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Archive: UCSF names Sam Hawgood as new dean of School of Medicine
The University of California, San Francisco has named Sam Hawgood, MBBS, as dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs. The appointment was reported today to the UC Board of Regents. It is effective immediately.
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Archive: Photoswitches shed light on "burst swimming" in zebrafish
A new way to select and switch on one cell type in an organism using light has helped answer a long-standing question about the function of one class of enigmatic nerve cells in the spinal cord.
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Archive: In terms of physical limitations, people in pain seem decades older than their actual ages
People in pain have the same degree of functional limitation as people who are pain-free but two to three decades older, according to a study of more than 18,000 older Americans led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: UC Regents Hear Grim Fiscal Outlook
Facing a $535 million state funding shortfall in 2009-2010, the University of California will continue to weather an economic storm that will likely mean raising student fees again, according to the UC officials. <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/budget/?p=904">Read the story on the UC Budget website</a>.
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Archive: Hawgood Leads Medical School at Critical Time in UCSF History
Sam Hawgood, who Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann said “has proven himself to be a true leader," has been approved by the UC Regents for the position of dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs.
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Archive: Academic Senate Names Miller Distinguished Clinical Research Lecturer
Walter Miller, a pediatric endocrinologist who is recognized internationally for his studies of the genetics and cell biology of steroid hormone synthesis, will deliver the Ninth Annual Distinguished Clinical Research Lectureship on September 29.
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Archive: Yamanaka Wins Lasker Award for Stem Cell Research
UCSF professor of anatomy Shinya Yamanaka, a scientist at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Kyoto University, has won the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his discovery of a method of reprogramming adult skin cells to become embryonic-like stem cells.
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Archive: Kishi Named Associate Dean of Student and Curricular Affairs
Donald Kishi, a health sciences clinical professor of pharmacy, has been named associate dean of student and curricular affairs in the UCSF School of Pharmacy by Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble. <a href="http://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2009/09/08/1/">Read story on pharmacy school website</a>.
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Archive: UCSF scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumor progression
UCSF researchers have identified collections of tiny molecules known as microRNAs that affect distinct processes critical for the progression of cancer. The findings, they say, expand researchers’ understanding of the important regulatory function of microRNAs in tumor biology and point to new directions for future study and potential treatments.
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Archive: San Francisco forum aims to open dialogue on incontinence
UCSF and the National Association For Continence (NAFC) are holding a public workshop on October 3 to help women understand how they can control and treat incontinence. Even though urinary incontinence can be improved in eight out of 10 cases, fewer than half of those with bladder problems ever talk about the condition with their health care professionals, according to the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
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Archive: Telomeres and the Remarkable Telomerase Enzyme
Telomeres — which are the DNA repeats that form the tips of chromosomes and are produced by the telomerase enzyme — play a crucial, and curious, role in the life of the cell.
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Archive: NYT cites UCSF cardiologist on cardiac-device limitations
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Archive: UCPD to Host Town Hall on Emergency Preparedness Today
Christopher Jones, director of emergency management at UCSF, will host the first in a series of emergency preparedness town hall meetings today (Sept. 15) at Rock Hall on the Mission Bay campus.
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Archive: UK Official Points Out Barriers on Road to Gene-Based Medicine
Lord Naren Patel, who led the British government’s recent inquiry into the potential challenges and benefits of genomic medicine, discussed his findings at UCSF on Sept. 10.
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Archive: Organ Donation Advocates Share Stories, Work to Raise Awareness
As UCSF launches a 10-week campaign to promote organ donation, medical center staff and former patients reflect on their own life-changing transplant experiences.
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Archive: Bloomberg News cites UCSF research on genetic testing for HER2
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Archive: KQED Quest Radio features Chancellor, UCSF experts, on personalized medicine
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Archive: AIArchitect profiles UCSF campus architect
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Archive: Yamanaka receives Lasker Award for stem cell research
Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, of the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Kyoto University, has won the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his discovery of a method of reprogramming adult skin cells to become embryonic-like stem cells. Yamanaka, who is the L.K. Whittier Investigator in Stem Cell Biology at Gladstone and professor of anatomy at UCSF, is one of the youngest recipients of the award, which is one of the highest scientific honors bestowed in the United States.
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Archive: UCSF researchers program cells to be remote-controlled by light
UCSF researchers have genetically encoded mouse cells to respond to light, creating cells that can be trained to follow a light beam or stop on command like microscopic robots.
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Archive: Federal Funding Gives Boost to Fellowship Program Aimed at Minority Postdocs
A joint UCSF-SFSU program for postdocs has received nearly $300,000 in economic stimulus funds, allowing administrators to extend four current fellowships and add one more.
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Archive: UCSF stem cell building milestone to be celebrated with "topping-off" ceremony
UCSF leaders, a patient advocate who is a member of the board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and construction workers will gather for a “topping off” ceremony to celebrate the placement of the last structural steel beam on the building that will be the headquarters for The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF.
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Archive: Dental School to Cut About 20 Percent from State-Funded Budget
The UCSF School of Dentistry is projecting a 20 percent cut in state funding or more than $2.6 million of almost $14 million in state funding, according to Dean John Featherstone.
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Archive: First stem cell clinical trial for treating brain's "communication highway" to begin
UCSF researchers are set to begin a Phase I clinical trial in collaboration with StemCells, Inc. to test the safety and preliminary effectiveness of using neural stem cells to treat children with a rare, fatal form of a brain disorder known as Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). Currently, there are no effective treatments for the fatal forms of the disease, which affects males that inherit a single defective gene.
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Archive: KCBS radio features UCSF dentist on oral health in a tight economy
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Archive: Prusiner lab prion discovery featured in New York Times
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Archive: Prions found in feces of deer asymptomatic for chronic wasting disease
Scientists have discovered that deer asymptomatic for a fatal brain condition known as chronic wasting disease excrete the infectious prions that cause the disease in their feces. The finding, they say, suggests a plausible explanation for transmission of the disease among deer and, possibly, elk and moose in the environment.
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Archive: UCSF-led Cycling Team Raises $80,000 to Fund AIDS Research
A 13-member team has raised $80,000 that will help UCSF’s AIDS Research Institute fund cutting-edge, early-stage research.
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Archive: Jeffrey H. Janian joins Department of Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
New UCSF Faculty, September 2009