We are off today in honor of Memorial Day. We'll be back tomorrow.
Month: May 2010
Image of the Week: First heart-lung transplant
This week's image comes from the Stanford Medicine Flickr photo stream. In this photo, Bruce Reitz, MD, and Norman Shumway, MD, PhD, perform the world's …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of May 23
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Lifetime cost of multiple sclerosis: $1.2 million per patient: A report by the Multiple Sclerosis International …
Nanoparticle "tattoo" may one day help diabetics monitor blood sugar
More than 13,000 young people in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes each year, according to the most recent data from the …
Programs help cancer patients at risk of losing their fertility
A San Francisco Chronicle article today looks at fertility preservation, a field "devoted to helping [cancer patients] protect their ability to have children before starting …
Bioengineering professor Drew Endy testifies at congressional hearing on synthetic biology
Stanford bioengineering professor Drew Endy, PhD, and four other scientists testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce at a hearing yesterday on …
Europe launches campaign to get young smokers to stop
Last year, the European Commission called for a "Smoke-Free Europe" by 2012. Now, following reports showing that 35 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds in the …
Rates of rheumatoid arthritis rising in women
It's been known for years that autoimmune diseases affect more women than men. There are theories why - some of which are explored in a …
Stanford Medicine partners on YouTube Moderator launch
Today Google integrated Moderator on YouTube, which lets users conduct group discussions on the video-sharing platform. Stanford University, and the School of Medicine, partnered with …
A "chemical snapshot" of how exercise affects your body
A study published online yesterday in Science Translational Medicine offers new insights about exercise's impact on the human body. The Health Blog reports: Scientists used …
Experts weigh in on the most effective approach to fighting obesity
A pair of thought-provoking articles published yesterday in the British Medical Journal consider the question, "Should health policy focus on physical inactivity rather than obesity?" …
Death in the lab: When a principal investigator dies
There's an interesting article in The Scientist about what happens when a lab's principal investigator dies. A tragedy, certainly, for his or her family. But …
Universal influenza vaccine, maybe – eternal, maybe not
Having a "one-shot" vaccine that prevents all strains of influenza, present and future, is an ideal toward which many scientists (including several at Stanford) are …
British scientist infects himself with a contagious computer virus
British scientist Mark Gasson is the first person in the world to become infected with a computer virus, the BBC reported today. Gasson infected an RFID chip in his hand with a virus that was able to spread to an external computer system.
British scientist Mark Gasson is the first person in the world to become infected with a computer virus, the BBC reported today. Gasson infected an RFID chip in his hand with a virus that was able to spread to an external computer system.
Depressed? Allergies may make it worse
In a University of Maryland study, diagnosed depression tended to worsen when people had observable allergy symptoms or when their blood showed signs of an immune reaction to pollen.
In a University of Maryland study, diagnosed depression tended to worsen when people had observable allergy symptoms or when their blood showed signs of an immune reaction to pollen.
Lifetime cost of multiple sclerosis: $1.2 million per patient
In honor of World MS Day, the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation has released a report on the economic impact of the disabling autoimmune disease. Based …