Female scientists could be losing ground as a result of research funding review methods that favor men, two Stanford researchers say.
Category: Biomedical research
New antibiotics are desperately needed: Machine learning could help
Scientists have created an algorithm that works to generate and refine DNA sequences that are likely to code for antimicrobial proteins.
At event, experts talk heart health and share the latest on Apple Heart Study
If you happened to have dropped by the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco Monday evening, you might have caught sight of something out of …
Modern diet may foster higher susceptibility to sepsis
You've already knew our modern high-fat, high-sugar, high-starch, minimal-fiber diet was going to be the death of us all, because you've been told a thousand times. Now, a new study in mice gives us yet another reason to watch our intake.
Bone marrow transplants may be possible without toxic pre-treatment, new research suggests
Antibody-based hematopoietic stem cell transplants may transform the treatment of patients with blood and immune diseases including cancers.
Transplanting mismatched organs may be possible — and safe — in the future, new findings suggest
A team of researchers have found a new way to remove blood-producing stem cells, introducing the possibility of safer, and non-matched, transplants.
For patients on antidepressants, a common opioid is less effective
Patients who are taking the most common type of antidepressant may feel more pain when taking certain opioids, Stanford researchers have found.
Rheumatoid arthritis may be triggered by a missing molecular “anchor,” but new research suggests a fix
Stanford scientists have dug up a defect at the heart of rheumatoid arthritis: a faulty "anchor" that should be tethering a key molecule to the spot inside immune cells where it has to be in order to do its job. It seems this defect can be reversed with a not yet commercially available small-molecule drug.
Nature, not nurture: New evidence in mice that recognition of a stranger’s sex is baked into the brain at birth
Male mice are hardwired to recognize the sex of other mice, a new study shows. Females' circuitry guiding that decision differs from males.
Culturing technique captures hard-to-study, critically important brain cell — the oligodendrocyte — in action
Brain cells called oligodendrocytes supply insulation by wrapping neurons in multiple layers of fatty extensions, preserving signal strength and markedly speeding up transmission. But studying these cells in culture has been virtually impossible -- until now.
When will dengue turn life-threatening? Researchers identify genes that provide a tell
Stanford scientists have devised a way to predict the severity of dengue cases using a set of 20 genes and specific expression patterns.
Signal identified that can promote growth of small arteries, helping injured hearts
Researchers have discovered a protein signal that promotes the growth of collateral arteries, which can provide backup if major arteries are blocked.
In the Spotlight: From Peru, to language, privilege and neuroscience
This In the Spotlight Q&A features Eddy Albarran, a graduate student in neurosciences, who is from Peru, loves languages, and is passionate about advocacy.
“Scientific serendipity” identifies link between type of RNA and autism
Long non-coding RNAs are important but poorly understood regulatory elements. Now Stanford scientists have uncovered they play a role in autism.
Blood test may detect early signs of lung-transplant rejection
A new blood test measures the DNA fragments of lung transplant donors in the blood of recipients, in hopes of preventing organ rejection and saving lives.
Pain is unpleasant, and now scientists have identified the set of responsible neurons
Scientists have pinpointed the ensemble of neurons that specifically gives rise to the unpleasantness of pain in the brain.