News and insights about UCSF’s latest biomedical discoveries and treatments helping to shape the future of medicine.
- Community Forum Highlights Environmental Breast Cancer Risks November 20
- Activists, scientists and administrators convene to discuss research on the role of environmental chemicals in breast cancer.
- World of Chronic Pain Suddenly Looks Different to Researchers November 16
- A nerve pathway responsible for a type of chronic pain has been identified by UCSF researchers.
- Beyond Drugs, “Science of the Mind” Series Explores New Depression Treatments November 10
- Psychiatrist Descartes Li discusses new techniques to treat depression as part of UCSF Mini Medical School’s “Science of the Mind” lecture series.
- CAT Scan for Cells Permits Viewing of New Drugs’ Effects on Infectious Candida November 9
- UCSF researchers use a new type of CAT scan to image cells that cause yeast infection and learn more about promising drug candidates.
- UCSF Scientists Help Guide Cancer Research to a Melding of Physics & Biology November 4
- UCSF Program Encourages Breakthrough Biomedical Research November 2
- UCSF’s Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, which finances creative, risky projects that have the potential to transform their fields, has had an impressive track record.
- Scientist’s Efforts to Transform NIH Funding Process Spurs Scientific Risk-Taking October 23
- UCSF’s Keith Yamamoto played a key role in the creation of the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk Research Awards, which foster greater innovation and scientific risk-taking. Read the Science Café story.
- The Nobel Prize and Pond Scum as a “Model” Organism October 15
- Many Breast Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Recommended Test October 14
- A new report finds widespread variations and frequent errors in HER2 testing — a procedure recommended for all patients with invasive breast cancer.
- Stem Cell Scientists Compare Findings, Think Ahead to Future Treatments October 8
- A recent two-day symposium at UCSF offered leading stem cell experts a chance to talk shop and form new alliances in the fight against neurological disorders.
