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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: The Alzheimer’s Puzzle

[Originally published in Synapse on September 17, 1998.] Research leading to treatments of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and HIV-associated dementia will be the focus of UCSF’s new Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, which was inaugurated with a symposium.
September 15, 2026
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This Date in UCSF History: The Fascinating World of Forensic Medicine

October 31, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...
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The Cost of Being Constantly Available

September 28, 2021
Victoria Turner
[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020...
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Science Speaks Love a Little Differently

September 27, 2021
Janice Goh
Crises bring out the best and the worst in people. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Through this trying time...
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‘The Pandemic Will End’

April 9, 2021
Emily Vivian Huang
This is the final installment of our Q&A with President Biden COVID Task Force advisor, UCSF's Dr. Eric Goosby. Synapse...
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Time to Wake Up to Threat of Climate Change, and to Act

December 3, 2020
Sarah Schear
As pediatricians and trainees, we have all experienced moral awakenings that have compelled us to take action to protect children...
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Stranger in a Strange Mind

October 19, 2020
Victoria Turner
“What would it feel like if someone else were to come into your head?” An epilepsy patient posed this question...
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The Power of Overlearning

September 21, 2020
Victoria Turner
When you want to learn something new, the first order of business is practice. After putting in some effort, you...
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This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS

April 19, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at...
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EAR-risistible Advancement in 3D Printing

December 2, 2019
Victoria Turner
How much does it cost to make an ear? Max Feinstein, a fourth-year medical student, has been spearheading a project...
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