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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.
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This Date in UCSF History: UC Confirms Cell Behavior

January 24, 2018
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[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Jan. 16, 1959] Important new evidence on how the nuclei of...
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Saving Your Skin

December 11, 2017
Lindsey Jones
In 2015, a seven-year old boy in Germany lost 60% of his skin due to a genetic disorder. Miraculously, after...
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The Future of Scientific Publishing is 'Open'

December 5, 2017
David Paquette
Have you ever stopped and wondered how much it costs UCSF each year for all those articles you read? The...
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The Darkness Within

November 17, 2017
Andrew Norman
The universe, we are told by astronomers, is made up mostly of dark matter. The normal matter that every one...
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T Cells Make Me Anxious

November 13, 2017
Breanna Allen
Prioritization is an important skill in life, ensuring that the most important tasks are completed first -- turns out the...
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Slowing The Aging Process

October 31, 2017
Nicholas Gentry
Dr. Judith Campisi envisions a future where treatments would destroy cells that drive aging, thus lengthening our healthspan. Campisi delivered...
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Retooling Cancer Model

October 31, 2017
Lindsey Jones
Cancer is an ever-present scourge in modern society. More than 1.6 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2016, and...
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Discovering The Mysteries of Life

October 5, 2017
Next time you’re on a hike in a Redwood forest, running along Ocean Beach simply packed into a Muni car...
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Only A Mother's Immunity

October 5, 2017
Breanna Allen
Scientists are making discoveries that give hope to global improvements in healthy pregnancies. The immune system is naturally primed to...
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