UC San Francisco News

From the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, San Francisco, CA; and Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

Ambassador Eric Goosby , MD, the nation's AIDS "czar" and an infectious disease specialist who treated HIV/AIDS patients in the early days of the epidemic, will visit Stanford School of Medicine next Thursday, May 30, for a conversation on global health.

Last week there was some debate acros the blogosphere about Race and IQ much of springing from the controversy of Jason Richwine's dissertation--" IQ and Immigration Policy ." You can read my thoughts here , here and here .

Just over a week ago, researchers led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton announced their success in achieving the feat .

This image shows in brown color the activation of TGFI2 signaling and p53 levels in a breast biopsy from a patient diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma.

About five years ago, Cindy Gershen and some friends sat around her kitchen table discussing their concerns about the toll processed foods were taking on the community's health.

More than one quarter of people being treated for non-melanoma skin cancer in their doctor's office reported some type of complication after surgery, in a new study.

What's causing moms the most stress? Well, according to a survey of 7,000 mothers, 42 percent say the social media site Pinterest is a big source of their anxiety.

The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology - and not limited to the brain.

California State University trustees named new leaders for five of the system's 23 campuses today, setting off a game of musical chairs in California's higher education landscape.

In an ongoing program to modernize and upgrade its fleet of emergency air medical helicopters, REACH Air Medical Services has taken delivery of a new Eurocopter EC135 helicopter.

The Mentor Planning Commission may have been well ahead of the curve back in January regarding a mysterious collection bin proposal.

The California State University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Joseph I. Castro, vice chancellor, student academic affairs of the University of California, San Francisco, as president of Fresno State.

Elderly patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are treated with long-acting bronchodilators I2-agonists and anticholinergics are at an increased risk of cardiovascular events, according to new research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine .

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Administrator Pamela S. Hyde is announcing the appointment of Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. as SAMHSA's first chief medical officer.

Medical workers across California plan to strike for the next two days in an effort to push forward negotiations for a new contract.

Lillian Fritz-Laylin is observing a strain of leukemia cell that zips along at about 10 to 20 microns per minute.

The costly form of radiation therapy that has become the norm for prostate cancer in the United States may be no better than the older, cheaper variety -- at least for some men, a new study suggests.

University of California officials have gone to court to stem the extent of a two-day strike set to begin Tuesday for thousands of patient-care technicians at UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals.

Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory.