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Industry, University Collaboration Key to Translating Discovery to Care July 26
Panelists at UCSF Mission Bay event say venture capital firms, universities and corporations need to keep exploring new ideas for collaborating more efficiently.
Anti-Parasite Drugs for Neglected Chagas Disease Are in the Works July 21
Larissa Podust, PhD, is working on a new drug for Chagas disease, a neglected scourge.
UCSF Spinoff Calithera Shows Promise of Translational Research July 19
With innovation as the watchword, a biotech spinoff from the UCSF School of Pharmacy announced a $40 million Series A round of investment last week – hailed by an investor as “one of the largest first rounds of financing in some time.”
UCSF Nobel Laureate Is Sworn in as Head of the National Cancer Institute July 14
Harold Varmus, MD, who was a UCSF faculty member for more than two decades, was sworn into office on Monday, July 12, as the new director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Antibiotic Use Boosts Risk of Infection with Clostridium Bacteria July 2
Antibiotic-resistant Staph infection is not the only emerging bacterial threat. Now a different bug -- Clostridium difficile -- is gaining strength.
What Makes Us Human? Studies of Chimp and Human DNA May Tell Us June 28
In constructing an evolutionary tree of life, scientists have granted themselves and the rest of us humans a genus, Homo, all to ourselves. But there’s no getting around the fact that we’re in the same family with chimpanzees and other primates.
Science Symposium Honoring Chancellor Emeritus Draws Capacity Crowd June 15
Chancellor Emeritus Mike Bishop was honored recently with a symposium that aimed at shedding light on important unsolved problems in biology and biomedicine.
Julius Named to Receive the Shaw Prize May 27
For his groundbreaking work on the sensation of touch, David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the UCSF Department of Physiology, has been named to receive the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine.
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Showcases Research Progress May 25
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted an afternoon event on the Mission Bay campus on May 12 to showcase recent progress and current research directions in the fight against cancer.
Provenge, a New Prostate Cancer Vaccine, Will Soon Be Available at UCSF May 21
The cancer vaccine sipuleucel-T -- now commercially branded as Provenge -- will soon be available at a select group of medical centers nationwide, including UCSF.

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