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Parents Persuade Calif. Senate to Shed Light on Children's Cancer
Juliana Peña’s constant smile brightened the days of everyone she came across, even those who just caught a glance of her. At two-and-a-half years old, she passed away from neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. "As she was taking her last breaths, I promised Juliana that we would never stop
San Francisco Celebrates 3 New Hospitals With Stars, Lights and Action
San Francisco’s Mission Bay district became a melting pot of celebrities, civic dignitaries, community members and assorted creatures of unknown species with dazzling outfits and daring dance moves, as the city marked the upcoming opening of the new UCSF Medical Center. Thousands joined in Saturday
Peter Walter's Career of 'Challenging the Unknown' Leads to Lasker Award
Peter Walter, PhD, vividly remembers the atmosphere of "political insanity" that colored an otherwise happy youth in Cold War-era West Berlin, then a walled city that was itself encircled by the hostile territory of East Germany. "If you crossed that wall," he recalled, "you’d be shot at, and that
UCSF Professor Peter Walter Receives Lasker Award for Basic Research
Peter Walter, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco, has received the 2014 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. Popularly known as the “American Nobels,” the Lasker Awards are among the most prestigious honors in science and medicine. More about Peter Walter Peter Walter
Kelley Receives Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute
Katie Kelley, MD, a gastrointestinal oncologist at UC San Francisco, has received the 2014 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This highly competitive category was open to members at certified cancer centers only. The award, a $100,000
Join Septembeard and TEAM UCSF!
Our TEAM UCSF is growing and, so can you! Septembeard.org is a clever non-profit, founded by advocate Art Wagner, which raises funds for prostate cancer research by asking volunteers to grow beards during September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. In 2013, UCSF received $60,000 from Septembeard to
New Hospital Embraces Next Frontier of Cancer Treatment
When urologist Peter Carroll, MD, MPH, did his residency at UCSF 30 years ago, cancer was “a word that was whispered,” a knowledgeable patient was someone who just followed doctor’s orders and oftentimes a diagnosis wasn’t made until disease was advanced. That’s all changed with the introduction of