September 12, 2008
Like Isaac Newton long before him, UCSF's Gerard Evan, PhD, has been elected to an elite club of scientists, the British Royal Society. Indeed, he stands on the shoulders of scientific giants who went before. But Evan is armed with laboratory tools that his scientific ...September 9, 2008
Joseph DeRisi, PhD, Howard Hughes medical investigator and professor of biochemistry at UCSF, today is one of five distinguished Americans selected to receive a $250,000 award presented by the Heinz Family Foundation. "As a scientist, Dr. DeRisi has made breakthrough discoveries that have provided clarity ...August 25, 2008
California's state tobacco control program saved $86 billion--in 2004 dollars -- in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. During the same period, the state spent only a total of $1.8 ...August 20, 2008
New research from a mouse study at UCSF shows that therapies that block action of a gene called Myc may prove useful in fighting cancer. The findings were reported online on August 17, 2008, in Nature. Corresponding author Gerard Evan, PhD, of UCSF says, "These ...August 14, 2008
Award-winning virologist Harald zur Hausen, DSc, MD, who has devoted his career to investigating the links between viral infections and the development of specific types of cancer, will give a lecture, titled "Infectious Causes of Human Cancers," when he visits UCSF on Wednesday, Sept. 10.August 13, 2008
Five UCSF stem cell scientists have received New Faculty grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, support that will allow them to pursue lines of investigation ultimately aimed at developing treatment strategies for such conditions as cancer, heart disease, tooth regeneration, liver disease and ...August 11, 2008
Released jointly by UCSF and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute An aggressive childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain "stem" cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene, say researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of California, ...July 25, 2008
Consider the lab mouse. The rodent is used to model tumor growth in countless studies of genes and cancer. About 99 percent of mouse genes also appear in humans. Mouse and human also are similar when one compares the DNA code within these genes. Mice ...July 16, 2008
C. David James, PhD, a professor in residence of neurological surgery at UCSF, has been awarded a grant to identify how brain tumors with different genetic features respond to a set of treatment regimens. The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, a newly formed family foundation ...July 11, 2008
It's not too late to join the effort to fight breast cancer during this weekend's Avon walk through the streets of San Francisco. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and13. The two-day walk raises money to support ...
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