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AIDS 2012 Declaration Draws Support to End Global AIDS Epidemic
<p>Nearly 4,000 people around the world have shown their support for ending the global AIDS epidemic by signing an online declaration during the XIX International AIDS Conference.</p>
Pioneering AIDS Researcher Receives Major Accolade
<p>John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, considers himself naturally curious. When he started seeing a rare form of cancer of the lymphatoid system in young San Francisco men during the early 1980s, he was intrigued.</p>
Jesse Dylan Film Series Spotlights Gladstone Science
The UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes has joined forces with Jesse Dylan’s award-winning film company to raise public awareness — through a series of short films — about unmet medical needs that Gladstone scientists and supporters are addressing with a powerful blend of basic science and disease expertise.
Women with Diabetes More Likely to Experience Sexual Dissatisfaction
Women with diabetes are just as likely to be interested in, and engage in, sexual activity as non-diabetic women, but they are much more likely to report low overall sexual satisfaction, according to a UCSF study.
Increasing Dopamine in Frontal Cortex Decreases Impulsive Tendency, UCSF-Gallo Scientists Find
Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in a study conducted by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco.