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UCSF Brain Tumor Center director Mitchel Berger, MD, during a glioma resection surgery

Jul 29, 2024

A Paradigm Shift: Dr. Mitchel Berger on the Challenges and Rewards of Neuro-Oncology

President's Cancer Panel Blog

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Jul 19, 2024

Gene therapy trial tests cancer-killing virus in brain tumors

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

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Jul 15, 2024

UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s Exceptional Hospitals

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Jun 17, 2024

UCSF Treats First Patient with Homegrown Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy

UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Pavithra Viswanath, PhD, associate professor, and Celine Taglang, PhD, associate specialist in the lab.

Apr 30, 2024

Researcher Pavithra Viswanath, PhD, Delivers Science that Makes a Difference

UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

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Engineered T-cells designed to attack glioblastoma. Image by Payal Watchmaker.

Apr 18, 2024

Gene Therapy Is Halting Cancer. Can It Work Against Brain Tumors?

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Apr 01, 2024

UCSF Scientists Build a Molecular ‘GPS’ to Guide Cell Therapies

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UCSF postdoc Oscar Campos, PhD, works in the Lim Lab on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. Photo by Noah Berger, 2023.

Feb 15, 2024

Six Cancer Research Projects Funded in Fall 2023 RAP Cycle

UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Nov 15, 2023

Can Gene Expression Predict if a Brain Tumor Is Likely to Grow Back?

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Nov 07, 2023

UCSF experts head to the Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting

Next week, over 2,600 brain tumor researchers and clinicians are gathering in Vancouver, Canada for the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO).

Campus News, Events, Patient Care, Research

Three-panel collage showing images of blood cells, hyperpolarized C-13 imaging, and an illustration of a T cell

Oct 27, 2023

Brain Tumor SPORE grant at UCSF Receives $12 Million Renewal from NCI

With a renewed Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant, the UC San Francisco Brain Tumor Center is receiving $12 million dollars over five years to translate scientific findings into improved care for people with brain tumors.

Campus News, Research

Close-up of a person wearing light green gloves labeling the tops of clear microtubes in a box with a Sharpie. Photo by Susan Merrell.

Aug 15, 2023

Eleven Cancer Research Projects Funded in Spring 2023 RAP Cycle

UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

Campus News, Research

UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, during an awake brain surgery case.

Aug 01, 2023

UCSF Medical Center Is Among Nation’s Top Hospitals for 2023-24

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Banner that says 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Jun 02, 2023

UCSF Health Cancer Experts Featured at Premier Cancer Meeting

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Human glioblastoma cells showing areas where new connections between cells are being formed at an accelerated rate. Image by Hervey-Jumper Lab.

May 10, 2023

Scientists Discover a Deadly Brain Cancer’s Hidden Weakness

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Mar 28, 2023

World Class Hospitals Join DNA Damage Response Consortium to Bring Forward New Treatments for Adults and Children with Brain Cancer

National Brain Tumor Society

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Mitchel Berger, MD, standing behind a podium giving a speech

Feb 01, 2023

Mitchel Berger Appointed to the President’s Cancer Panel

Last summer, the White House announced that UCSF Brain Tumor Center director Mitchel Berger, MD, had been appointed to the President’s Cancer Panel by President Biden.

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