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UCSF Medical Center has been named the 2014-15 Consumer Choice Award winner for San Francisco by National Research Corporation, which identifies hospitals across the United States that health care consumers choose as having the highest quality provided by the best clinicians. Consumers rated UCSF

An international research collaboration led by UC San Francisco researchers has identified a genetic variant common in Latina women that protects against breast cancer. The variant, a difference in just one of the three billion “letters” in the human genome known as a single-nucleotide polymorphism

The best day of her life quickly flipped over to become the worst. “Brenda” had just given birth to her son. She had allowed her ex, the baby’s father, to visit, but when her back was turned, he hightailed it out of the postpartum room with the newborn in his arms. Within seconds, code pink was

A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumors is associated with less severe cancer outcomes in humans, and may have therapeutic potential, according to a new UC San Francisco study of 3,600 human tumors of 12 types, as well as mouse experiments. The research is published online October 16

Smoking took an $18.1 billion toll in California – $487 for each resident – and was responsible for more than one in seven deaths in the state, more than from AIDS, influenza, diabetes or many other causes, according to the first comprehensive analysis in more than a decade on the financial and

UC San Francisco researchers received six awards announced this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for high-risk, high-reward scientific research projects. Their work will focus on novel approaches for diagnosing and treating diseases ranging from autoimmune and chronic inflammatory

HDFCCC Member Rena Pasick among the four recipients of this year's Chancellor Diversity Award, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Diversity UC San Francisco celebrates the diversity of its campus community during Diversity Month, with events held throughout the month of October. This year’s theme