UCSF Magazine - December 2004

Interview:
Kevin Grumbach: Single Minded for Single Payer
Still single minded for single payer More>
Influence: Word of Mouth
Heavy hitter Featherstone says prevention is funda-dental More>
At Hand: See Power
Eyeing retinoblastoma More>
Panorama: Upending the Statin Quo
UK upends the statin quo More>
Grasping Autism
The ability to learn, communicate and form social bonds is an essential quality of normal human development. What then to make of autism, the name given to a varying collection of communication and comprehension deficits that rob young children of their evolutionary endowment? Famed UCSF neuroscientist Michael Merzenich and his neurogeneticist colleague John Rubenstein believe a developmental catastrophe deep inside the fetal brain is to blame. UCSF Autism Clinic director Bryna Siegel has a different idea. Can both be right? More>
Genetic Medicine Goes Heart-Core
Ever wonder what it would be like to be part of a medical revolution? Just ask the Lange family of Turlock, California. Both father and son were diagnosed with a genetic defect that causes heart arrhythmia, triggering a spate of preventive measures that could save them both from sudden death. More>
Speaking of Science: Neu-ro-eth-ics
Is perpetual joy a right? Ask a neuroethicist. More>
Last Look
Glad Tidings. More>

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