http://cancer.ucsf.edu/ Headlines from the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF en-us Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Copyright 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. communications@cc.ucsf.edu Uncovering the network of genes regulated by a crucial molecule involved in cancer called mTOR, which controls protein production inside cells, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered how a protein “master regulator” goes awry, leading to metastasis, the… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/cancer-research-shows-promise-of-new-drugs/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/cancer-research-shows-promise-of-new-drugs/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:42:08 -0800 Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have identified nearly 200 genes in the healthy prostate tissue of men with low-grade prostate cancer that may help explain how physical activity improves survival from the disease. The study compared the activity of some 20,000… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/vigorous-exercise-linked-to-gene-activity-in-prostate/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/vigorous-exercise-linked-to-gene-activity-in-prostate/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:05 -0800 In the world of bioinformatics, the rush is on to extract gold from a data mine. The amount of data that health care providers and scientists collect from patients and research participants is growing explosively. This information ranges from the genetic to laboratory tests and imaging exams,… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-school-of-medicine-leaders-explore-bioinformatics-in-research-patient-/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-school-of-medicine-leaders-explore-bioinformatics-in-research-patient-/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:54 -0800 In the two largest clinical studies ever conducted on the molecular genetics of lung cancer, an international team led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has demonstrated that an available molecular test can predict the likelihood of death from early-stage lung cancer… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/new-lung-cancer-test-predicts-survival/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/new-lung-cancer-test-predicts-survival/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:02:10 -0800 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 recurs. Even though their doctors monitor the tumor closely with sophisticated imaging, it is difficult to determine… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/team-finds-new-way-to-image-brain-tumors-and-predict-recurrence/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/team-finds-new-way-to-image-brain-tumors-and-predict-recurrence/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:01:05 -0800 UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, proposed to the University of California Regents on Jan. 19 that a small… source: Lisa Cisneros http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/chancellor-presents-proposal-to-secure-ucsfs-future/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/chancellor-presents-proposal-to-secure-ucsfs-future/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:39:18 -0800 Cancers rarely are deadly unless they evolve the ability to grow beyond the tissues in which they first arise. Normally, cells — even early-stage tumor cells — are tethered to scaffolding that helps to restrain any destructive tendencies. But scientists from the University of Helsinki, Finland,… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/some-breast-cancer-spread-may-be-triggered-by-targetable-protein-study-show/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/some-breast-cancer-spread-may-be-triggered-by-targetable-protein-study-show/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:07:48 -0800 Veterans Affairs hospitals screen elderly men with limited life expectancies for prostate cancer at surprisingly high rates, even though guidelines recommend against such screening, according to a study led by a physician at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). source: Steve Tokar http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/prostate-cancer-screenings-at-va-hospitals-dont-follow-guidelines-for-elder/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/prostate-cancer-screenings-at-va-hospitals-dont-follow-guidelines-for-elder/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:59:05 -0800 A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers. source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/tobacco-company-misrepresented-danger-from-cigarettes-study-finds/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/tobacco-company-misrepresented-danger-from-cigarettes-study-finds/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:40:58 -0800 A cancer drug company founded by UCSF Professor Kevan Shokat, PhD, has been acquired by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals in an effort to add two novel drug projects to Takeda’s pipeline of potential oncology therapies. Shokat, who chairs the UCSF Department… source: Kristen Bole, UCSF News Office http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-cancer-drug-spinoff-acquired-for-190m/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-cancer-drug-spinoff-acquired-for-190m/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:52:01 -0800 Peter Walter, PhD (Credit: Elena Zhukova) Peter Walter, PhD, a professor in the Biochemistry… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-biochemist-wins-prestigious-prize/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-biochemist-wins-prestigious-prize/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:04:06 -0800 As a woman ages, her chances of being diagnosed with a lower-risk breast tumor increase, according to a novel study led by UCSF which found that for women over 50, a substantial number of cancers detected by mammograms have good prognoses. The study provides the first molecular evidence of… source: Elizabeth Fernandez http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/breast-cancers-at-lower-risk-detected-with-widespread-use-of-mammograms/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/breast-cancers-at-lower-risk-detected-with-widespread-use-of-mammograms/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:03:22 -0800 Y. W. Kan, MD, a pioneer of modern genetics, is now leading a new $6.7-million, five-year research project to find a cure for sickle… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/stem-cell-and-gene-therapy-for-sickle-cell-and-other-genetic-diseases/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/stem-cell-and-gene-therapy-for-sickle-cell-and-other-genetic-diseases/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:06:20 -0800 The U.S. Department of Justice filed a proposed consent order today with a federal district court that finalizes requirements for three major tobacco companies to make internal documents public in accordance with an earlier ruling that the companies violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations… source: Elizabeth Fernandez http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-to-receive-tobacco-papers-funding-to-improve-public-access-to-the-docu/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-to-receive-tobacco-papers-funding-to-improve-public-access-to-the-docu/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:11:07 -0800 UCSF Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, whose co-discovery of an enzyme involved in cell aging and cancers opened a whole new field… source: Jennifer O'Brien http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsfs-blackburn-inducted-into-the-california-hall-of-fame/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsfs-blackburn-inducted-into-the-california-hall-of-fame/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:47:32 -0800 Hector Vizoso, RN, left, and Donald Abrams, MD, prepare a cannabis vaporizer for inpatient use at San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma… source: Leland Kim http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-study-finds-medical-marijuana-could-help-patients-reduce-pain-with-opi/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-study-finds-medical-marijuana-could-help-patients-reduce-pain-with-opi/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:43:05 -0800 UCSF and the Cell Technologies business of GE Healthcare Life Sciences have begun a unique collaboration aimed at overcoming the lack of blood-forming stem cells available to patients suffering from life-threatening diseases such as lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia or sickle cell anemia. source: Kristen Bole http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ge-healthcare-team-up-on-pioneering-cord-blood-project/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ge-healthcare-team-up-on-pioneering-cord-blood-project/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:03:49 -0800 The immune system possesses a type of cell that can be activated by tissues within the body to remind the immune system not to attack our own molecules, cells and organs, UCSF researchers have discovered. The discovery is likely to lead to new strategies for fighting a range of autoimmune diseases… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/the-immune-system-has-protective-memory-cells-researchers-discover/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/the-immune-system-has-protective-memory-cells-researchers-discover/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:23:09 -0800 UCSF’s faculty and students are taking a wide-ranging look at the inequities that exist in the Unites States, in terms of both health itself and the quality of health care, across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Sadly, they don’t have to look too far to find great disparities in… source: Patricia Yollin http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/health-disparities-research-continues-to-grow-at-ucsf/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/health-disparities-research-continues-to-grow-at-ucsf/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:01:08 -0800 Patient rooms in the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, including this acute care patient room at the future women’s specialty… source: Robin Hindery http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/mission-bay-medical-center-reflects-latest-research-on-how-design-affects-h/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/mission-bay-medical-center-reflects-latest-research-on-how-design-affects-h/ Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:43:33 -0800 In the last three decades, thousands of women with breast cancer have taken the drug tamoxifen, only to discover that the therapy doesn’t work, either because their tumors do not respond to the treatment at all, or because they develop resistance to it over time. Now researchers at the University… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/tamoxifen-resistance-and-how-to-defeat-it/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/tamoxifen-resistance-and-how-to-defeat-it/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:13:24 -0800 A large, international clinical trial led by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco indicates that a vaccine to prevent anal cancer is safe and effective, according to a study reported in the October 27, 2011 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. Though anal cancer is less… source: Jason Bardi http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/clinical-trial-shows-first-evidence-that-anal-cancer-is-preventable/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/clinical-trial-shows-first-evidence-that-anal-cancer-is-preventable/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:15:54 -0800 Mitchel Berger, professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, left, talks about caring for patients with brain cancer… source: Jason Bardi, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/kennedy-joins-ucsf-panel-to-discuss-brain-cancer/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/kennedy-joins-ucsf-panel-to-discuss-brain-cancer/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:08:59 -0800 Members of the audience listen to a panel discussion featuring clinicians and caregivers talking about caring for a patient suffering from… source: Jason Bardi, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/three-women-lead-ucsfs-25-million-fundraising-initiative-to-fight-brain-can/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/three-women-lead-ucsfs-25-million-fundraising-initiative-to-fight-brain-can/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:07:08 -0800 Taking vitamin E supplements appear to increase a man’s risk of prostate cancer, according to a study that appears in the Oct. