Archive: Experts to Share Insight into Cuban Health Care System
As United States legislators discuss health care reform, two UCSF experts will offer insights into one public health care system that they think works on September 17.
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Archive: Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder
UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the rare brain disorder lissencephaly, which is characterized by brain malformations, seizures, severe mental retardation and very early death in human infants.
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Archive: UC Employees Make Honorary Degrees Their Mission
Zina Mirsky, associate dean of administration in the UCSF School of Nursing, is among those credited for leading the cause of Japanese-Americans, who were forced into internment camps in 1942, to earn honorary UC degrees. Read the full story on the <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/21748">University of California website</a>.
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Archive: Experts Gather at UCSF to Discuss Overhauling Health Care
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reaffirmed her belief in a public option to “lower costs, improve quality, expand coverage and retain choice” in health care coverage at a summit at UCSF on Sept. 2.
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Archive: Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
Scientists are using old bones to completely map the DNA of Neanderthals. Comparisons may shed light on what makes our own species unique.
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Archive: NPR hosts environmental health expert on toxic chemicals
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Archive: Cancer Center Enlists Churches as Partners in Advancing Health
UCSF is sponsoring an event on September 12 that will promote healthy lifestyles, with a particular focus on reaching the local African American community.
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: UCSF health policy expert explains proposed reforms in print, television and online
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: Researchers Explore Role of Culture in Decision to Get a Mammogram
A new study of mammogram use among Latina and Filipina women shows the powerful influence of culture in determining health behavior.
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Archive: UCSF to Offer Fourth Year of Faculty Leadership Collaborative
Faculty members who want to develop skills to lead the University into the future are encouraged to apply for the next training program by the October 7 deadline.
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: UCSF Plans for Fall Flu Season
Members of the campus community who have a UCSF ID badge can get free seasonal flu shots during vaccination sessions beginning October 12.
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Archive: Campus Continues to Resolve Challenges of Furlough Plan, Chancellor Says
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellman on Monday said that the University is continuing to resolve challenges presented by the UC-mandated furlough and salary reduction plan.
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: UCSF Prepares to Open Kirkham Child Care Center
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann was among campus and community members on Tuesday to celebrate the upcoming opening of a new UCSF child care center on the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: NYT quotes neurosurgery chairman in Sen. Kennedy coverage
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Archive: UCSF to Host Faculty Information & Welcoming Week
UCSF will host the fourth annual Faculty Information and Welcoming Week from September 15 through 17.
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Archive: UCSF to Receive Stimulus Money to Fund Scholarships
At least 49 new medical, pharmacy and dentistry students will benefit from $159,000 in federal funds over the 2009-2010 academic year.
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Archive: Interim Medical School Dean Answers Questions About Furlough Plan at Town Hall
Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, answered faculty and staff questions about the UC-mandated furlough/salary reduction plan at a town hall meeting on Aug. 26.
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Archive: UCSF Forms Teams for September "Heart Walk" Fundraiser
UCSF will once again participate in the American Heart Association’s “Heart Walk” on September 18 and 26 to raise money for the fight against heart disease and stroke.
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Archive: National Leaders Release Guidelines to Prevent Flu Transmission at Universities
UCSF is evaluating guidance from federal, state, and local agencies to plan for the impact of the flu season.
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Archive: CTSI Invites UCSF Input to Inform its Renewal Proposal
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is looking for input as it seeks renewed funding to promote research and education in translational and clinical science at UCSF in partnership with the larger health care community.
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Archive: Interim Dean to Host Town Hall Meetings on August 26
Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, will host a town hall meeting on August 26 to answer questions about implementing the furlough/salary reduction plan.
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: 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.
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Archive: Children's Hospital Patients Attend One-of-a-Kind Birthday Party
Twelve young UCSF patients were among the players in a life-sized game of Candy Land on Aug. 19, marking 60 years since the game was created by a woman recovering from polio.
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Archive: Pioneer Personalizes Breast Cancer Treatment
Laura van ’t Veer, PhD, has changed the way physicians look at breast cancer.
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Archive: UCSF Breast Cancer Specialists Lead the Way Translating Research
From leading an initiative to enable physicians and researchers to share treatment plans and track long-term outcomes for women across the state to conducting groundbreaking work in the molecular profiling of cancers to guide treatment decisions, UCSF faculty are at the forefront of the field.