would you like to eat as many as the next guy, while he balloons out and you don’t? That idea might not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
The new campus events calendar has a fresh look and offers more detailed listings and user-friendly search tools.
New UCSF Faculty, April 2009
As if you need a reason to celebrate, UCSF is hosting the Red Hot Gala on Saturday featuring live entertainment at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
UCSF is offering employees a three-part series that will offer expert advice on résumé writing, interviewing and financial planning.
Tens of thousands of women are having surgery – sometimes even having both breasts removed – to treat a condition that is unlikely to ever become life-threatening.
The majority of adolescents in the United States do not obtain the appropriate level of preventive health care services, despite broad professional consensus recommending annual doctor visits for this age group, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
The UCSF Founders Day Banquet on April 15 will honor four recipients of the 2009 UCSF Medal and six UCSF faculty members, who will be recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and mentoring.
A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous and somewhat subjective, the researchers say, and supplementing standard practice with the new technique is expected to help clarify difficult-to-diagnose cases.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the accomplishments of three members who have championed the advancement of women at UCSF at a ceremony on Monday.