ucsf banner
Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
NEWS & EVENTS:News Archive

latest news >

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2007
October 26, 2007 Cellular "Self-Eating" Might Be Turned Against Tumors
October 25, 2007 CTSI Transforms Research at UCSF
October 15, 2007 Genes that Both Extend Life and Protect Against Cancer Identified
October 14, 2007 Study Reveals a Key to Blood Vessel Growth and Possible Drug Target
October 10, 2007 UCSF Launches New Phase of Brain Tumor Vaccine Trial
October 5, 2007 Berger Named to Lead Two National Neurosurgical Organizations
October 5, 2007 Families of Pediatric Cancer Patients Gather at Picnic
October 4, 2007 UCSF's Blackburn Shares Columbia University's 2007 Horwitz Prize
October 2, 2007 On-screen Smoking in Movies Linked to Young Adult Smoking Behavior
September 30, 2007 Specific Immune Cells Play an Essential Role in Tumor Growth
September 5, 2007 Presence of Gene Mutation Helps Guide Thyroid Cancer Treatment
September 5, 2007 New Breeds of Mice Shed Light on Human Cancers and Treatments
September 4, 2007 Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism that May Play Role in Cancer

JULY-AUGUST 2007
August 21, 2007 Swim Across America Event to Raise Funds for UCSF Child Cancer Care
August 21, 2007 UCSF Scientists Aim to Use Saliva to Detect Oral Cancers
August 15, 2007 American Legacy Foundation Honors Glantz with Distinguished Professorship
August 14, 2007 Study Finds Breast Cancer Decline Linked to Decreased Hormone Use
August 14, 2007 Bursts of Waves Drive Immune System "Soldiers" Toward Invaders
August 10, 2007 Genetic Testing Helps Woman Make Informed Decisions About Health Care
August 3, 2007 Skin Cancer Scientist Sees Ray of Hope: A Conversation with James Cleaver
August 1, 2007 Two UCSF Postdocs Named to New Class of Damon Runyon Fellows
July 27, 2007 Cancer Center Names Director of Investigational Therapeutics
July 25, 2007 More Power to Population Studies in Pancreas Cancer Research
July 18, 2007 Looking for Cancer Clues in the Skeleton of Our Cells
July 6, 2007 Helping Young Survivors Manage Risks from Treatment
July 5, 2007 Cancer Center Names Garcia-Aguilar Surgeon in Chief

MAY-JUNE 2007
June 29, 2007 Changing the Face of Costello Syndrome
June 26, 2007 SFGH Cancer Patients to Perform Original Theater Piece
June 21, 2007 UCSF Receives $150 Million Pledge for Cancer Center
June 6, 2007 Boy's Wish Comes True to Help Cancer Patients Like Himself
June 5, 2007 Long-Anticipated Gene Search Technique Is Now Powerfully Real
May 30, 2007 Bequest Will Invigorate Pancreatic Cancer Research at UCSF
May 29, 2007 Benefits and Risks of New Radiotherapies in Children
May 17, 2007 UC Regents Approve Fundraising Campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
May 16, 2007 Local Middle School Gets Structure to Protect Kids from Sun
May 15, 2007 National Cancer Institute's Chief of Metabolism to Deliver Gladstone Distinguished Lecture
May 10, 2007 UCSF Experts Cautious about Vaccine for Cervical Cancer Virus
May 9, 2007 Surgeon and Scientist Electron Kebebew Makes His Mark
May 8, 2007 Lasker Award Winner Elizabeth Blackburn Named to TIME Magazine's List of Most Influential Scientists and Thinkers
May 4, 2007 UCSF Sponsors Free Skin Cancer Screening on May 12
May 3, 2007 Six UCSF Faculty Members Named 2007 AAAS Fellows
May 1, 2007 First QB3 Scientific Director Elected to National Academy of Sciences

