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UCSF, GE Healthcare Team Up on Pioneering Cord Blood Project
UCSF and the Cell Technologies business of GE Healthcare Life Sciences have begun a unique collaboration aimed at overcoming the lack of blood-forming stem cells available to patients suffering from life-threatening diseases such as lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia or sickle cell anemia.
UCSF Automated Pharmacy Wins 2011 Popular Science "Best of What's New" Award
<p>UCSF’s new robotic pharmacy has won a 2011 Best of What’s New award for innovation from <em>Popular Science</em>.</p>
Antidepressant Linked to Developmental Brain Abnormalities in Rodents
A study by researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and UCSF shows that rats given a popularly prescribed antidepressant during development exhibit brain abnormalities and behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorders.
UCSF, UC Merced to Study Effectiveness of Anti-Tobacco Programs
Researchers with the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Merced will examine the effectiveness of state and local anti-smoking programs across the United States to ensure that health authorities are able to use their increasingly limited resources to support and defend the most effective approaches.
Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Persistent Asthma in Childhood
Children with severe asthma are 3.6 times more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth – even without later exposure – than children with a mild form of the disease, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).