Our researchers picked cells from all over the human body — cells of all shapes, sizes and abilities. From the brain to the heart to the intestines.
Bongeka Zuma, graduate of Oprah Winfrey’s academy and Stanford School of Medicine, discusses her plans to advance medical care in her hometown.
Carlie Arbaugh is dedicated to both surgery and cooking because they demand meticulous attention to detail and the ability to think on your feet.
Researchers have mapped the human intestine at the level of individual cells, showing how cellular neighborhoods work together in the gut.
Over the past six decades in the U.S., gastric, or stomach, cancer rates have plummeted. But around the world, gastric cancer remains a leading cause …
Benedikt Geier traverses academic fields in pursuit of a chemical analysis that images the intimate relationships between microbe and host.
Stanford researchers are developing a faster way to match each ulcerative colitis patient with the treatment that will work best for them.
A Stanford Medicine doctor helped write and support legislation to enable free hepatitis B and C screenings for those who request it.
Stanford Medicine researchers are creating models of livers in a dish -- organoids -- to better understand liver disease.
As an African American who also has a disability, Eric Sibley provides a role model for others within academic medicine.
People who have their first colonoscopy between the age of 45 and 49 halve their risk of subsequent colorectal cancers, a Stanford Medicine study has found.
A Stanford-led study of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals.
A study links ulcerative colitis to the depletion of important acids ordinarily produced by a set of gut microbes mysteriously missing in action.
Helicobacter pylori, a potentially nasty bacteria, somehow lives in one of every two human stomachs -- no mean feat. Here's how the bug pulls it off.
A Stanford medicine patient regains quality of life after receiving treatment for his rare inflammatory esophagus condition.
