Way too often, promising-looking basic-research findings - intriguing drug candidates, for example - go swooshing down the memory hole, and you never hear anything about …
Month: October 2014
Stanford neurobiologist shares insights from working in Nobel-winning lab
Yesterday's Nobel Prize announcement delighted Stanford neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo, PhD - and not because she had taken home the coveted honor. Giocomo came to Stanford …
Stanford experts weigh in on spate of "right to try" laws for the terminally ill
Terminally ill patients should be able to access medication that could help them, regardless of how far along that drug might be in the FDA's …
Summer’s child: Stanford researchers use season of birth to estimate cancer risk
One of the hardest parts of unraveling childhood cancers is understanding what causes them. In recent years, evidence has been mounting that cancer and many …
Studying science at Stanford is a dream come true for one California man
Tawaun Lucas grew up in Compton, East LA, a city with a reputation - whether deserved or not - for producing gangsters, not neuroscientists. It’s …
Zebrafish: A must-have for biomedical labs
Rats, mice and fruit flies be warned: The hippest lab critter around is a striped, little fish from South Asia called the zebrafish. The …
Gamers: The new face of scientific research?
Much has been written about the lack of reproducibility of results claimed by even well-meaning, upright scientists. Notably, a 2005 PLoS paper (by Stanford health-research …
Dr. Paul Farmer: We should be saving Ebola patients
The photo says it all: A very slender, ailing man sits on the floor with his head bent, completely alone in the dark in what …
From the newsstands to exam rooms: My chat with Stanford dermatologist Laurel Geraghty
First thing to know about Laurel Geraghty, MD: She can geek out with the best of them. Don't be fooled by her fashionable clothes or …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Sept. 28
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: Stanford experts offer more information about enterovirus-D68: In this Q&A, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, service chief of …
How social media can affect your mood
A close friend engages in a yearly media detox, where for a period of time he limits his time and activity spent on the Internet. …
Learning to forgive with Fred Luskin, PhD
The long, wooden conference table was surrounded by 12 women, including me. We giggled a bit: Where were the men? "All over the world, it's …
A ssathi (partner) to thwart heart disease in South Asians
S.S., a 44-year-old male South Asian engineer, visited Rajesh Dash, MD, PhD, at his Stanford clinic not long ago. "He had come to see me almost …
Neuroscientists dream big, come up with ideas for prosthetics, mental health, stroke and more
So there you are, surrounded by some of the smartest neuroscientists (and associated engineers, biologists, physicists, economists and lawyers) in the world, and you ask …
Families can help their teens recover from anorexia, new study shows
Updated 10-2-14: In a just-published 1:2:1 podcast, Lock discusses this work in depth. *** 9-24-14: A large new study comparing two treatments for anorexia nervosa …
Even old brains can stay healthy, says Stanford neurologist
This is the fourth installment of our Biomed Bites series, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford's most compelling research and introduces readers to …