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UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital represents the culmination of the science and expertise that has made our cancer program second to none. This unique new hospital is part of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center

Peter Walter, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has received the 2015 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Sciences, which recognizes major contributions to science made by immigrants to America. Walter, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, was born in West Berlin, Germany, during the Cold

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, is one of the world’s preeminent cancer scientists. This January he assumed the role of the new director of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ashworth studies genes involved in cancer risk, and was a key player on the team discovered the gene BRCA2

The UC San Francisco community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Helen Diller, who was a longtime champion of UCSF, in particular through her family foundation’s support of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. As a philanthropist, advocate, and mentor, Helen will be

UC San Francisco has received a $40 million gift from angel investor and philanthropist Ron Conway, his wife Gayle, and sons Ronny, Topher and Danny, to help fund the outpatient medical building at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, which opens on Feb. 1 on UCSF’s world-renowned biomedical

"For the first time ever, we're able to pinpoint to important molecular features shared by cancers that affect different tissues, and, conversely, to make important distinctions between cancers that affect the same tissue. This will have huge implications for therapy as we begin to design treatment

Seated at a table dotted with paintbrushes, pencils and curios, Hideka Suzuki is creating an abstract on a small canvas. It’s not an idle craft project; for her, it’s a form of therapy. “Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m thinking until I sit down and start drawing. Then my feelings come out on