Genetic key to growth of new arteries is identified
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have uncovered part of the genetic mechanism that causes new arteries to grow in response to blocked arteries.
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Give to UCSFResearchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have uncovered part of the genetic mechanism that causes new arteries to grow in response to blocked arteries.
Margretta Madden Styles, RN, EdD, FAAN, a scholar with an international impact on the profession of nursing, died on November 20 at her home in Clearwater, Fla., at the age of 75.
UCSF scientists have discovered that the activity of several embryonic stem cell genes is elevated in testicular and breast cancers, providing some of the first molecular evidence of a link between embryonic stem cells and cancer.
Recent studies conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center suggest two possible mechanisms for the widely recognized link between depression and adverse outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease
Technology industry leaders today announced several major new research alliances with QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
The University of California, San Francisco today announced a collaboration with GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), to develop new technology for clinical use that tracks real-time changes in tissue metabolism with unprecedented sensitivity.
The AIDS Research Institute at UCSF will sponsor a symposium outlining the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research, prevention and care on the afternoon of Thursday, December 1, World AIDS Day.
Using harmless genetically engineered E. coli bacteria instead of photo paper, students at UCSF and the University of Texas at Austin have created the first-ever living bacterial photographs.
QB3 -- one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation (CISI) -- will celebrate the opening of its new headquarters at UCSF Mission Bay at a special event on November 28.
Veterans with HIV, their health care providers, and the general public now have a "one-stop" website – www.hiv.va.gov – designed as an informational and educational resource on HIV and AIDS.
Macy's Union Square invites everyone to join in the 16th annual ceremony to light the holiday tree at San Francisco's Union Square at 6:00 pm on Friday, November 25, the day after Thanksgiving.
Billing and insurance paperwork consume at least one out of every five dollars of private insurance health spending in California, according to a new study by health policy researchers.
A new research study shows how common a medical misdiagnosis can be and how severely it can exacerbate a disease.
The Scientist magazine announced today the winners of its annual "best places to work in academia survey," naming The J. David Gladstone Institutes as one of the nation's top three academic work environments.
UCSF surgeons are using a novel technique to remove tumors from the cervical region of the spine that were previously thought "inoperable."
Children of lesbian families have no higher incidence of psychological or developmental problems than children in heterosexual families, according to a new report.
Using the latest advances in microtechnology, a team of UCSF scientists has developed a novel strategy for repairing the nerve damage that occurs in injuries to the nervous system.
Six UCSF faculty scientists are among 64 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the Institute announced today.
UCSF scientists have illuminated a key step in a signaling pathway that helps orchestrate embryonic development. The finding, they say, could lead to insights into the development of stem cells, as well as birth defects and cancers, and thus fuel therapeutic strategies.
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies today announced that it has elected Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Director and Senior Investigator Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD, to its membership.
Ninety-five percent of older African-American clinic patients reported at least some exposure to racism during their lives in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
New research sheds light on how the formation of long-term memories may be blocked in Alzheimer's disease.
With increasing quality problems in the U.S. health care systems, many health insurers are turning to a new approach to get doctors and hospitals to do better: pay-for-performance.
There is no syndrome that causes increased belly fat and decreased facial and limb fat among HIV-positive men who take antiretroviral drugs, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have identified a set of key immune-response genes that do not turn on in a weightless environment.