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. A multi-institutional team of researchers reported findings from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/extra-vitamin-e-linked-to-prostate-cancer-but-diet-still-merits-study/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/extra-vitamin-e-linked-to-prostate-cancer-but-diet-still-merits-study/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:28:19 -0800 At a ceremony on Oct. 1, UCSF Professors Lewis Lanier, Talmadge King, Jr. and Kevan Shokat sign the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’… source: Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/three-ucsf-professors-inducted-into-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/three-ucsf-professors-inducted-into-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:34:30 -0800 A rekindled controversy over the use of PSA screening to help detect prostate cancer highlights the different perspectives physicians may… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/psa-screening-for-prostate-cancer-controversy-continues/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/psa-screening-for-prostate-cancer-controversy-continues/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:32:53 -0800 During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy. source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/high-rate-of-false-positives-with-annual-mammogram/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/high-rate-of-false-positives-with-annual-mammogram/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:55:07 -0800 UCSF School of Nursing Dean David Vlahov and four other UCSF faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. The new UCSF members were announced today (Oct. 17, 2011) in Washington, D.C. and include: Claire… source: Elizabeth Fernandez http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/five-ucsf-scientists-named-to-institute-of-medicine/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/five-ucsf-scientists-named-to-institute-of-medicine/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:06:59 -0800 Treating triple-negative breast cancer is too often like swinging and missing three pitches in baseball. But for a UCSF-led team that includes a breast cancer laboratory researcher, a breast cancer oncologist and a breast cancer surgical oncologist, it’s now a new ballgame. As you can read… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/triple-negative-breast-cancer-may-succumb-to-new-treatments/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/triple-negative-breast-cancer-may-succumb-to-new-treatments/ Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:54:37 -0800 Personalized medicine and new gene discoveries in human disease were a focus of a daylong symposium hosted by the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics on the Mission Bay campus on Oct. 3. source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/experts-discuss-personalized-medicine-and-gene-discoveries-in-disease-at-ge/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/experts-discuss-personalized-medicine-and-gene-discoveries-in-disease-at-ge/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:16:53 -0800 Kathy Giacomini, PhD Every year, the pharmaceutical industry invests billions of dollars in testing… source: Rob Waters http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-symposium-showcases-new-technologies-to-accelerate-drug-development/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-symposium-showcases-new-technologies-to-accelerate-drug-development/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:45:53 -0800 Breast Cancer Month: Time to Take Stock of UCSF Advances The eve of Breast Cancer Awareness month is an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation. source: Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/the-battle-against-breast-cancer/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/the-battle-against-breast-cancer/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:54:25 -0800 In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its recommendations for screening healthy women using mammography. The task force is an independent panel of experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that makes recommendations on a broad range of clinical preventive health care services,… source: Karin Rush-Monroe, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-professor-describes-evolving-science-of-breast-cancer-screening/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-professor-describes-evolving-science-of-breast-cancer-screening/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:53:32 -0800 Brain tumor specimens taken from neurosurgery cases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has given scientists a new window on the transformation that occurs as healthy brain cells begin to form tumors. The work may help identify new drugs to target oligodendroglioma,… source: Jason Bardi, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/how-normal-cells-become-brain-cancers/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/how-normal-cells-become-brain-cancers/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:50:48 -0800 Researchers with the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Merced will examine the effectiveness of state and local anti-smoking programs across the United States to ensure that health authorities are able to use their increasingly limited resources to support and… source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-uc-merced-to-study-effectiveness-of-anti-tobacco-programs/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-uc-merced-to-study-effectiveness-of-anti-tobacco-programs/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:41:22 -0800 Girls may be vulnerable to environmental exposures that contribute to breast cancer decades later – the evidence comes from studies of Japanese atomic bomb survivors and studies of women who received radiation treatment for medical conditions when they were girls. Rodent studies also point… source: Jeffrey Norris http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/adolescent-window-of-breast-cancer-risk-explained-in-award-winning-video/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/adolescent-window-of-breast-cancer-risk-explained-in-award-winning-video/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:30:36 -0800 For the first time in his life, 50-year-old Art Wagner is growing a beard. He wants people to ask why. He will tell them that he is a survivor of prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death in men. He will tell them that he has started Septembeard,… source: Patricia Yollin http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-prostate-cancer-survivor-grows-a-beard-for-a-good-cause/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-prostate-cancer-survivor-grows-a-beard-for-a-good-cause/ Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:41:19 -0800 Linda Giudice remembers the day, about 10 years ago, when a woman she was treating asked if her multiple miscarriages might have been the result of growing up on the Love Canal, a former toxic waste site near Niagara Falls. That conversation led to a conference of scientists, patients and politicians,… source: Patricia Yollin http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/dreamforce-event-to-feature-ucsf-dream-team-on-september-1/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/dreamforce-event-to-feature-ucsf-dream-team-on-september-1/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:34:36 -0800 Current estimates of the impact of chemotherapy on women’s reproductive health are too low, according to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study. The researchers say their analysis of the age-specific, long-term effects of chemotherapy provides new insights that will help patients… source: Karin Rush-Monroe, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-study-shows-greater-impact-of-chemotherapy-on-fertility/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-study-shows-greater-impact-of-chemotherapy-on-fertility/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:15:37 -0800 State governments, including California as well as others in Canada and the United Kingdom, pour hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into major motion pictures that depict smoking – leading to thousands of new teen smokers every year, a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researcher… source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/taxpayer-film-subsidies-promote-youth-smoking/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/taxpayer-film-subsidies-promote-youth-smoking/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:22:32 -0800 What ills do we risk from radiation to which we are exposed naturally, by choice, or by accident? The question looms large in the aftermath of the meltdown of fuel rods from nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan.  source: Jeffrey Norris, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/uc-experts-explain-radiation-risks-real-and-relative/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/uc-experts-explain-radiation-risks-real-and-relative/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:49:21 -0800 A new collaboration has begun between the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula that will enhance patient care and access to clinical trials. The affiliation builds on the expertise already offered at Community Hospital, recipient… source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/new-ucsf-cancer-care-affiliation-with-community-hospital-in-monterey/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/new-ucsf-cancer-care-affiliation-with-community-hospital-in-monterey/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:59:29 -0800 Seeking to improve care for people with brain tumors, neuro-oncologists at UCSF Medical Center are beginning to look beyond the patient to engage a patient’s family, friends and other caregivers. Caregivers often take on a large, central role in helping their loved ones through brain cancer.… source: Jason Bardi, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-neuro-oncologists-engage-caregivers-to-better-help-patients/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-neuro-oncologists-engage-caregivers-to-better-help-patients/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:17:14 -0800 Nancy Gamble, who was treated at the UCSF Medical Center for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia which is now in remission, has pledged $1 million… source: Juliana Bunim, University Relations http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/comedian-gives-a-dose-of-fun-to-young-patients-at-ucsf-benioff-childrens-ho/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/comedian-gives-a-dose-of-fun-to-young-patients-at-ucsf-benioff-childrens-ho/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:23:30 -0800 UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals for the 11th consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the 2011-12 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. source: Karin Rush-Monroe, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-medical-center-named-top-10-hospital-for-11th-consecutive-year/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-medical-center-named-top-10-hospital-for-11th-consecutive-year/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:47:33 -0800 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), used with a novel pyruvate chemical compound that is specially labeled to be read by the MRI machine, is being applied for the first time in humans to study the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients and the success of prostate cancer therapies. The chemical… source: UCSF School of Pharmacy http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/viewing-prostate-cancer-aggressiveness-in-a-unique-way/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/viewing-prostate-cancer-aggressiveness-in-a-unique-way/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:34:21 -0800 Mammograms should not be done on a one-size fits all basis, but instead should be personalized based on a woman’s age, the density of her breasts, her family history of breast cancer and other factors including her own values. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the July 5 issue of the Annals… source: Elizabeth Fernandez, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/customize-starting-age-and-frequency-of-mammograms/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/customize-starting-age-and-frequency-of-mammograms/ Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:10:34 -0800 A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.… source: Jason Bardi, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-led-team-decodes-evolution-of-skin-and-ovarian-cancer-cells/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-led-team-decodes-evolution-of-skin-and-ovarian-cancer-cells/ Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:54:11 -0800 UCSF’s Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, has received the 2011 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research, for his pioneering research on the role of molecular tools known as microRNAs in embryonic stem cells and cancer. source: Jennifer O'Brien, Public Affairs http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-stem-cell-cancer-scientist-honored-for-pioneering-studies/ http://cancer.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-stem-cell-cancer-scientist-honored-for-pioneering-studies/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:42:48 -0800