MARCH-APRIL 2007
April 30, 2007 Matthay Named to New Endowed Chair in Pediatric Translational Research
April 17, 2007 New Progress in Matching Cancer Patients to Drugs
April 12, 2007 UCSF Brain Tumor Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results
April 12, 2007 Low Education Predicts Lower Quality of Life for Prostate Cancer Patients
March 29, 2007 Massage and Acupuncture Reduce Pain after Cancer Surgery
March 29, 2007 Boosting Colon Cancer Survival
March 19, 2007 Carol Channing to Star in Comedy Benefit for UCSF Patient Services
March 19, 2007 Puberty, Obesity, Environment and Breast Cancer
March 14, 2007 UCSF Fellow Honored for Cancer Prevention Research
March 12, 2007 March 12 Seminar Educates Transplant Recipients on Skin Cancer Risk
March 9, 2007 Cancer Cluster: Tracking a Killer in Nevada

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2007
February 28, 2007 UCSF Names New Chief of Gynecologic Oncology
February 23, 2007 New Ideas, Funding Infused into Search for Blood Markers of Cancer
February 19, 2007 Antibody Signal May Redirect Inflammation to Fuel Cancer
February 16, 2007 UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Receives Infusion of Funds
February 14, 2007 Researchers Identify Strategy for Overcoming Breast Cancer Drug Resistance
February 13, 2007 Founder of Angiogenesis Research to Deliver Keynote Address
February 12, 2007 Tobacco Industry Pressure Keeps Cheap Smokes Available to Military
February 7, 2007 Personalized Vaccines to Fight Brain Cancer
January 26, 2007 UCSF Enters into Contract Negotiations with Architectural Firm for Mission Bay Hospital Complex
January 26, 2007 Insights into p53 Tumor-Suppressor Gene to Fuel Cancer Strategy
January 22, 2007 Health Disparities Expert Named Chair of Department of Radiation Oncology
January 11, 2007 Alternatives to Surgery and Radiation for Prostate Cancer
January 10, 2007 Prostate Cancer -- Who Needs Treatment?

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006
December 21, 2006 UCSF Breast Cancer Center Chosen to Design and Test Innovative, Consumer-Centered Personal Health Record
December 11, 2006 Lung Cancer Survivors Find Reason for Hope
December 10, 2006 Cancer Immunoresistance Linked to Loss of Tumor Suppressor Gene
December 7, 2006 UCSF Scientists Honored for Pioneering Studies of Aging, Cancer, Learning and Memory
December 5, 2006 Q & A with Robert Hiatt: Are Most Lung Cancer Deaths Among Long-Term Smokers Preventable with Affordable Screening?
December 1, 2006 Papers of UCSF Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus Added to NLM Profiles in Science Website
November 30, 2006 "Cancer Prognosis Gene" Found to Control the Fate of Breast Cells
November 21, 2006 Brain Tumor Patient Education Center Opening
November 21, 2006 Management of Symptoms and Psychosocial Issues Is Crucial in Cancer Care
November 21, 2006 Quilters Share Stories Behind Their Creation
November 17, 2006 Historic Bequest Names Oncology Professorship at UCSF
November 16, 2006 Vaccine for Brain Tumors Shows Promising Results
November 15, 2006 An Accurate, Straightforward Method to Predict Prostate Cancer Risk
November 14, 2006 Elderly, Ill Men Get Unneeded Prostate Cancer Screenings
November 9, 2006 New Drugs Target Treatment-Resistant Leukemia

