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09 May: UCSF joins public campaign to accelerate cancer research
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cancer Research Alliance, an organization comprised of 12 of the nation’s top cancer centers ...
09 May: UCSF joins public campaign to accelerate cancer research
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cancer Research Alliance is asking all Americans to exercise their power over cancer by donating $1 to cancer research efforts this Mother’s Day through Father’s Day.
07 May: UCSF celebrates 50 years of cardiovascular research with groundbreaking today
The Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF is celebrating 50 years of research and medical innovation today (May 7) in grand style: a science symposium and a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the art building dedicated to its work.
07 May: UCSF receives funding for building from California stem cell agency
Signifying a milestone in the evolution of its pioneering stem cell program, the University of California, San Francisco today received a $34.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to help support the construction of a regenerative medicine building on its campus.
07 May: CALENDAR ITEM
Healthy kids, happy lives: Lecture
on integrative pediatric and
adolescent medicine
The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is hosting a free public lecture by integrative medicine pioneer Tieraona Low Dog, MD, on the role of complimentary and alternative therapies in adolescent and pediatric medicine.
06 May: Groundbreaking May 7 for new UCSF state-of-the art cardiovascular disease center
The UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute—known as CVRI—is leading the charge in understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease by breaking ground for a new state-of-the-art building on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
06 May: Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity in cell studies
A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report.
05 May: Free skin cancer screenings offered in the Castro on May 10
The public is invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings conducted by UCSF dermatologists in recognition of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
02 May: UCSF to break ground for major new cardiovascular disease center
The UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute—known as CVRI—is leading the charge in understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease by breaking ground for a new state-of-the-art building on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
02 May: Brief secondhand smoke exposure can cause blood vessel and stem cell damage in 30 minutes
Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found.
02 May: UCSF Privacy Practices to Protect Patient Information:
