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Bill expanding abortion access stalls in Capitol
SFGate Top News
Apr 27A bill to allow non-physicians to perform abortions stalled in a Senate committee at the Capitol Thursday, as key lawmakers questioned the scientific findings of UCSF researchers who conducted a study that led to the... »
Progress with HIV undercut by unmet needs
SF Gate Top Stories
Apr 27Scientists have been hailing recent triumphs in the treatment and prevention of HIV, but a UCSF study released this week shows that for a large group of impoverished HIV patients, a simple lack of food and shelter is... »
UCSF to launch $100M fund-raising campaign to offset state funding cuts
The San Francisco Business Times
Apr 23University of California, San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann M.D., will introduce a $100 million fundraising campaign on Tuesday designed to offset state spending cuts, UCSF said Monday. The effort will be highlighted during an April 24 ad... »
UCSF labs, patients meet at $200M neuro center
The San Francisco Business Times
Apr 20UCSF’s plan for blending bench research and treating real-life patients is coming together as labs and new science recruits move into a $200 million, 237,000-square-foot neuroscience center. The product of a unique private-public partnership, the five-... »
One-on-One with UCSF researcher Jonah Chan
San Francisco Business NewsLocal San Francisco News | The San Francisco Business Times
Apr 20One of the oft-mentioned bridges across biotech’s “valley of death” -- that space in which promising technologies are just too new to win the funding necessary to take them to the next stage of development -- is disease foundations, patient advocacy gr... »
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Pre-construction Madrone Large One bedroom in Contract
SF New Developments
Apr 20Large 1br/1bath with rare “06″ floorplan overlooking twin peak and city views is in contract at Madrone by Bosa Development inMission Bay. Move in ready the end of June or the beginning of July 2012. Contact Jessie Lee to get the detail information of ... »
UC Nobel Laureate Stan Prusiner, MD, gives rare public lecture on Alzheimer's
Examiner San Francisco Edition
Apr 16A public lecture by Nobel prize winner Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, UCSF professor of neurology and director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, will be given at the UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public on Monday, April 16... »
4/17/12: Free Panda Express | Tax Day 2012 - FREE
Fun Cheap San Francisco
Apr 16Get a free single serving of Shanghai Angus Steak at Panda Express on Tax Day 2012 – Valid only on April 17th. Panda Express has locations in San Francisco at UCSF, Fillmore & Geary, San Francisco Centre, Stonestown, plus tons of locations all over the... »
Authors Dr. Abraham Verghese and Annie Lamott headline Atherton garden party in support of GAIA
Inmenlo
Apr 14Local residents are central to an afternoon garden party that will feature authors Dr. Abraham Verghese and Anne Lamott in support of the non-profit Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance to be held at an Atherton home on Sunday, April 29. “We are glad to be ... »
Don’t Call It “Frisco,” But Happy FRISCO Day, Officially, Today, Friday, April 13th, 2012 at Area Collleges
The San Francisco Citizen
Apr 13TweetToday’s a big day for San Francisco High School students. Check it: “What is FRISCO Day? FRISCO Day is an annual event held in spring to help all San Francisco Unified School District graduating seniors enroll in college, learn about financial lit... »