Genentech

In 2011, Fatimah Aulaqi, now 30, was feeling fatigued, with occasional numbness, paralysis and double vision. Her doctor suggested she get an MRI, which revealed multiple sclerosis (MS). Fatimah had never heard of MS, and as she learned more about the...

Varghese Abraham(Abe), M.D.
Senior Medical Director, Immunology and Ophthalmology U.S. Medical Affairs
Paris Sidiropoulos, PhD

Lung. Breast. Colon. Pancreas. For as long as people have studied cancers, they have been categorized primarily by the part of the body where they appear to have originated.
More recently, genetic sequencing has allowed us to peer into the inner workings of cancer cells; we’ve since learned that while two cancers that arise from the same organ may look exactly the same under a pathologist’s microscope, their underlying biology...

Last year, we launched The Resilience Effect, our philanthropic commitment to taking on childhood adversity. This effort came as the result of startling research: kids who suffer significant trauma, such as neglect, abuse, or the stresses associated...