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Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco, has been named the first woman president of the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. Based in La Jolla, the Salk Institute is one of the world’s leading scientific enterprises, with

A study that tracked tens of thousands of midlife and older men for more than 20 years has found that vigorous exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits may cut their chances of developing a lethal type of prostate cancer by up to 68 percent. While most prostate cancers are “clinically indolent,”

A $10 million gift from The Parker Foundation, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker, will establish a new research laboratory within the Diabetes Center at UC San Francisco devoted to understanding autoimmunity, in the hopes of laying the groundwork for new

In 2008, UCSF patients and volunteers, many of them breast cancer survivors, created an event to raise money and build awareness for UCSF’s breast cancer program—Give Breast Cancer the Boot. The 2014 event engaged over 250 patients and community friends and raised over $610,000! The largest portion

An international team of scientists led by UC San Francisco researchers has mapped out the genetic trajectories taken by melanoma as it evolves from early skin lesions, known as precursors, to malignant skin cancer, which can be lethal when it invades other tissues in the body. By tracing the

UC San Francisco awarded the UCSF Medal – the university’s highest honor – to three visionary leaders who have advanced health research and care with their contributions. Philanthropist and longtime UCSF champion Helen Diller, Kathleen Dracup, RN, PhD, dean emerita and professor in the UCSF School

A single letter change in a gene’s DNA can spell many health outcomes. Such changes – the basis for much of modern medicine – help us know cancer risks, identify fetal disease or study health. The idea that DNA mutations cause disease is common knowledge today – largely thanks to one study published