His Highness the Aga Khan recently visited UCSF to gain insight into the driving forces behind UCSF’s excellence in research and education, and receive the University’s highest honor, the UCSF Medal.

A 2009 Nobel laureate, an internationally renowned physician who has improved the care of veterans, and the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, which is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, were honored recently with the UCSF Medal for their outstanding contributions in areas associated with the University’s mission. WATCH VIDEOS.

A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco may have uncovered a new wrinkle in the genetic code – an entirely unrecognized way our bodies regulate how genes are expressed in different tissues throughout life.