The fastest animal on earth may one day influence the design of more effective artificial legs or aid in the development of treatments cerebral palsy. …
Category: Biomedical research
High-fat foods may tell the brain to splurge
Overindulging on a second piece of pie may have less to do with your will power, or lack thereof, than your choice in foods. A …
Stem cell policy: Understanding the scientific and legal challenges ahead
Calling all stem cell buffs! The Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy will be presenting a public symposium discussing the field's upcoming scientific and …
Mummyblogging, round two
Last week, I posted a few photos of a Stanford effort to image the mummy of a 2,500-year-old priest. For those of you who like …
Photoblogging: mummy edition
Stanford radiologists are hard at work right now scanning a 2,600-year-old Egyptian mummy. We'll have a full set of videos, articles and photos on this …
Q and A with Irving Weissman
Stanford stem cell researcher Irving Weissman, MD, recently assumed the presidency of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Writing for Nature Reports Stem Cells, …
Not such a bad mutation
The New York Times is reporting that UCSF scientists have identified a tie between a genetic mutation and the need for less sleep. The research …
Looking within
Like Rosanne, I'm a big fan of historical medical images. I love museums like the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, DC, or …
Rich historical medical image database upgraded
The National Library of Medicine has spiffed up its online library of more than 70,000 images from the history of medicine. It's a great database …
CT visualization on the iPhone
Mashable had an interesting post this morning about data visualization on the iPhone. On the list was Ziostation, which allows users to manipulate CT images …
Narcolepsy = autoimmune disease
Also lost in the swine-flu shuffle this week was some pretty interesting sleep-disorder news. Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, a well-known narcolepsy researcher, and colleagues have …