Updated 11-9-15: Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Stanford's medical school, provided comment last evening on Karl Deisseroth's win. “The human brain has been called the most …
Month: November 2015
Personal proteins: Assembling a “‘complete parts list’ of the human body”
Geneticist Michael Snyder, PhD, is on the forefront of a global effort to catalog -- and investigate -- the presence and activities of proteins in …
Decisions, decisions: How evolution shaped our decision-making
Research in neuroscience, psychology, business and economics tells us that a plethora of influences can alter the decisions we make. The author explored some of these …
Stanford researchers protest NIH funding restrictions
Seven Stanford researchers, including Irving Weissman, MD, who directs Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and David Magnus, PhD, director of Stanford’s …
Brain cell spheres offer new tool to study disease
Earlier this year my colleague reported on some pretty neat work from the labs of psychiatrist Sergiu Pasca, MD, and neurobiologist Ben Barres, MD, PhD. Researchers there figured …
Beyond behavior: Stanford expert on recognizing and helping traumatized kids
When Victor Carrion, MD, was a pediatric psychiatry fellow in the mid-1990s, he had an “a-ha” moment about some of his poorly behaved patients that set …
An optimist’s approach to improving global child health
Globally, more than six million children die before their fifth birthday each year, most having been born into poverty. While great strides have been made …
Stanford physician highlights the “never-ending battle” of PTSD
VJ Periyakoil, MD, a palliative care physician at Stanford, first met Mr. M, a 78-year-old veteran with heart failure, in the remaining few weeks of …
On narcolepsy, naps, the genetics of sleep (and chocolate?)
Someone who studies sleep for a living surely sleeps soundly, right? Maintains a set bedtime and snoozes for a full eight hours? Not necessarily, a …
Building the case for a national hepatitis B treatment program in China
An estimated 100 million people in China are living with chronic hepatitis B infection, making it the most prevalent life threatening disease in the country. …
When medicine isn’t enough: Establishing a therapeutic relationship
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
Using innovation to improve health in the developing world
How can Silicon Valley-style know-how help improve health and lift up the lives of the poor in the developing world? That question was the focus …
Mastermind or freeloader? Viral proteins in early human embryos leave researchers puzzled
I'm filing this finding firmly under the category of "Things I'm glad I didn't know when I was pregnant." (Other items include the abject terror …
Stanford alumnus writes children’s book to inspire next generation of curious minds
Soon there will be a new superhero children’s book available, but these superheroes aren’t from Marvel comics. The book, Rose’s Superhero Birthday: An Immune Cell …
A detailed look at delirium, from the inside
From the outside it looks scary enough: A patient so ill their connection to reality has frayed. Now, a paper in the American Journal of Critical …
Decisions, decisions: How group dynamics alters decisions
Research in neuroscience, psychology, business and economics tells us that a plethora of influences can alter the decisions we make. The author explored some of these …