UC San Francisco |

Why do some targeted cancer drugs lose effectiveness?

Protein may be to blame; study suggests combination therapies could overcome drug resistance.
UC Newsroom |

UC plans to require vaccinations for incoming students

Incoming students will be screened for TB and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough, under a plan set to take effect in 2017.
UC Berkeley |

Enthusiasm greets launch of new genomics initiative

UC Berkeley and UCSF scientists joined colleagues from the biopharmaceutical industry to celebrate the launch of the Innovative Genomics Initiative.
UCLA |

Meditation may slow age-related loss of gray matter in the brain

A new study by UCLA researchers found that meditation appeared to help preserve the brain’s gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons.
ABC Fresno |

UC Merced researchers helping find new ways to treat melanoma

Researchers analyzed DNA from hundreds of melanoma tumors to figure out specifically what drives the disease. They say it could ultimately help treat this deadly form of cancer and others.
UC Berkeley |

Add nature, art and religion to life’s best anti-inflammatories

Taking in such spine-tingling wonders as the Grand Canyon, Sistine Chapel ceiling or Schubert’s “Ave Maria” may give a boost to the body’s defense system.
UCLA |

FDA approves new breast cancer drug

UCLA research played key role in development of Ibrance, targeting estrogen-receptor–positive breast cancer.

Inside Higher Ed |

Vulnerable to measles

UC, like many California colleges, does not require students to receive measles and many other immunizations before enrolling. But that policy may soon change.
Fig. 1 by University of California |

How much sugar are you really eating?

In the near future, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods will have a new look and more information. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how this will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods.
UC San Diego |

Cancer cell mapping initiative launches

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC San Francisco join forces to determine how all of the components of a cancer cell interact.
San Francisco Chronicle |

Grand UCSF hospital’s opening to change care in S.F.

After more than a decade in the works, a new $1.52 billion UCSF Medical Center will open Feb. 1.
UC San Diego |

Forecasting the flu better

Combo of ‘big’ and traditional data improves power of prediction.