Brittle Prions Found to Be More Infectious
UCSF scientists have discovered why some misfolded shapes of a prion protein are more infectious than others - differences that affect how readily prions can trigger abnormal folding in other proteins.
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Study shows prostate cancer vaccine
A University of California, San Francisco study has found that men with advanced, often untreatable prostate cancer who received a therapeutic cancer vaccine went on to survive longer than those receiving a placebo.
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Parkinson's Disease Genetics Expert Joins Faculty, Receives New Grant
Robert L. Nussbaum, MD, professor of medicine and chief of medical genetics at UCSF, has been awarded one of seven research grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to develop mammalian models of Parkinson's disease, the foundation announced this week.
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Meetings to Address Denton Tragedy
Meetings are planned for tomorrow and July 5 to discuss the recent death of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton, PhD.
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Campus Announces AIDS Walk T-Shirt Design Winner
Judy Liao, an analyst in the Pediatric Palliative Care Program, has been named the winner of the UCSF AIDS Walk T-shirt design contest.
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UCSF Duo Receives Howard Hughes Early Career Research Awards
UCSF's Jayanta Debnath, MD, and Scott A. Oakes, MD, have been named recipients of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Physician-Scientist Early Career Award program.
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Progress being made in exploring potential use of stem cells to treat heart disease
Scientists are making headway in exploring the potential future use of stem cells to treat heart disease, according to a review article in the current issue of Nature (June 29, 2006).
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UCSF establishes Pediatric Brain
Building on its foundation as a leading site for pediatric brain tumor research and care, UCSF has established a Pediatric Brain Tumor Institute devoted to understanding and developing new treatments for childhood brain tumors.
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UCSF Resident Receives Fulbright Award
A UCSF resident in internal medicine has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Scholarship.
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UCSF School of Nursing to Celebrate 100 Years of Nursing Excellence
The roots of the UCSF School of Nursing are 100 years deep, growing out of the spirit of renewal that rebuilt San Francisco after the great earthquake of 1906.
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After Katrina: UCSF Genetic Counselor Puts Families Back Together
Nicola Stewart got to ring the bell seven times.
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TB drug could make PTSD treatment quicker, longer lasting, more effective
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center are beginning a study to evaluate effectiveness of a medication that could make treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) quicker and longer-lasting and leave patients less suject to relapse.
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Praise for UCSC's Denton Mixed with Sadness
The apparent suicide of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton, PhD, last Saturday has stunned top University of California leaders, who have termed her passing a personal and professional loss.
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Medical Student Named AMA Foundation Scholar
The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation recently named second-year UCSF medical student Sergio Hernandez a minority scholar.
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UCSF Ophthalmologists Help Characterize Fungal Eye Infections
In a recent report published online in <i>Archives of Ophthalmology</i>, Maria Bernal, MD, a clinical fellow at UCSF's Proctor Foundation, and David Hwang, MD, FACS, professor of clinical ophthalmology and director of the Cornea Service at UCSF, along with colleagues in UCSF's Department of Ophthalmology, provide one of the first reports of an outbreak of soft contact lens-associated corneal infections due to <i>Fusarium</i>, an uncommon type of fungus.
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Pediatric Reunion Draws Bone Marrow Transplant Survivors
More than 100 people, including bone marrow transplant recipients and their families, gathered recently to celebrate life at the first major reunion in more than 20 years.
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UCSF Exhibit Features Legacy of Robert Arneson
UCSF is exhibiting works by American artist Robert Arneson and nine of his former students at the Kalmanovitz Library through December 16.
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UCSF to Reduce Smokers Huts to Two by July 1
Smokers will have only two designated areas for smoking — one on Parnassus and the other at Mount Zion — when UCSF strengthens its no-smoking policy effective July 1.
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Mr. Clean and the Brawny Man May Not Be Your Best Friends, After All
A recent study gives credence to the idea that the sanitized Western world may be suffering from high rates of asthma, eczema and allergy because human immune systems need to be challenged by disease and dirt.
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UCSF Goes International
Majid Seraj, a 1996 UCSF School of Pharmacy graduate born in Afghanistan, carried the UCSF name into this school room for fifth-grade girls on Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base, where he was teaching English as a volunteer.
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Campus to Salute Three for GLBT Leadership on Monday
The campus community is invited to the ceremony honoring this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Award for GLBT Leadership on Monday.
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Summer Health Sciences Program Welcomes 21 Interns
UCSF welcomed 21 interns to the Department of Pediatrics High School Summer Internship Program in Biomedical and Health Sciences on Monday.
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Aging Expert to Talk at Mission Bay Public Library
A UCSF scientist whose studies with worms suggest human life span may be extended will discuss her research on June 26 at the Mission Bay Branch Library.
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Known Bike Thief Arrested on Parnassus
Grady Curry was arrested recently by the UCSF Police Department. Curry was apprehended while inside the bicycle cage of the Millberry Union Garage.
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Mechanism identified for promising neurological drug
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have identified the mechanism by which minocycline, a medication currently being studied for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, protects brain and nerve cells from damage.
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Employee Well-Being Program Implemented in Cancer Center
Margaret Rubino, a patient care coordinator in the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, often feels stressed and emotionally drained after dealing with cancer patients day in and day out.
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UCSF's World Cup: Send Us Your Overseas UCSF Photos
From Uganda to Costa Rica and from Thailand to Tanzania, UCSF students, teachers and scientists are involved in hundreds of outreach projects related to the understanding and prevention of disease and to advancing health worldwide.
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AIDS Walk San Francisco Benefits AIDS Health Project
More than 40 Bay Area AIDS service organizations are beneficiaries of the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 16.
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Fellow Receives Pediatrics' Grumbach Award
Oncology-hematology fellow Jennifer Lauchle, MD, is being recognized for her research into treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
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Discovery Show to Feature UCSF Fetal Surgeon Today
A surgeon from the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center will be featured in today's episode of "Medical Incredible" on the Discovery Health Channel.