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2006
October 31, 2006 Cancer-Preventing Benefits of the Traditional Asian Diet
October 27, 2006 Jim Wells: Helping to Fill the Drug Discovery Pipeline
October 27, 2006 'Winning the War' on Breast Cancer
October 27, 2006 UCSF Plays Significant Role in Stem Cell Research
October 18, 2006 Dr. Donald Abrams Answers Questions about Medicinal Marijuana
October 12, 2006 Colleagues Salute Blackburn for Winning Lasker Award
October 10, 2006 Researchers Discover Tiny Gene Mutations that Cause Birth Abnormalities
October 9, 2006 Three UCSF Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
October 6, 2006 UCSF Mission Bay to Host Cancer Imaging Symposium on October 14
October 2, 2006 Sales of Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon Stickers to Support Friend to Friend Shop
September 29, 2006 New Nikon Imaging Center Opens at UCSF
September 28, 2006 Fueled by Major Grant, Scientists to Identify Protein Markers for Cancer
September 26, 2006 Swim Raises $100,000 for UCSF Children's Hospital Cancer Program
September 25, 2006 Smokers of Menthol Cigarettes May Have Harder Time Quitting
September 25, 2006 Regents Approve Preliminary Planning for New Hospital Complex at Mission Bay
September 20, 2006 UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines
September 19, 2006 Five Breast Cancer Research Projects Receive State Funding
September 18, 2006 UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn Receives Lasker Award
September 15, 2006 Bette Midler to Perform at "Raising Hope"
September 6, 2006 UCSF Researchers Challenge Paradigm of How a "Tumor Suppressor" Works

JULY-AUGUST 2006
August 21, 2006 Swim Across America Event to Raise Funds for UCSF Child Cancer Care
August 21, 2006 Discovering How Environment Contributes to Breast Cancer
August 15, 2006 UCSF Offers Cooking Class for Cancer Prevention, Survival
August 14, 2006 Stem Cell Research Advances Cancer Knowledge
August 11, 2006 International Society of Cancer Nurses Honors UCSF Professor
August 8, 2006 Pediatric Oncologist to Swim for Children with Cancer
August 7, 2006 Common Inherited Gene Increases Risk for Certain Type of Deadly Melanoma
August 2, 2006 UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Names New Director of Clinical Programs
July 31, 2006 Anal Cancer Patient Becomes Advocate
July 28, 2006 A Family Tree Riddled with Cancer
July 27, 2006 UCSF Researchers Fingerprint Lung Tumors, Test New Drug Candidate
July 27, 2006 Radiation Oncology Recruits Breast Expert, Among Other Improvements
July 26, 2006 UCSF Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Increase the Amount of Drug Uptake by Tumor Cells
July 25, 2006 Brain Tumor Patient Benefits from Technology
July 24, 2006 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Nets $1 Million to SFGH
July 21, 2006 UCSF Genetics Pioneer Y.W. Kan Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
July 18, 2006 Third Graders Raise Funds to Help Cancer Patients at UCSF
July 14, 2006 Legacy Foundation Honors UCSF Tobacco Researcher
July 11, 2006 Cancer Event Focuses on Education, Inspiration, and Celebration September 9 and 10
July 10, 2006 Microscopes Yield New Insight into Life and Death of Blood Vessels
July 7, 2006 UCSF Medical Center and Children's Hospital Make U.S. News "America's Best Hospitals" List
July 3, 2006 From Toronto, UCSF's Kriegstein Comments on the State of Stem Cell Science
July 3, 2006 "Synthetic Biology" Yields Bacteria That Take Pictures and Target Tumors

MAY-JUNE 2006
June 27, 2006 UCSF Establishes Pediatric Brain Tumor Institute
June 26, 2006 After Katrina: UCSF Genetic Counselor Puts Families Back Together
June 26, 2006 Pediatric Reunion Draws Bone Marrow Transplant Survivors
June 22, 2006 McEvoy Bequest Names Diller Cancer Research Building Lobby
June 21, 2006 Employee Well-Being Program Implemented in Cancer Center
June 20, 2006 Fellow Receives Pediatrics' Grumbach Award
June 9, 2006 Smokers Test Vaccine Against Nicotine Addiction
May 22, 2006 O'Farrell's Gels Blazed New Pathways
May 15, 2006 New Compound Unusually Potent at Blocking Brain Cancer Growth
May 8, 2006 Do Breast Implants Affect Breast Cancer Risk?

