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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: Cloning Questions

May 10, 2019
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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 11, 1978. Immortality, Mankind’s oldest dream, that of conquering...
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The Hilarious and Compelling Origins of the Pap Smear

April 30, 2019
Iva Petrovchich
Editor's note: Presenting Iva Petrovchich's winning entry in the 2018 Synapse Storytelling Contest's science writing category. Category judge, San Francisco...
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Eye Contact Can Be Overwhelming

April 29, 2019
Victoria Turner
Victoria Turner is the third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest science writing category. Category judge, SF Chronicle science...
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Is AI Too Smart For Our Own Good?

April 23, 2019
Ariane Panzer
Can scientific achievements become so advanced that we lose sight of our own humanity? This thought was weighing on the...
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For Climate Health

April 9, 2019
Ninad Bhat
Physician advocacy on global climate change may be the greatest public health intervention of our lifetime, Dr. Sheri Weiser said...
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Minority Report Imaging is the New MRI

January 18, 2019
Frank Chang
Augmented reality (AR) is a powerful application that allows physicians to visualize and interact with patient data. By definition, augmented...
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Humans of UCSF: Ready. Set. Science!

December 10, 2018
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Science communication and media coverage are needed now more than ever. The importance of research never seems to be emphasized...
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This Date In UCSF History: Studying HIV On Transplanted Human Tissue

November 29, 2018
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on Dec. 3, 1990 How can one study the effects of...
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This Date in UCSF History: SF Supervisors Debate UCSF Animal Experiments

November 16, 2018
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on Nov. 19, 1998. The demonstrations against UCSF's hearing loss experiments...
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