Study reveals a key to blood vessel growth and possible drug target
Researchers have identified a molecular pathway that plays a critical role in the growth of blood vessels.

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Give to UCSFResearchers have identified a molecular pathway that plays a critical role in the growth of blood vessels.
The first of year-round staff appreciation events kicks off at the UCSF Parnassus campus.
Lindsey Criswell is hot on the trail of lupus...
UCSF will offer a series of lunchtime events at the Parnassus campus designed to promote leadership development among staff.
The UCSF School of Nursing has launched a demonstration project to design and test nursing interventions to improve the quality of care in California nursing homes.
The Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco has initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational vaccine for treating glioma, a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain.
UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for fiscal year 2006-2007, information which is considered a public record under the California Public Records Act.
Two UCSF faculty scientists are among the 65 newly elected members to the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute announced on Oct. 8.
Robert Wachter, a national expert in patient safety, has just penned a new book and launched a blog.
The campus community is invited to attend a block party at UCSF Mission Bay on Wednesday.
A team led by researchers at the UCSF Positive Health Program has been named to receive $15 million over five years to expand understanding of the complex interactions between HIV and the immune systems of newly infected patients following HIV transmission
Kate Kendell, a national advocate for advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families, will address the campus community on October 11.
UCSF will begin offering its world-class fertility services in Marin County this month to enable North Bay and East Bay patients to receive consultations and screenings, as well as the daily tests required for some fertility care, closer to home.
The campus community is invited to learn about new findings in the rapidly advancing field of human genetics at a symposium on October 11.
Just how important is the conserved DNA that humans share with mice and rats? New research might surprise you...
Physicians, nurses and oncology patients and their families came together recently to celebrate life.
A biological experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) will be used to probe the mystery of why a part of the human immune system fails to function normally in the weightless environment of space.
The campus community is encouraged to get free flu shots at several UCSF locations.