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Successful Immunotherapy Requires System-Wide Immune Response

Test January 20, 2017 - 3:23pm
New research has found that successful cancer immunotherapy appears to depend on whether the treatment can trigger a system-wide immune response, rather than just a local response within the tumor itself.
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Shape-Shifting Nucleosomes Open New Avenues for Epigenetics Research

Test January 20, 2017 - 12:23pm
UCSF study demonstrates that nucleosomes actively change their shape as part of the larger process of epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
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Shawn Douglas Receives Presidential Early Career Award

Test January 19, 2017 - 6:16pm
Shawn Douglas is one of 102 researchers recently named by President Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
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App to Find Services at UCSF Receives Updates

Test January 19, 2017 - 6:16pm
The app the UCSF community uses to find everything from lunch specials to shuttle schedules has a new look.
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New ‘Immunoprofiler’ Initiative will Advance Drug Discovery, Precision Immunotherapy for Cancer

Test January 19, 2017 - 3:15pm
UC San Francisco scientists have formed an innovative research alliance with three global pharmaceutical companies.
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Federal Funding in the New Administration and What It Could Mean at UCSF

Test January 19, 2017 - 3:15pm
Key members in the UCSF Science Policy and Strategy Group, as well as the Government Relations Office, discuss faculty concerns around decreased federal funding for biomedical research and advanced patient care, or the elimination of such funding altogether.
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Binge Drinking May Quickly Lead to Liver Damage

Test January 19, 2017 - 3:15pm
Alcohol consumed during just seven weeks of intermittent binge drinking harms the liver in ways that more moderate daily drinking does not.
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UCSF Launches Contest to Spruce Up Areas on Campus

Test January 19, 2017 - 3:15pm
Do you know an area of campus that could use a little sprucing up, maybe some deep cleaning, new carpet, paint, or landscaping?
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Study Explores How to Tell Children They Have HIV

Test January 19, 2017 - 12:14pm
There are an estimated 150,000 HIV-infected children in Uganda, and studies indicate less than a third of children under the age of 15 know they are infected.
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Official Abortion Rate Declined in Texas After Law Restricted Access to Clinics, UCSF-UT Study Finds

Test January 19, 2017 - 9:13am
In Texas, increases in travel distance to the nearest abortion clinic caused by clinic closures were closely associated with decreases in the official number of abortions. 
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UCSF, Intel Join Forces to Develop Deep Learning Analytics for Health Care

Test January 18, 2017 - 12:04pm
UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deploy and validate a deep learning analytics platform designed to improve care.
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Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses Slip Between Cracks in HIV Testing

Test January 17, 2017 - 11:52am
People with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression with psychosis may be up to 15 more likely than the general population to be HIV positive, but are only marginally more likely to be tested for the virus.
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Researcher Seeks to Bridge Breastfeeding Disparity

Test January 17, 2017 - 11:52am
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, an assistant professor at the UCSF School of Nursing, is working to close the gap in breastfeeding rates between African-American babies and others in the U.S.
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Josh Hamilton unlikely to rock the Rangers in 2017

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 10:48am
Josh Hamilton unlikely to rock the Rangers in 2017

Hamilton returns to Rangers with minors deal

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 10:29am
Hamilton returns to Rangers with minors deal

A-Rod to host reality TV show about ex-athletes

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 10:16am
A-Rod to host reality TV show about ex-athletes

Three-Parent Babies: The Science of Replacing Mitochondrial DNA and What Remains Unknown

Test January 17, 2017 - 8:52am
Mitochondrial replacement therapy has now been used in humans to conceive a “three-parent baby” to prevent inherited mitochondrial disorders, but there remain questions about the effectiveness of the process.
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A stronger Kenta Maeda could put the Dodgers over the top

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 6:45am
A stronger Kenta Maeda could put the Dodgers over the top

Making Trevor Hoffman a pitcher paid off -- for him, not for me

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 6:15am
Making Trevor Hoffman a pitcher paid off -- for him, not for me

More wild cards than usual on St. Louis' starting staff

TEst 4 January 17, 2017 - 5:00am
More wild cards than usual on St. Louis' starting staff

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