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The University of California at Berkeley will be at the forefront of a new national effort to have physical scientists and engineers join the war on cancer thanks to a $15.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

At its most benign, the autoimmune disease scleroderma can discolor parts of the skin of its sufferers.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, $15.7 million over five years to allow physical scientists and engineers to open a new front in the war on cancer.

Princeton University physical scientists will partner with researchers at four other institutions to explore the driving forces behind the evolution of cancer under a five-year, $15.2 million award from the National Cancer Institute.

From the Center for Cerebrovascular Research , Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology , University of California, San Francisco, Calif.

Antigenics today announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco , has presented an update on a Phase 2 clinical trial of Oncophage for recurrent high grade glioma at the 2009 Joint Meeting of SNO and AANS/CNS Section on Tumors 2009 in New Orleans, LA.

Drug developer Antigenics Inc. said researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, reported positive results stemming from a study using its cancer therapy Oncophage to treat brain-cancer patients.

From the Division of Cardiology and the Center of Excellence in Vascular Research, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.

Some bar owners and managers across the state think they have found an escape clause in the state's new smoking ban.

Authorities say an off-duty University of California, San Francisco police officer was killed when his speeding car went airborne while exiting a freeway off-ramp. The university's police chief says 32-year-old Detective Edson Veloro was killed in the crash early Friday morning.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. Most people believe that finding cancer early is a certain way to save lives.

An off-duty officer with the University of California, San Francisco Police Department died early this morning in a solo-vehicle crash off Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco, authorities said.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning crash that left a University of California San Francisco police officer dead.

As the H1N1 influenza vaccine trickles into clinics and pharmacies over the next few weeks, public health officials and doctors desperately hope that pregnant women will be at the front of the line for the shot.

New research suggests that mind-body treatment can boost the odds that infertile women will become pregnant by in vitro fertilization -- at least after more than one cycle.

The American Cancer Society is working to modify its message about screenings for breast and prostate cancers to say that the benefits of early detection might have been overstated, the New York Times reports.

The American Cancer Society says it is not currently rethinking its stance on cancer screening, as was widely reported Wednesday.

Researchers say privately banking cord blood is not cost-effective for most families.

Patients in the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal can now light up without fear of federal reprisal, but they may still have to answer to local authorities.

Post-traumatic stress disorder may be a condition of the mind, but research has implicated it in the ills of the body.

Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer -- the most diagnosed cancer for women and men -- have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in an opinion piece published in the ...

News reports this weekend highlight several developments as medical providers respond to changing economic forces, and in some cases, clashes of personality.

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder face an increased risk for dying after surgery, even if the surgery is performed years after they have completed their service, according to a U.S. study.

Heart patients who receive specific instructions about how to respond to chest pain or heart attack symptoms still don't seek immediate care, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal: "Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes." Researchers tested whether education about chest pain or a heart attack could ...

People who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, survivors and at-risk patients have a new tool that could both help with their own diagnosis and recovery, and help future generations of cancer sufferers.

Science and the female brain By Froma Harrop The recent award of Nobel Prizes in biology and chemistry to three women dredges up Larry Summers' suggestion in 2005 that differences in the female brain may account for the dearth of top women scientists.

Marijuana opponents in the federal government are up against the wall and the wall is crumbling.

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder face an increased risk for dying after surgery, even if the surgery is performed years after they have completed their service, according to a U.S. study.

A study just released suggests that smoking bans in public places can reduce heart attacks and can actually save lives.

A team of researchers at the MUHC/McGill and their international colleagues recommend halting all clinical trials on interleukin-2. An international research team has demonstrated that treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 is ineffective.

More US report: Smoking bans protect nonsmokers' hearts October 15, 2009 12:15 PM EDT WASHINGTON - A major U.S. report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers.

Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks - such as feeding themselves, getting dressed or brushing their teeth - after starting dialysis, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine .

Heart disease & depression. For anyone who has ever dealt with a depressive episode you know that chest pain & or angina can go hand in hand.

PROFESSIONAL schools are one thing. No California taxpayer particularly expects that a graduate student heading toward a lucrative career - a future M.D. at tiny and tony UC San Francisco, say, or a future lawyer from Boalt Hall - should pay exactly the same tuition as a budding comp lit professor in a master's program at UC San Diego.

Kaiser Permanente has won more than $54 million in federal stimulus funding to conduct research on many public and clinical health areas, including $25 million for genetic research in Northern California.

Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn has a champagne toast with Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009.

A judge Friday allowed studies and preparation work to proceed on a high-speed rail project that would send bullet trains whizzing between Northern and Southern California.

The role of immigrants and their contributions to society have been recognized in the United States as four of the seven 2009 Nobel prize winners from the U.S. were born in other lands.

Predicting whether someone will have a heart attack or stroke within the next four years could be as simple as taking a blood test.

A leading researcher of secondhand smoke says Gov. Chris Gregoire is no longer the anti-tobacco governor.

While spouses of rafter-rattling snorers may occasionally think murderous thoughts, snoring is seldom fatal.

Heart patients who receive specific instructions about how to respond to chest pain or heart attack symptoms still don't seek immediate care, according to a new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes .

Middle-aged people who suffer from chronic pain face some of the same limitations that much older people do, with similar challenges for mobility or making it through daily chores, a new study finds.

STOCKHOLM: Three US based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected.

Elizabeth Taylor says she's headed to the hospital for a heart procedure. The 77-year-old actress tells her followers on Twitter that she is to undergo a "very new" procedure to improve heart function that "involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device" rather than open-heart surgery.

Scientists have long struggled to understand the body's biological clock. Its tick-tock wakes us up, reminds us to eat and tells us when to go to bed.

In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs that scientists have created in the lab.

From the School of Pharmacy and Department of Medicine , Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, School of Medicine , University of California, San Francisco.

Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Corthera Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation to relaxin, the company's investigational drug for the treatment of acute heart failure .

While spouses of rafter-rattling snorers may occasionally think murderous thoughts, snoring is seldom fatal.

The nation's only clinical trial matching service dedicated exclusively to breast cancer - BreastCancerTrials.org - is now upgraded with new features, greatly expanding access and ensuring privacy for all who want the latest information about research studies and how to enroll.

UCSF officially opened its new Orthopaedic Institute on Friday, the first clinical step toward a $1.6 billion hospital complex in Mission Bay.

Main Category: Men's health Also Included In: Endocrinology ; Neurology / Neuroscience ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 02 Oct 2009 - 4:00 PDT It's often said that overly macho males suffer from "too much testosterone." But a new study in mice reveals how estrogen might share in that blame.

It's that persistent and toxic nature that has flummoxed scientists for years in the quest to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by the buildup of mercury in its most toxic form, methylmercury.

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of six UC campuses participating in an unprecedented initiative to study and drive innovations in breast cancer prevention, screening, and treatment.

Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight maladies such as cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy.