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UCSF Researchers Win Funding for Heart, Lung and Blood Studies
The second round of funding opportunities for the Technology Development Award from the University of California Center for Accelerated Innovation (UC CAI) has begun. Pre-applications are due August 22, and all faculty at UC campuses in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco are
UCSF Makes Top 5 in World Rankings for Medical, Life Sciences Universities
UC San Francisco is among the top universities in the world yet again, ranking second in clinical medicine and pharmacy and fifth in life sciences in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Top Universities, Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy Top Universities, Life and Agriculture
Do Gut Bacteria Rule Our Minds?
It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us – which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold – may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want, and often are driving us toward obesity. In an article published this week in the journal
Bone Drugs May Not Protect Osteoporotic Women from Breast Cancer
Osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates may not protect women from breast cancer as had been thought, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco. The drugs’ protective effect was widely assumed after several observational studies showed that women who took them were less
Cancer Categories Recast in Largest-Ever Genomic Study
New research partly led by UC San Francisco-affiliated scientists suggests that one in 10 cancer patients would be more accurately diagnosed if their tumors were defined by cellular and molecular criteria rather than by the tissues in which they originated, and that this information, in turn, could
UC Regents Confirm Sam Hawgood as UCSF's 10th Chancellor
Sam Hawgood, MBBS, was confirmed Thursday morning as UC San Francisco’s 10th chancellor in a unanimous vote by the UC Board of Regents. The appointment is effective immediately. Hawgood, 61, whom University of California President Janet Napolitano tapped for the position July 9 after an
UCSF Medical Center Ranked Eighth Nationally By U.S. News
UCSF Medical Center is among the nation's premier hospitals for the 13th consecutive year, ranking as the eighth best hospital in the country in the 2014-2015 America's Best Hospitals survey from U.S. News & World Report, and once again securing a spot among the top 10 hospitals nationwide. UCSF