UCSF's Julius Explains to NPR How the Body Detects Cold and Feels Pain
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Give to UCSFJohn Baxter, professor of medicine in the UCSF Diabetes Center, is the 2007 recipient of the Endocrine Society's highest award — the Fred Conrad Koch Award.
UCSF has received a $3,872,557 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to expand its nonfederally funded human embryonic stem cell research laboratory and establish a stem cell techniques course for scientists throughout Northern California.
In head-to-head trials of two drugs, the one deemed better appears to depend largely on who is funding the study, according to an analysis of nearly 200 statin-drug comparisons carried out between 1999 and 2005.
Ellen Haller, Cindy Lima and Ammon Corl will receive the Chancellor's Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and/or Transgender Leadership at a ceremony on June 11.
In <em>SF Weekly</em>'s recent "Best of San Francisco 2007" feature, UCSF Mission Bay's Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center takes the honors for "Best New Gym":
Alicia Lieberman, an expert in infant and child development, has been named president of one of the nation's leading resources on the first three years of life.
Scientist, research dean, teacher and visionary, Keith Yamamoto has seen it all in his 35 years at UCSF. What does he think about today's UCSF science?
Women's health pioneer Judy Norsigian will speak on the media's impact on women's health, during a lunchtime talk on Tuesday, June 5.
UCSF Nancy Hassol will be among those working on the sidelines to make the 2007 AIDS/LifeCycle a success.
The campus community is invited to share their thoughts on the advancement of women staff at UC on June 25.
Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the body's ability to sense cold.