Susan Desmond-Hellmann, a physician, pioneering cancer researcher and biotechnology industry executive who most recently served as president of product development for Genentech, today (May 7) was named chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco campus by the University of California Board of Regents. The ...

A new study by UCSF researchers concludes that media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light and that appeal to young adults may be a powerful intervention to decrease young adult smoking. The study sheds light on the relationship between attitudes toward ...

University of California President Mark G. Yudof will bring the names of two candidates to serve as chancellors of UC Davis and UC San Francisco to next week's meeting of the UC Board of Regents, the university announced today (May 1). Both appointments are subject ...

Infection with anal human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause anal and cervical cancers, is associated with a higher risk of new HIV infection in previously HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), according to new UCSF research. Reported online ahead of print ...

Surrounded by cutting-edge equipment most people couldn't even turn on, much less operate, researchers at a UCSF imaging laboratory are using innovative techniques to study and improve the treatment of life-altering medical conditions, from cancer to multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The Margaret Hart Surbeck ...

Prostate cancer patients who have advanced disease that no longer responds to hormone-blocking therapy might become the first to benefit from a new type of cancer drug. With these new immunotherapies, the patients' own immune cells are supercharged to better fight the disease, says a ...

In observance of Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, UCSF will provide members of the public with free, drop-in screenings for oral, head and neck cancers on Friday, May 1. Sponsored by the UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery's oncology practice, the screenings ...

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) has elected four members of the UCSF faculty as fellows of one of the nation's top honorary societies. The four new fellows from UCSF are: * Abul Abbas, MBBS, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology, ...

Richard Jordan, DDS, PhD, has been appointed the new associate dean for research in the UCSF School of Dentistry. The appointment will be effective May 1, 2009. Jordan will replace John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, who has stepped down after years of outstanding service in this ...

A melanoma may start out looking just a little different from a normal mole. But it may end up being every bit as deadly as cancers that first arise in vital organs. When melanoma is diagnosed late, the prognosis is bad. Better treatment is a ...