FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • Sutter Health forms network of Northern California doctors (Sacramento Bee)
    The Sacramento Bee reports: "Sutter Health said Thursday that it is bringing its physicians groups under one umbrella organization. The Sacramento-based health care organization said the Sutter Medical Network will bring together 3,000 doctors across Northern California into a unit that will enable them to do a better job of coordinating care and making referrals." --- Joanne Spetz, a health care economist at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Stimulating Thymus Reactivates T-Cell Production (US News & World Report)
    Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology and the University of California, San Francisco, report in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that the thymus gland can be stimulated to produce T-cells in adults with HIV infection. Dr. Laura Napolitano, an assistant investigator at Gladstone and an assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, is quoted.

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Floss or Die?: A Conversation with Dental Scientist Mark Ryder (Science Cafe)
    Ever heard the expression "floss or die?" Laugh if you will, but there might be some truth to it after all. As Mark Ryder, DMD, chair of the division of periodontology in the UCSF School of Dentistry, explains, the mouth is both a window on our health and a doorway to disease.
  • Flu Season Approaches Peak, with Drug-Resistant Cases on the Rise (UCSF Today)
    If you are pondering your chances of emerging from the flu season unscathed, these facts won’t cheer you. The flu season will soon reach its peak. Nationwide, most flu cases now being reported are due to strains not covered by this year’s vaccine, according to the most recent weekly report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • Gladstone & UCSF Scientists Reactivate Immune Cell Production in HIV-Infected Adults (UCSF Today)
    Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found that therapy can be used to stimulate the production of vital immune cells, called "T- cells," in adults with HIV infection.