Video game addictions can severely disrupt teens’ sleep, schoolwork and social lives, but there is help available at places like the Youth Recovery Clinic at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Osteoarthritis due to aging or injury affects 20% of the U.S. population. A Stanford Medicine-led study found that blocking a ‘gerozyme’ reverses cartilage loss in mice and human tissue.
An “immune system reset” cured autoimmune, or Type 1, diabetes in mice in a Stanford Medicine study. The approach may be useful for other autoimmune conditions as well as organ transplants.
A machine learning-based model predicts how long it will take an organ donor to die after removing life support, aiding surgeons in deciding whether organs can be successfully transplanted.
The Epstein-Barr virus can convert B cells it’s infected into diabolical overlords that reprogram myriad other immune cells to attack our tissues, Stanford Medicine scientists have found.
Although cancer incidence rises with age, the very old seem to be at less risk. A study led by Stanford University shows this phenomenon in mice and explores the protective effect of advanced age.
Stanford Medicine researchers found that a smartphone could monitor patients with two types of muscular dystrophy as well as traditional methods and diagnose conditions more accurately — at no cost.
“The phrase ‘Sugar feeds cancer’ is a dangerous statement,” says Stanford Medicine oncology dietitian Erika Connor. “It switches people’s anxiety on and sets them up for misinformation and panic.”
Many people are turning to marijuana for medical purposes and it may help for some. But older adults, in particular, should be aware of the risks to their health, Stanford Medicine experts caution.
The genetic variant APOE4, carried by one-fifth of the world’s people, substantially boosts Alzheimer’s risk. But scientists have been puzzled about how to reverse that risk: punch up the gene variant’s potency, or smack it down? Now we know.
Stanford Medicine researchers found cells that keep a speech-linked protein called FOXP2 from clumping; its tricks could break apart clumps of proteins that cause devastating brain diseases.
Two Stanford PhD students win the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
Uche Medoh, PhD ’24, is honored with Grand Prize and King Hung, PhD ’24, is a Category Winner in an international essay contest about their graduate work in the life sciences
New ultrasound technique could help aging and injured brains
A non-invasive, drug-free ultrasound method helps cleanse the brain and reduce inflammation, potentially offering a radically simple new approach to treating neurological diseases.
Targeted hope: The next era of acute myeloid leukemia care begins
Gabriel Mannis, MD, combines compassionate care with groundbreaking science — bringing clinical trial opportunities, like menin inhibitors, directly to patients.
‘Academic institutions are where most of the progress will be made in medical AI’
Stanford radiologist and data scientist Curtis Langlotz develops AI-powered systems that help medical experts and patients improve care across a variety of diseases and ailments.
‘Our goal is to build bridges between the lab and the classroom’
By studying why some kids struggle to read, cognitive neuroscientist Jason Yeatman hopes to make education work better for all students and deepen science’s understanding of the brain.
Stanford neuroscientist Sergiu Pasca is pioneering technology to recreate human brain tissue and neural circuits in the lab – giving scientists unprecedented access to human brain development and opening new possibilities for treating disorders from...
Scientists in the lab of chemical engineer Monther Abu-Remaileh are uncovering the cellular functions that go awry in degenerative brain disorders and identifying therapies that could treat them.
Stanford Medicine professors received several grants — to develop a treatment for a devastating genetic disease, enable advances in functional protein design, improve indoor air quality and create minimally invasive diagnostic tools. Two postdoctoral scholars were honored, one with a grant to support research into lung-brain communication; the other, with an award for his research into brain aging and cognitive decline.
Stanford Medicine is harnessing artificial intelligence to expedite research, advance treatments, improve patient care and achieve better health equity. Follow the latest developments in the integration of AI technologies into biomedicine.
Researchers and physicians at Stanford Medicine are expanding our understanding of how cancer originates and spreads, discovering more effective treatments, and helping prevent recurrence.
The latest news from Stanford Medicine's research and clinical communities as they uncover the secrets of conditions such as epilepsy, autism, stroke, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease and pioneer treatments for these conditions.
Researchers and physicians at Stanford Medicine are learning the origins of mental illness and finding more effective ways to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder.
Stanford Medicine researchers are uncovering the secrets of heart conditions such as tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and heart failure while surgeons are advancing techniques for bypass operations, transplantation and fixing congenital heart deformities.
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