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- September 3, 2009
New research strategy for understanding drug resistance in leukemia

UCSF researchers have developed a new approach to identify specific genes that influence how cancer cells respond to drugs and how they become resistant. This strategy, which involves producing diverse genetic mutations that result in leukemia and associating specific mutations with treatment outcomes, will enable researchers to better understand how drug resistance occurs in leukemia and other cancers, and has important long-term implications for the development of more effective therapies.
- September 2, 2009
Special event focuses on abundant life through faith, health & community

UCSF is sponsoring a one-day symposium to support African American faith-based organizations in promoting good health through health ministries.
- September 1, 2009
Study reveals benefit of adult stem cells for acute lung injury

UCSF scientists have demonstrated that adult human mesenchymal stem cells reverse the effects of injury in a novel human lung preparation in the lab. The finding, they say, could lead to the development of stem cell therapies for patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, conditions that presently have a high rate of mortality and no pharmacological treatments.
- August 31, 2009
High HIV infection rate among Soweto Township gays

New research from UCSF examining HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the township of Soweto in South Africa has found that a third of gay-identified men are infected with HIV.
- Research
- August 24, 2009
Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia can either suppress or promote this skin cancer, depending on the mutation triggering the disease.
- August 24, 2009
Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells

UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
- August 21, 2009
UCSF researchers identify two key pathways in adaptive response

UCSF researchers have identified the two key circuits that control a cell’s ability to adapt to changes in its environment, a finding that could have applications ranging from diabetes and autoimmune research to targeted drug development for complex diseases.
- August 17, 2009
UCSF/Stanford team finds labor induction need not increase cesarean risk

Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine have found.
- Research
- August 13, 2009
First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep

Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the optimal length of human sleep, offering a window into a key aspect of slumber, an enigmatic phenomenon that is critical to human physical and mental health
- August 11, 2009
UCSF and Hill Physicians form new health care option for San Francisco

UCSF Medical Group and Hill Physicians Medical Group have formed a new affiliation to provide access to high-quality primary and specialty health services for HMO members whose primary care provider is based in San Francisco. Hill Physicians is the largest independent physician association in Northern California.
- August 10, 2009
UCSF primary care expert participates in White House health policy roundtable

Kevin Grumbach, MD, chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine, participated in a health policy roundtable at the White House on August 10. The forum was chaired by Nancy Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and addressed primary care and medical home innovations.
- August 5, 2009
UCSF statement regarding CNA demonstration on 8-05-09

Allegations by CNA that a UCSF nurse was terminated because of comments made about unsafe patient care practices related to H1N1 <u>are unfounded</u>. This individual was a patient care nurse who was still in her probationary period, and she was released due to performance factors that occurred during this period. CNA has filed a grievance on behalf of this individual, and UCSF is proceeding through appropriate channels to address the situation.
- August 4, 2009
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with mental health problems have higher heart disease risk

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health diagnoses have two to three times the rate of heart disease risk factors compared with veterans without such diagnoses, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
- July 29, 2009
UCSF Children's Hospital to honor transplant patients at "circus" picnic

UCSF Children's Hospital will celebrate children and their families at the 14th annual Pediatric Transplant Picnic.
- July 29, 2009
UCSF researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's Sarcoma

UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family of viruses, which for 20 years has been deemed too difficult to attain.
- July 28, 2009
San Francisco supervisors approve helipad at UCSF Mission Bay Hospital

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today (July 28, 2009) approved a resolution that allows for the operation of a helipad at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients scheduled to open in 2014. The resolution passed unanimously, by a vote of 11 to 0.
- July 27, 2009
UCSF team focuses on patient safety in ambulatory care system

Health care experts at the University of California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients with chronic disease.
- July 23, 2009
UCSF launches medication consultation service in Fresno

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has launched a Medication Management Service in Fresno to address the urgent need among California Central Valley residents and their health care providers for assistance in managing their prescriptions.
- July 16, 2009
UCSF Medical Center named one of top 10 hospitals nationwide and best in Bay Area

UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2009-10 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>.
- July 16, 2009
Mental health problems seen in more than one third of first-time VA patients who served in Iraq or Afghanistan

Among 289,328 veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan who used the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system for the first time between April 1, 2002 and April 1, 2008, 37 percent received a diagnosis of a mental health problem, according to a study of national VA data conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
- July 15, 2009
Incubator network created at Mission Bay to support new biotechs

The California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) has joined with the City of San Francisco and FibroGen Inc to launch the QB3 Mission Bay Incubator Network, to spur growth in the bioscience industry.
- July 15, 2009
UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads

Two UCSF research papers this week are marking major breakthroughs in the effort to tackle schistosomiasis (bilharzia), a tropical disease that infects more than 200 million people worldwide and causes long-term debilitating illness and occasional paralysis or death.
- July 13, 2009
Maintaining or increasing physical activity slows cognitive decline in elders

Elders who maintained or increased their level of physical activity showed significantly less cognitive decline over seven years than those who were not active or whose activity levels declined during that time, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
- Research
- July 13, 2009
PTSD Linked with Almost Double Dementia Risk, Study Finds

Older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder were almost twice as likely to develop dementia as veterans without PTSD in a study of more than 180,000 veterans led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
- July 8, 2009
Stem cells' "suspended" state preserved by key step, scientists report

Scientists have identified a gene that is essential for embryonic stem cells to maintain their all-purpose, pluripotent state. Exploiting the finding may lead to a greater understanding of how cells acquire their specialized states and provide a strategy to efficientlyreprogram mature cells back into the pluripotent state, an elusive step in stem cell research but one crucial to a range of potential clinical treatments.
- July 7, 2009
Study finds job programs protect public health during periods of recession

A rapid rise in unemployment can be linked to an increase in suicides, homicides, and alcohol abuse, but job programs can successfully mitigate these rates, according to a new study reported in the “Lancet” medical journal.
- July 2, 2009
Study identifies how tamoxifen stimulates uterine cell growth & cancer

UCSF researchers have identified a new “feed-forward” pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth.
- July 2, 2009
Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture

Practice, practice, practice might get you to Carnegie Hall, but for aspiring musicians, there’s new evidence that genes may influence one’s ability to get there, as well.
- July 1, 2009
MS study offers theory for why repair of brain's wiring fails

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body’s natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called “myelin” stalls out.
- June 29, 2009
Early heart attack therapy with bone marrow extract improves cardiac function

A UCSF study for the treatment of heart failure after heart attack found that the extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, decreasing the formation of scar tissue and improving cardiac pumping capacity after heart attack.