Each year the Children's Heart Center at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford receives more than 25,000 patient visits and performs 80 to 90 percent of all …
Month: March 2017
Previously elusive targets for cancer immunotherapy identified
Training the body to seek out and destroy cancer cells is one of the hottest and most promising potential therapies. After all, this kind of …
Stanford researcher develops tools to understand chronic fatigue syndrome
Many scientists care deeply about their work. Yet for researcher Ron Davis, PhD, the drive to decode the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome is all-encompassing: …
Stanford postdoctoral fellow creates “resistor hat” for March for Science
Although many politicians invoke scientific studies to support their views, scientists are often reticent to become involved in politics. Heidi Arjes, PhD, a Stanford postdoctoral …
Discovery of novel neurons shows why slow breathing induces tranquility
Try it. Breathe slowly and smoothly. A pervasive sense of calm descends. Now breathe rapidly and frenetically. Tension mounts. Why is that? It's a question …
Medicine X | ED explores the future of medical education in April 22-23 event
Two years ago, the Medicine X | ED conference made its debut as an academic event focusing on the future of medical education. Until now, …
Pediatric cardiologists bring virtual reality to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Virtual reality (VR) has risen to prominence in the video-game and consumer technology industries, and now doctors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford are bringing …
From a single patient to a global clinical trial: One hematologist’s journey
Confronted in 2002 by a medical record that was literally two feet in height, Stanford hematologist Jason Gotlib, MD, had no idea that his career path …
Build-your-own robot can tackle biology and chemistry experiments
Building off-the-shelf Lego robots can teach kids important skills like mechanical engineering, computer programming and teamwork. Now, Stanford bioengineers are adding life sciences and chemistry …
Match Day 2017: A student’s timeline
Explaining the matching process to family and friends over the past several months has been… challenging, to say the least. The conversations usually went something …
Stanford psychiatrist comments on federal report about Santa Clara County youth suicides
Earlier this month, the federal government released a report (.pdf) on youth suicides in California's Santa Clara County. The report, which was prepared by the …
Stanford undergraduate class authors paper on Zika
Last spring quarter, Erin Moredcai, PhD, taught her first class at Stanford, an introductory seminar on infectious disease. If anyone assumed Mordecai, an assistant professor …
Stanford expert: Don’t eliminate “one of the most effective tools we have to fight global diseases”
When President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint earlier this month, he included an 18 percent (or $5.8 billion) reduction in funding for the National …
Stanford team uses innovative method to keep teen alive for heart transplant
Stanford cardiothoracic surgeon Richard Ha, MD, didn't shy away from the challenge presented by teenager Abraham Maga last August. Maga's heart and lungs had failed …
Stanford launches short online course to boost understanding of transgender kids
In 2011, Stanford Medicine lecturer Maya Adam, MD, had just finished teaching her undergraduate course on critical issues in child health when a student approached …
In latest Dean’s Lecture, The New Yorker writer urges scientists to share their stories
“We’re at an inflection point in terms of what we can do with science — and how close we are to letting it all slip …