UCSF scientists have determined that adult stem cells in a specific region of the mouse brain have a built-in mechanism that allows the cells to participate in the repair and remodeling of damaged tissue in the region.

James Huang, MD, has joined the UCSF faculty in the Department of Pediatrics as an associate professor of pediatrics, and has been appointed the director of clinical hematology at UCSF Children's Hospital.

UCSF faculty and lung cancer survivors met recently to discuss new developments with the disease.

Cancer immunoresistance may be partially due to loss of a well-known tumor suppressor gene, according to new research led by Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

Nominations for the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women are due on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.

Registration is underway for the San Francisco Fire Department NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) Training Program to be offered for free to UCSF staff.

Patients who initiate a general discussion about the need for antidepressant medication with their primary care physician are more likely to be thoroughly evaluated for depression than those who make a brand-specific request or no request

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has received a $3.7 million grant from the Amgen Foundation to fund an innovative program that will help underserved elderly Californians learn about and select from Medicare prescription drug plans.