Stanford Medicine’s early development of testing for COVID-19 infection and antibodies helped guide government responses and stem local spread of the virus.
Category: Innovation & Technology
What COVID-19 has taught us about clinical trials
Stanford Medicine researcher John Ioannidis calls for transparency and the sharing of data, a lesson learned through COVID-19.
One-year anniversary: New Stanford Hospital’s space, technology have proven key to COVID-19 care
The pandemic struck months after the new Stanford Hospital opened. Its new technology and other innovations have been crucial to managing the crisis.
Stanford coach’s quest to save his brother: ‘God, I hope this works’
ESPN told the story of Stanford football coach David Shaw donating stem cells to save his brother, who had a rare form of lymphoma.
Stanford Medicine researchers work to stop COVID-19
Stanford Medicine researchers are investigating SARS-CoV-2 to address the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately help restore normalcy to society.
Improving heart health, decreasing tobacco use in Alaska
Using telemedicine, Stanford Medicine researcher Jodi Prochaska is investigating how to reduce tobacco use in Alaska.
Easier-to-use technology helps young people with type 1 diabetes
Technology that sends blood sugar-level updates to their smartphones improves outcomes for young people with type 1 diabetes, a Stanford trial shows.
How does 2020 Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology work?
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognized the scientists who developed the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology. Here's how it's changing medicine.
Stanford postdoc helps to spearhead movement to free patented technology for COVID-19 fight
Through the Open COVID Pledge, industry leaders and companies are sharing their intellectual property and technologies to battle COVID-19.
Stanford team improves diagnostics for newborns’ brain bleeds
With changes in ultrasound technology, Stanford researchers have improved the method of diagnosing brain bleeds, a common form of birth injury in newborns.
Stanford students design a device to detect early-stage river blindness
A team of Stanford undergraduates designed a device that uses blue-light imaging technology to diagnose a parasitic disease called river blindness.
AI researchers explore solutions for real-life health challenges
A device to prevent falls and another to better diagnose people with developmental disorders are among the AI projects funded under a new grant program.
Stanford physician seeks to improve sepsis testing
Standard diagnosis of sepsis relies on a blood test that typically takes days. A Stanford physician is working on an innovation that could change this.
Souped-up smartphones can gauge intoxication by measuring walk
A smartphone add-on, devised by an emergency medicine physician now at Stanford, detected a drunken stagger, through side-to-side sway, with 90% accuracy.
How a smartwatch can detect drug levels in the body
Researchers have developed a sensor system on a smartwatch that uses sweat to determine the level of acetaminophen in the body.
Virtual anatomy labs and at-home dissections: Stanford summer programs thrived online
Stanford Medicine educators found creative ways to teach summer courses to high school and undergraduate students during the pandemic.