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- April 2, 1999
Finding Reveals Broader Role of Telomerase Enzyme, Suggesting New Target for Extending Life Span of Cell

Researchers at UC San Francisco have determined that telomerase - the enzyme brought to fame last year when scientists demonstrated that its insertion into normal cells extended the healthy life span of the cells indefinitely - can wield its power in an unexpected way.
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- October 6, 1997
UCSF’s Stanley Prusiner Named to Receive the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, 55, today was named to receive the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering and characterizing an entirely new class of proteins, called prions, which cause several rare and fatal neurodegenerative diseases.