MARCH-APRIL 2006
April 21, 2006 Possible Cause and Potential Treatment Found for Aggressive Head and Neck Cancer
April 20, 2006 Challenging Tobacco Industry in Latin America
April 17, 2006 Mammography Screenings for Breast Cancer Show Racial and Ethnic Disparities
April 17, 2006 Hopes High as UCSF Breaks Ground for Cancer Research Building
April 13, 2006 UCSF Researcher One of Bay Area's 10 Most Influential African Americans
April 10, 2006 UCSF Receives Funding for Training Grant from Stem Cell Institute
April 10, 2006 Art for Recovery Project Receives International Healing Arts Award
March 29, 2006 Mount Zion Rededicates Ida and Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center
March 24, 2006 UCSF to Hold Free Skin Cancer Screening as Part of Guinness World Record Attempt May 6
March 17, 2006 UCSF Nicotine Expert Receives National Award
March 10, 2006 KQED Interviews Researcher About Discovery of Cancer-Killing Cell
March 8, 2006 Colleagues Honor Chancellor Bishop's Life in Science

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006
February 24, 2006 "Virus Chip" Detects New Virus in Prostate Tumors
February 8, 2006 Saw Palmetto No Better than Placebo for Enlarged Prostate
February 6, 2006 UCSF Recruits Young Scientists in Stem Cell Research
February 1, 2006 Omega-6 Fats Cause Prostate Tumors to Grow Twice as Fast
February 1, 2006 Blackburn Wins Wiley Prize
January 26, 2006 Cell's Decision-Making Circuitry Scrutinized by UCSF Research Team
January 17, 2006 Grands Fund Breast Cancer and Brain Tumor Research at UCSF

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2005
December 14, 2005 UCSF Fellow Wins Honors for Breast Cancer Research
December 13, 2005 Study Identifies Key Regulator of Bone Quality, Suggests Drug Target
December 9, 2005 Sigma Theta Tau International Names Dodd as Episteme Laureate
December 5, 2005 Research Review Finds Tobacco Scenes in Movies Boost Teen Smoking
December 1, 2005 UCSF Wins HHMI Award for Interdisciplinary Graduate Education
November 29, 2005 Study Hints at Role of Stem Cell Genes in Testicular, Breast Cancers
November 28, 2005 UCSF and GE Healthcare Announce Cancer Research Collaboration
November 4, 2005 UCSF Surgeon Develops New Spinal Surgery Technique
November 1, 2005 Lecture to Focus on "Lessons from the Prevention Wars"

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2005
October 24, 2005 Study Sheds Light on Signaling Mechanism in Stem Cells, Cancer
October 24, 2005 Six UCSF Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
October 14, 2005 Peterson Foundation Helps UCSF Battle Multiple Diseases
October 7, 2005 UCSF Celebration Features Talks by Scientists, Staff
October 7, 2005 Gold Nanoparticles Show Potential for Noninvasive Cancer Treatment
October 5, 2005 "Taste for the Cure" Breast Cancer Fundraiser October 15-23
October 5, 2005 Colon Cancer Survivor to Speak at Public Event on October 20
September 15, 2005 Tobacco Industry Weakened Pesticide Regulations, UCSF Study Shows
September 15, 2005 High-Vegetable Diet Linked to Protection Against Pancreatic Cancer
September 15, 2005 Commitment of $2 Million to Advance Clinical Research in Leukemia
September 15, 2005 Sence Foundation Gift Advances Brain Tumor Research
September 12, 2005 UCSF Launches Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology
September 1, 2005 UCSF Team Advances Probe of Neural Stem Cell-Brain Tumor Link

JULY-AUGUST 2005
August 11, 2005 Lifestyle and Diet May Stop or Reverse Prostate Cancer Progression
August 1, 2005 Omega-6 Fatty Acids Cause Prostate Tumor Cell Growth in Culture; Potential New Drug Target Identified, As Well
July 26, 2005 Virtual Colonoscopy Reveals Diseases Outside Colon Too
July 21, 2005 Unprecedented Industry-Backed Laws Limit Public Safety, Study Shows
July 8, 2005 UCSF Medical Center & Children's Hospital Named to "Best Hospitals" List

