Photomicrograph of live, one-celled amoeba

Arthritis Drug Fights Global Parasite

A UCSF team has applied for FDA approval to start clinical trials of a drug that could offer a low-dose, low-cost treatment for the amoebic infections that cause human dysentery throughout the world.

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Zian Tseng, MD, reviews the electrical activity of a patient’s heart

HIV/AIDS Patients Prone to Sudden Cardiac Death

In a comprehensive, retrospective 10-year UCSF study, researchers found patients with HIV/AIDS suffered sudden cardiac death at a rate four times higher than the general population.

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UCSF Pediatricians Steven DuBois and Kate Matthay talk with nurse Kate Mantis

UCSF Gets New Ammunition Against Childhood Cancers

UCSF is now part of an elite National Cancer Institute consortium of institutions selected to conduct Phase 1 testing that allows clinicians to offer patients a wider array of novel agents across the spectrum of childhood cancers.

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Patient Care

Preventing Depression Requires Proactive Interventions by Health Care System

May 14, 2012

Since major depressive episodes can be prevented, the health care system should provide routine access to depression-prevention interventions, just as patients receive standard vaccines, UCSF researcher Ricardo F. Muñoz says.

Research

Songbirds’ Learning Hub in Brain Offers Insight into Motor Control

May 20, 2012

UCSF scientists have shown that a key brain structure in the Bengalese finch acts as a learning hub, receiving information that helps to improve its song, a finding which may lead to new ways to treat neurological disorders that impair movement such as Parkinson’s disease.

Education

In Focus: 2012 Commencement Season

May 15, 2012

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann celebrated the start of the 2012 commencement season at UCSF with a speech congratulating 806 graduates who she says are destined to be future leaders in health sciences.

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UCSF launches a four-year, $100 million education fundraising initiative, the first initiative of its kind at UCSF. The goal is to raise $80 million for new scholarships and fellowships and $20 million for curriculum innovation, interprofessional education, and teaching facilities.

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Community Involvement

Kids playing soccer

UCSF's "Committed to the City" series takes a look at how the University helps kids learn how to manage their anger while excelling on the field and in the classroom by providing scientifically based curriculum at after-school programs.

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