Articles tagged with: san francisco
UCSF School of Medicine Leaders Explore Bioinformatics in Research, Patient Care and Education Sam Hawgood, MBBS, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, right; with Clay Johnston, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, center; and Joseph DeRisi, PhD, co-chair of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, at the UCSF […]
UCSF ALS Center’s Founding Director Dies of the Disease He Studied Richard K. Olney, MD Photo courtesy of the ALS Association Richard K. Olney, MD, founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died at age 64, following his own eight-year […]
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Prominent Speakers to Discuss Population Growth at Global Health Forum More than 300 people — many of them University of California faculty, students and staff — will gather at UC Berkeley on Saturday, Feb. 4, for the second UC Global Health Day, sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI). The conference will be both a […]
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New Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival Clinical Studies in U.S. and China Show Molecular Test Could More Accurately Guide Treatment for People with Lung Cancer … New Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival In the two largest clinical studies ever conducted on the molecular genetics of lung cancer, an international team led by scientists at the […]
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Gladstone Scientists Identify Protein that Contributes to Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease Research Breakthrough Could Improve Lives of Millions with Neurodegernative Disease … RGS4: A New Target for PD Therapy? Dysregulation of striatal plasticity contributes to the pathology of Parkinson’s disease. Anatol Kreitzer and colleagues identify RGS4 as a key regulator of synaptic plasticity in striatal […]
Physicians Emphasize Importance of Story Telling to Advance Patient Care Two doctors who have learned the art of telling stories are convinced that it has become indispensable to top-notch medical care. “A slow cultural shift over the past 20 years led by television — from “St. Elsewhere” to “ER” — has been humanizing society’s view […]
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Gladstone Scientists Identify Genetic Mechanism Linked to Congenital Heart Disease Scientific Discovery Sheds Light on Fundamental Biological Process Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a finely tuned mechanism by which fetal heart muscle develops into a healthy and fully formed beating heart—offering new insight into the genetic causes of congenital heart disease and opening […]
UCSF Shares $25-Million Grant To Find Epilepsy Genes UCSF-Led Study to Sequence DNA Rrom 4,000 People with Epilepsy To probe the genetic secrets of one of the most common neurological diseases, more than 4,000 people with various forms of epilepsy will have their DNA decoded over the next five years in a study led by […]
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Team Finds New Way to Image Brain Tumors and Predict Recurrence UCSF Team Develops Methods That May Help Predict Tumor Progression and Improve Treatment Follow-up After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival — depending largely on how rapidly the cancer […]
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UCSF Team Uncovers How Immune Cells Move Against Invaders … Membrane Tension Maintains a United Front Using his own neutrophils, Orion Weiner demonstrates how physical forces and not diffusible factors ensure that migrating cells have a single leading edge./ Video credit: Cell … UCSF scientists have discovered the unexpected way in which a key cell […]
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