MAY-JUNE 2005
June 27, 2005 Pioneer in Biotech Research and Drug Development Appointed to UCSF Faculty
June 16, 2005 Silenced Gene Suggests Greater Risk and a Possible Diagnostic Marker for African-Americans with Prostate Cancer
June 8, 2005 Seminars to Educate Transplant Recipients about Skin Cancer Risk
June 3, 2005 Researchers Demonstrate Use of Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Detection
June 3, 2005 UCSF to Become Nearly Smoke Free by July 1
May 24, 2005 Study Shows Philip Morris Pursued Tobacco Regulation to Enhance Its Image

MARCH-APRIL 2005
April 19, 2005 Intergenerational Pen Pals Will Share Stories of Growth and Change June 1 at Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael
March 22, 2005 Free Oral Cancer Screening Clinic on April 15
March 22, 2005 Two UCSF Scientists Receive Top Funding Honor from Medical Institute
March 21, 2005 Regents OK Plan to Build Specialty Hospitals at Mission Bay
March 18, 2005 Can Sunlight Help Prevent Skin Cancer?
March 16, 2005 Blackburn Explains Award-winning Research
March 14, 2005 National Medal Awarded to UCSF Chancellor at White House Ceremony
March 8, 2005 California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research Opens at UCSF Mission Bay
March 7, 2005 Tobacco Industry Pays Scientists to Challenge Secondhand Smoke's Link to Infant Death Risk
March 1, 2005 Older Doctors Specializing in High Volume Screening Mammography Deliver More Accurate Results

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2005
February 25, 2005 Community Invited to 'Raising Hope' Benefit for Cancer Center
February 17, 2005 Prostate Cancer Vaccine Is First to Increase Survival
February 15, 2005 Bishop Named Winner of National Medal of Science
February 11, 2005 Blackburn to Present Gladstone Distinguished Lecture, Mar. 7
February 2, 2005 Study Finds Brain Tumor Treatment Can Vary Greatly
January 31, 2005 Silverman Named 2005 School of Dentistry Faculty Research Award Winner
January 18, 2005 Study Reveals Tobacco Industry Continuing to Challenge Cancer-Smoking Link

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2004
December 1, 2004 UCSF Part of NCI Early Detection Research Network to Find Cancer Biomarkers
November 17, 2004 Cancer Research Minority Training Program Honored
November 1, 2004 UCSF Study Finds Long-Term Medication and Counseling Help Smokers Quit Successfully

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2004
October 26, 2004 Long-Concealed British Tobacco Industry Documents Released Online
October 24, 2004 Study Results Show New Testicular Implant to Be Safe and to Improve Self Esteem in Boys and Men
October 24, 2004 Secret Papers Show Tobacco Company Tried to Preserve Financial Ties with Academic Medicine
October 20, 2004 UCSF Breast Care Center's Shelley Hwang, MD, Named Local Hero
October 19, 2004 Institute of Medicine Elects Six UCSF Faculty
October 18, 2004 Medical Center Officials Thank Surgical Unit Team at Mount Zion
September 24, 2004 UCSF Program a Co-Sponsor of Health Disparities Forum
September 21, 2004 Researcher, Cyclist Joins Nationwide 'Tour of Hope'
September 20, 2004 UCSF, VAMC Co-Sponsor Conference on Smoking Cessation
September 9, 2004 UCSF Officials Define Vision for Future Growth
September 9, 2004 Translational Research Center: A Bridge to the Future of Medicine

