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 …
Month: February 2016
New website chronicles tales of collaborative research
One thing you notice working at Stanford is how close you are to other areas of research. A short lunchtime walk from the medical school …
A quest to cure the world’s blind
I recently had the pleasure of organizing a global-health seminar with a special visitor to campus: Geoff Tabin, MD. A renowned ophthalmologist, world-class climber and …
Found: A molecule mediating memory meltdown in aging immune systems
Even perfectly healthy older people don't always remember names as quickly as they did when they were younger. So what. They also don't walk as fast. …
Grand Roundup: Top posts from January
It’s time to look back at last month’s five-most read stories on Scope. They were: The real reason why med students only talk about school: In the …
Cautious green light for CRISPR use in embryos in the U.K.; Stanford’s Hank Greely weighs in
Big news out of the United Kingdom today about the gene editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9. Stanford law professor Hank Greely, JD, posted a brief …
The latest on the pregnancy risks for women with lupus
Women with lupus, an autoimmune disorder that can attack a variety of tissues, were once counseled to avoid pregnancy. Now, physicians tailor their advice to …
New cystic fibrosis screening test developed at Stanford
Stanford researchers have invented a new technique to detect cystic fibrosis in infants. The test, described in a paper published today in The Journal of Molecular …