When Philip Pizzo, MD, came to interview for the position of dean of Stanford's medical school in 2000 he stayed in a nearby hotel. Taking a …
Month: October 2014
Drug may prevent bladder cancer progression, say Stanford researchers
Bladder cancer is an insidious foe. About 70 percent of the time the condition is diagnosed while still confined to the bladder lining (in these …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Oct. 5
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: Gamers: The new face of scientific research?: The developers of EteRNA, an interactive online videogame designed …
The toll of Alzheimer’s on caretakers
My last grandparent, my paternal grandmother, passed away earlier this year. She lived into her 90s and, like both my maternal grandmother and grandfather, she …
The "simply amazing" work of Nobel Prize winner W.E. Moerner
Yesterday Stanford chemistry professor W.E. Moerner, PhD, was named a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in super-resolution microscopy. In the …
$23 million in NIH grants to Stanford for two new big-data-crunching biomedical centers
More than $23 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health - courtesy of the NIH's Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative - have …
Stanford celebrates 20th anniversary of the CyberKnife
Just about 30 years ago, Stanford neurosurgeon John Adler, MD, traveled to the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden, home to Lars Leksell, MD, and a device …
Pigs to the rescue: How salt pork stops nose bleeds
With all the talk this week of Nobel Prizes, another recent prize won by a Stanford physician escaped notice. To secure this prize for inventive …
Experience from the trenches in the first Ebola outbreak
Noted infectious disease expert Donald Francis, MD, PhD, was "a quiet doctoral student" at Harvard when he was called in to fly into the remote …
Deciphering "three pounds of goo" with Stanford neurobiologist Bill Newsome
Thursday means it's time for Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford's most compelling research and introduces readers to innovative scientists from …
Ultrasound has its day – and evangelists galore
Ultrasound isn't just for babies anymore. "We use it for everything from head to toe and skin and organs," emergency medicine instructor Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD, …
Breaking the light barrier in medical microscopy: More on today's Nobel-winning work
Earlier today, Stanford University's W.E. Moerner, PhD, was one of three scientists to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in super-resolution microscopy. …
Miniature wireless device aids pain studies
Here’s one thing I didn’t know: For every person who goes to the doctor to be treated for chronic pain, less than a half get …
Escaping the medical school bubble
SMS (“Stanford Medical School”) Unplugged is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once …
For third year in row, a Stanford faculty member wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Stanford chemistry professor W.E. Moerner, PhD, has been named a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. An announcement was made earlier this morning by …
Ebola: A look at what happened and what can be done
As of September 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, so far, more than 7,100 people have been infected with and more than 3,300 …