Killing Cancer Through the Immune System
Researchers are harnessing the power of the body's natural defenses to fight deadly cancers, and the treatment appears to be powerful, effective and long-lasting.
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Better Stem Cell Recipes Through Physics
UCSF scientist Valerie Weaver, PhD, received a $1.2 million award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for research that explores the transformation of stem cells into specialized cell types.
UCSF, Quest Diagnostics Launch Collaboration to Advance Precision Medicine
UCSF and Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, have formed a collaboration to accelerate the translation of biomedical research into advanced diagnostics in the field of precision medicine.
Top Trends in Health and Science for 2014
Experts across UCSF weigh in on what some of 2014's top trends are in research and patient care.
Recurrent Brain Cancers Follow Distinctive Genetic Paths
A team led by scientists from UCSF has discovered that recurrent gliomas may have genetic profiles that are markedly different from those of the initial tumors that spawned them.
Research Shows How Household Dogs Protect Against Asthma, Infection
Children’s risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why.
UCSF Scientist Wins $89M Grant to Study Anal Cancer In HIV-Infected People
A UCSF investigator has won an eight-year grant from the National Cancer Institute for a major investigation into anal cancer, a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease largely concentrated among people with HIV.
Drug Strategy Blocks a Leading Driver of Cancer
The protein in cells that most often drives the development of cancers has eluded scientists’ efforts to block it for three decades — until now.
Digging Deeper Into Cancer
Precision Medicine Pillar No. 2: Basic Discovery. The long path to developing potent new treatments often starts with an observation in the lab that then leads to a question about a fundamental life process.
Genetic Discovery Could Help Guide Doctors’ Treatment of Bladder Cancers
A UCSF-led team of scientists has discovered that a gene mutation found in some bladder cancers is indicative of low-risk tumors that are unlikely to recur or progress after surgery.
Cell Growth Discovery Has Implications for Targeting Cancer
The way cells divide to form new cells – to support growth, to repair damaged tissues, or simply to maintain our healthy adult functioning – is controlled in previously unsuspected ways, UCSF researchers have discovered.
UCSF and Children’s Oakland to Jointly Operate Physician Foundation
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland have signed an agreement to jointly operate BayChildren’s Physicians (BCP), a pediatric multi-specialty physician foundation.
UCSF Awarded $20M Federal Grant on Tobacco Regulatory Sciences
UCSF will receive a five year, $20 million grant as part of a first-of-its-kind tobacco science regulatory program by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
Thyroid Cancer Biopsy Guidelines Should Be Simplified, Researchers Say
A team led by UCSF researchers has called for simplified guidelines on when to biopsy thyroid nodules for cancer, which they say would result in fewer unnecessary biopsies.
Sugar Helps Scientists Find and Assess Prostate Tumors
A natural form of sugar could offer a noninvasive way to precisely image tumors and determine whether cancer medication is effective using new technology developed at UCSF in collaboration with GE Healthcare.
