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Fetal Immune System Rejects the Mother in Preterm Labor
preterm-baby.jpg Preterm labor, a common pregnancy complication, has long been a mystery to scientists. But a new study from UC San Francisco shows it may sometimes happen when the fetal immune system “wakes up” too early and begins to...
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‘Dense Breasts’ Eclipse All Other Known Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Fotolia_30814686_S.jpg Women whose breasts are composed largely of glandular tissue, rather than fat, have an amplified risk of breast cancer, which exceeds the impact of other widely known risks on a population level, including family...
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2 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2018
Two faculty members from UC San Francisco have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors accorded to American scientists. Ying-Hui Fu , PhD, and Andrej Sali , PhD, were among the 84 new members and...
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Giacomini named 2018 Volwiler Research Award recipient
rs23881_ucsf_20160801_giacomini_068a.jpg Kathy Giacomini, PhD , has been named the 2018 Volwiler Research Achievement Award recipient by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Giacomini was selected by her AACP peers for...
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Talk on Safer Stents Wins 2018 UCSF Grad Slam
2018_Grad_Slam_winner.jpg Inserting and opening a stent – a tiny scaffold implanted in an artery to hold it open and improve blood flow to the heart – causes slight damage to a vessel wall, which leads the body to try to repair it; the...
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Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS Appointed as Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity
K_Bibbins-Domingo.jpg Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, announced the appointment of Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD , MD, MAS , as the new chair of the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , effective October 1, and the inaugural...