JULY-AUGUST 2004
August 27, 2004 UCSF Officials to Share Expansion Plan at Town Hall Meeting on September 10
August 24, 2004 Research Reveals Potential New Target for Prostate Cancer Drugs
August 23, 2004 Cancer Panel to Discuss 'Translating Research to Reduce the Burdens of Cancer'
August 6, 2004 Powerful Magnet at QB3, Mission Bay Will Advance Imaging of Human Body, Elucidate Mechanisms of Disease
August 6, 2004 Dentistry Scientist Honored for Early AIDS, HIV Research
August 4, 2004 UCSF, Community Program Wins US 'Closing the Health Gap' Award
July 28, 2004 Tobacco Education Center Expands Patient Services
July 19, 2004 UCSF Receives $5 Million from Companies for Prostate, Breast Cancer Research
July 12, 2004 UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Is Among Nation's Top 10 for Cancer Care, According to USNews
July 6, 2004 Study Finds Virtual Colonoscopy Not Ready for Widespread Use
July 6, 2004 New Support Ensures Operation of Mammovan at SFGHMC
July 1, 2004 $6 Million Gift from Warren Buffett Recognizes Collaborative Care at UCSF

MAY-JUNE 2004
June 23, 2004 Program Targets Minorities for Doctoral Degrees
June 17, 2004 UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop Receives Honorary Harvard Degree
June 8, 2004 Losing Paradise
May 28, 2004 Millions of Secret British Tobacco Industry Documents to Be Released
May 27, 2004 UCSF Nurses to Read Letters from Dying Smokers
May 26, 2004 Physician Warns Against Confusing High Cancer Screening Rates with Quality Patient Care
May 24, 2004 Prestigious Research Honor Goes to Jeffrey Bluestone
May 14, 2004 Young Patient Helps Develop Computer Game that Battles Cancer Cells
May 6, 2004 New Avon Foundation Breast Center to Open at San Francisco General on May 13
May 3, 2004 Pap Smears, Mammography Should Be Targeted at Healthy Older Women

MARCH-APRIL 2004
April 29, 2004 Nurses Call on Tobacco Industry to Quit Promoting Cigarettes
April 19, 2004 UCSF's Valuable Volunteers Are of All Ages, Backgrounds
April 19, 2004 The Firefly Project: Dramatic Reading by Extraordinary Pen-pals
March 12, 2004 'Bioethics and the Political Distortion of Biomedical Science'
March 12, 2004 American Liver Foundation Honors Volberding
March 11, 2004 Hollywood Delivers Pro-Tobacco Movies to Children, Study Finds
March 10, 2004 Detecting and Disarming Early Cancer
March 8, 2004 Essay Criticizes Reports by President's Council on Bioethics

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2004
February 18, 2004 UCSF Finding Advances Insight into Adult Stem Cells in Human Brain
February 5, 2004 New UCSF AIDS Research Institute Director Appointed
February 3, 2004 Academic Senate Honors James Cleaver with Research Lecture Award
January 26, 2004 Study Finds Reach of Colorectal Test Inadequate in Many Older Patients, Particularly Women
January 23, 2004 Kessler to Tell Tobacco Story as Part of Osher Lifelong Learning Forum
January 5, 2004 Lecture: 'A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Chemotherapy'

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2003
December 19, 2003 Washington Named Executive Vice Chancellor
December 18, 2003 Growing Tobacco Documents Library Serves Diverse Audience
December 11, 2003 New Chair of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Appointed
December 10, 2003 Mammovan Seeks Financial Support
December 8, 2003 Radiologist Honored for Research Achievements
December 4, 2003 Smoke-free Laws Do Not Harm Charitable Bingo Profits, Study Finds
November 19, 2003 UCSF School of Dentistry Receives $2.4 Million Grant to Study Tobacco Cessation Programs in Dental Offices
November 18, 2003 Two Factors Linked to Breast Lesion Recurrence
November 18, 2003 Glantz Honored for Tobacco Control Research, Advocacy
November 7, 2003 Leader in Biology of Parasitic Diseases Honored

