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3 weeks ago | ucsf.edu | Suzanne Leigh

‘Eureka moments’ change the future for patients with MSHauser, a New York City native, joined UCSF in 1992 following a faculty position at Harvard Medical School. In his 2023 memoir, “The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries,” he recounts a stunning encounter with a young woman during his medical residency. Once a competitive athlete and White House attorney, she was now ravaged by the disease.

4 weeks ago | ucsf.edu | Levi Gadye

After a storied scientific career that began with the discovery of how hormones control genes, Keith Yamamoto, PhD, has retired. Yamamoto, who most recently served as Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy at UCSF, is best known for his role in developing the concept of precision medicine, which he laid out in a report along with colleagues at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Precision medicine was just one of his many contributions to science policy.

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Robin Marks

Cell biologist Fred Chang, MD, PhD, has been named a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals. The fellowship is a highly esteemed lifetime honor within the scientific community. Fellows are elected each year by the AAAS Council, in a tradition dating back to 1874.

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Suzanne Leigh

A study in Neurology, led by Yue Leng, PhD, and Sasha Milton, followed the sleep patterns of 733 older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of dementia. The participants, whose average age was 83, were monitored by wrist devices that track movement and time spent asleep. They had normal cognition at the start of the study. What They DiscoveredAt the end of the study, five years later, 13% had developed dementia.

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Levi Gadye

Swirling inside every cell are millions of microscopic messages called messenger RNAs (mRNAs). The messages are the genetic blueprints for proteins, which determine the behavior and health of the cell. All mRNAs are packaged to ensure they’re only used at the right place and time – imagine notes sealed in envelopes. But in cancer, enzymes called helicases relentlessly unseal thousands of mRNAs, leading to out-of-control protein production.