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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

Five UC San Francisco faculty members are among the 70 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The 70 new regular members and 10 international members were announced at the institute's 45th annual meeting on Monday. The

Dreamforce 2015 Keynote with Laura Esserman Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, one of the nation’s leading experts in breast cancer research and treatment, discusses how she uses the Salesforce platform to bring precision medicine to breast cancer research. The video below begins at 7:30. Translating a

A coalition of leukemia researchers led by scientists from UC San Francisco has discovered surprising genetic diversity in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a rare but aggressive childhood blood cancer. Using comprehensive genomic sequencing, the team identified new gene mutations and

Online advertising based on Google search terms is a potentially effective way to deliver targeted cancer prevention education, according to a study led by Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, an assistant professor of dermatology at UC San Francisco. Indoor tanning is a preventable risk factor for skin cancer

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded seven grants to UC San Francisco scientists to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research. The highly competitive grants, which were announced today among 78 such awards nationwide, were made under the High

By Alec Rosenberg, UC Newsroom. This article first appeared on the University of California News website on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Dr. Laura Esserman is filled with hope this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The UC San Francisco surgeon is gearing up for a five-year study that will tap into