Just because we can, does that mean we should? In a hard-hitting editorial in Science, three Stanford thinkers - Stanford microbe wizard David Relman, MD; synthetic …
Month: December 2015
Genetic links to healthy aging explored by Stanford researchers
Is the secret to a long life written in your genes? Or will your annual merry-go-rides around the sun be cut short by disease or …
A scientific metamorphosis: From butterflies to myelin
Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative biomedical researchers. William Talbot, PhD, started out studying how caterpillars become butterflies. …
Manu under the microscope
Warning: This video could change the way you look at the world. So if you're willing, take the deep dive into this New Yorker magazine video and story, which capture …
Ernest and Isadora Rosenbaum Library: A free, comprehensive guide to living with cancer
"What's it like to be told you have cancer?" I asked a friend recently. She told me she was shocked to have received the news, and …
A word with Karl Deisseroth
This 1:2:1 podcast features a conversation with optogenetics pioneer, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth.
This 1:2:1 podcast features a conversation with optogenetics pioneer, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth.
My struggles with the third-year of med school – and the words that helped me
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 …
Unusual bridge-to-transplant method helps teen get new heart and lungs
Earlier this year, Oswaldo Jimenez's heart and lungs were failing. He needed a combined heart-lung transplant, but his doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford …
Stanford ingenuity + big data = new insight into the ADHD brain
Attention-focusing brain networks interact more weakly than usual in kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, new Stanford research shows. The research, published online today in …
Precision health: A blood test that signals need for antibiotics
Go to your doctor with a sinus infection and the first thing she’ll likely ask you is how long you’ve been sick. If it’s been …
How a kidney cancer survivor became a partner in his care
We’ve partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. Once …
Overprescribing of opioids is not just limited to a few bad apples
More Americans are now dying of drug overdose each year than car accidents. And the biggest killer among those accidental deaths is prescribed opioids, according …
Fast-forwarding evolution to select suitable proteins
Nature churns out new versions of proteins in response to environment changes or random mutations. Sometimes the new versions work better than old. Other times, …
The art of exploring the fecal-ome
The community of bacteria living inside our own guts is about as local an ecosystem as we’re likely to find. So you’d think navel-gazing biologists …
Celebrating the new Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
The first time Chris Bjornson walked through the infusion area in the new Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, he couldn’t stop smiling. Bjornson, 45, was diagnosed …
Doctor’s visits should include exercise check, researchers urge
Evidence on the health benefits of exercise abounds. Despite that, exercise is discussed in fewer than 40 percent of doctors' exams in the United States, …