It's fortunate for all of us touched by cancer, too, that Dr. Lu and other CRI - supported researchers have the talent, determination, and patience to work through one of the most important
biomedical challenges of our age.
I have the privilege and responsibility to provide strategic vision and leadership to an outstanding team
of scientists focused on one
of the most crucial
biomedical challenges of our time: How do we alter the
aging process in order to prevent, delay, or cure the chronic diseases that afflict almost all
of us as we grow older?
«As the world's population
ages, cognitive frailty is our biggest
biomedical challenge,» said Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, assistant professor
of neurology, the David A. Coulter Endowed Chair in
Aging and Neurodegeneration at UCSF and lead author
of the study, published May 8 in Cell Reports.