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2003
October 30, 2003 UCSF Mission Bay: 'Best Yet to Come'
October 30, 2003 Volberding Leads HIV Medicine Association
October 28, 2003 $35 Million Gift Supports Construction of Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building at UCSF Mission Bay
October 28, 2003 Institute of Medicine Elects Six from UCSF
October 23, 2003 UCSF Testing Medical Marijuana for Cancer Pain
October 22, 2003 US Mammograms Are Less Precise than in UK, Study Finds
October 20, 2003 Study Raises Doubts about Bone Marrow-Derived Adult Stem Cells
October 17, 2003 New Bay Area Center Will Unite Local Experts in Breast Cancer Research
October 16, 2003 Many Women Can Safely Extend Cervical Cancer Screening Interval to Three Years
October 6, 2003 Nuccia Focile to Join Orchestra in Benefit Concert
September 15, 2003 Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Developmental Cell Signaling Pathway
September 4, 2003 Forum to Discuss High Rates of Cervical Cancer Among Vietnamese

JULY-AUGUST 2003
August 25, 2003 Scientists Map Signaling Molecule Crucial to Survival, Disease
August 11, 2003 Grants, Programs to Improve Care for Millions Suffering Serious Illness
August 7, 2003 Wall of Tobacco History Gets a Website
July 28, 2003 Team Discovers Possible Cancer 'Susceptibility' Gene
July 25, 2003 Mount Zion Auxiliary Donates $95,000
July 21, 2003 Digital Tobacco Document Archives -- Continued Growth, New Tutorial
July 18, 2003 UCSF Medical Center and Children's Hospital in Top 10 of Best US Hospitals

MAY-JUNE 2003
June 25, 2003 Ira Herskowitz Memorial Service on June 27
June 19, 2003 UCSF Tobacco Control Program Gains High Recognition From WHO
June 17, 2003 UCSF Scientists Win Seven UC Discovery Grants
June 5, 2003 Researchers Successfully Inhibit Spread of Cancer in Mice
June 3, 2003 Secret Documents Reveal How Tobacco Industry Targeted Gay Men
May 28, 2003 UCSF to Host International Conference on Human Leukemia Virus
May 27, 2003 Intergenerational Pen Pals in Dramatic Reading
May 19, 2003 Blackburn to Receive Major Award for Cancer Research
May 16, 2003 Researchers Discover Common Cause for Aging, Related Diseases
May 15, 2003 NIH Research Funding to UCSF Increases by $15 Million
May 9, 2003 Four Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 8, 2003 A Wall of Tobacco History
May 2, 2003 Daughters, Sons See Health Sciences in Action
May 1, 2003 On the Road with Molecular Motors

MARCH-APRIL 2003
April 30, 2003 Five Researchers Elected to NAS
April 29, 2003 World-Renowned Geneticist Dies
April 28, 2003 Renowned Yeast and Human Geneticist at UCSF Receives Major Research Honor
April 17, 2003 Two-Time Cancer Survivor to Walk for Team UCSF
April 17, 2003 Genetics Symposium to Examine the Science, Promise and Ethics of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
April 16, 2003 New Cancer Research Building Is Slated for UCSF Mission Bay
April 9, 2003 Kuntz Honored for Outstanding Research, Teaching
April 3, 2003 CyberKnife Benefits Patients with Difficult Tumors
April 2, 2003 Public Smoking Ban Slashes Heart Attack Rate in Community
April 1, 2003 Sign Up for UCSF's Bay to Breakers Team
March 27, 2003 UCSF Scientists Win Five UC Discovery Grants
March 19, 2003 'Healing Words' to Benefit UCSF Breast Care Center

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2003
February 27, 2003 UCSF Faculty Vote to Refuse Tobacco Industry Funding
February 25, 2003 Bay to Breakers to Benefit Cancer Center
February 21, 2003 Marine World Tickets Benefit Cancer Patients
February 12, 2003 Cancer Researcher Honored
January 24, 2003 Ron Vale Tapped as 46th Faculty Research Lecturer
January 17, 2003 Governor to Focus on Life Sciences to Fuel Sagging Economy
January 15, 2003 Report Shows Crippling Economic Toll of Smoking in State
January 12, 2003 VA Research Heads for Space
January 9, 2003 HRT Reduces Diabetes Rates in Some Women

This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Please upgrade your browser.