Cracking Code of Rare Disorder May Aid MS Fight
A UCSF geneticist recently identified a gene that triggers a rare disorder resembling multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Give to UCSFA UCSF geneticist recently identified a gene that triggers a rare disorder resembling multiple sclerosis (MS).
Artists to design the UCSF event T-shirt and walkers are sought for San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 15.
UCSF's Shannon Webb says she's empowered to make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
Are chemical poisons concentrated in breast milk behind the rise in autism?
The University of California Board of Regents today approved a proposed campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
UCSF held its first teach-in on the Iraq war recently, drawing about 500 people from the campus and community to hear about its consequences.
The UC Board of Regents today approved a proposed fundraising campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
Eighth-grade students and their parents are invited to a special college planning workshop and fair sponsored by UCSF on Saturday, June 9. All Bay Area families are invited to this free event.
Once relegated to the basement to eat lunch on hot, sunny days, now students at the KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy can eat alfresco under a shaded structure.
Michael Weiner, MD, a pioneering brain imaging researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), is a recipient of the 2006 William S. Middleton Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A physician-scientist whose research has directly impacted the treatment of patients with immunodeficiency, autoimmune disease and cancer, will deliver the Gladstone Distinguished lecture on May 22.
A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis, but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers.
Vaginal and oral yeast infections caused by <i>Candida</i> are rarely serious -- but in those with weak immune defenses the fungus can rapidly change, spread and even kill. A young UCSF researcher is beginning to learn how.
Yao Sun, a neonatologist and perinatologist, has joined the University as the director of Clinical Programs for the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Children's Hospital.
The National Center of Excellence in Women's Health co-hosted a summit yesterday to bring together leaders in the community for a "day of learning and dialogue."