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UCSF Deploys Innovative Data System to Integrate Research and Care
UCSF, in collaboration with the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has developed the OneSource system to seamlessly integrate clinical care and research data.
Solving the Mystery of a Stubborn – and Common – Cancer Gene
Mark Moasser, MD, has sorted out why HER2, the protein driving 1 in 5 breast cancers, is so hard to drug. He explains how the findings correct a naive way of envisioning how HER2 is shaped and how it works.
International Breast Cancer Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
Helen Diller Family Cancer Research BuildingExperts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most
Hani Goodarzi Awarded Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Biomedical Sciences
Last month, Hani Goodarzi received a $50,000 award for his work in the early detection of cancer and identification of therapeutic targets in cancer metastasis.
Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity
Researchers at UCSF and UC San Diego have mapped out how hundreds of mutations involved in two types of cancer affect the activity of proteins that are the ultimate actors behind the disease.
An Estrogen Receptor that Promotes Cancer also Causes Drug Resistance
Researchers at UCSF have gained insight into how cancer cells proliferate despite a myriad of stresses.
Spread of Breast Cancer Linked to Newly Discovered RNA Splicing Mechanism
What kills most people who die from cancer is not the initial tumor. It’s the intolerable disease burden on the body that arises when tumor cells continually expand their numbers after spreading to different organs.
Breast Cancer Study Hits 30K Milestone in Demystifying Risk
A new, $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to increase ethnic diversity will help the study work toward a goal of enrolling 100,000 or more women overall.
New Model of Breast Cancer’s Causes Developed by UCSF-led Team
A new model of the causes of breast cancer, created by a team led by researchers at UCSF, Genentech and Stanford University, is designed to capture the complex interrelationships between dozens of primary and secondary breast cancer causes and stimulate further research.
