Numerous media outlets are reporting today on new studies, including one from Stanford's Helen Blau, PhD, that may help advance the field of regenerative medicine. …
Category: Medical Research
Studies show growing toll of obesity
Obesity, which once affected only a small part of the U.S. population, has become so prevalent that it's culturally entrenched - and that means its …
Women's common sex complaints not being adequately addressed
When it comes to treatments for women's common sex complaints, more research is needed. That's the conclusion of investigators who reviewed 101 studies on female …
Can good friends help you live longer?
When it comes to living a long healthy life, maintaining strong social relationships may be as important as not smoking, according to findings published yesterday …
Arsenic responsible for 20 percent of Bangladeshi deaths
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Stanford geoscience professor Scott Fendorf, PhD, who’s helping address Southeast Asia’s arsenic problem. The element occurs naturally in …
California and Wisconsin partner up on stem cell research
More stem cell news today: California's stem cell institute has announced a research partnership with the state of Wisconsin. As explained in a release: The …
Sleep deprivation more common in the U.S. than Europe
Americans' struggle to get enough sleep is well documented, but it is less clear whether sleep deprivation is a symptom of modern life or of …
Eye movement in REM sleep: Rapid, but perhaps not random
A new study published in the journal Brain suggests our eyes may shift their gaze to focus on the people and places present in our …
Death in the lab: When a principal investigator dies
There's an interesting article in The Scientist about what happens when a lab's principal investigator dies. A tragedy, certainly, for his or her family. But …
Biomedical Indiana Jones travels the world collecting venom for medical research
Zoltan Takacs, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Medical Center, has carved out a fascinating career as scientist-adventurer - a biomedical Indiana …
Growing new inner-ear cells: a step toward a cure for deafness
Stanford researchers have successfully used mouse stem cells and fibroblasts to re-create the creature's inner ear cells - right down to the tiny hairs that sense vibrations. The breakthrough could pave the way to the development of therapies for human hearing loss.
Stanford researchers have successfully used mouse stem cells and fibroblasts to re-create the creature's inner ear cells - right down to the tiny hairs that sense vibrations. The breakthrough could pave the way to the development of therapies for human hearing loss.
Birth control pill may lead to sexual problems for women
The results of a new study on contraception use and sex drive caught my attention yesterday. The research, which looked at 1,086 sexually active German …
Pondering the future of vaccines
There's a rather interesting entry on Science Life today about the future of vaccines. Rob Mitchum writes: A revolution in the scientific approach to creating …
Dreaming can help with memory tasks
It's already been established that sleep is beneficial for memory performance, but new research appearing in Current Biology shows that dreaming might also help people …
Can telemedicine work for dermatology patients?
As someone who has spent a fair amount of time in dermatologists' offices, I was interested to read that a recent study deemed online …
Viruses can cause warts on your DNA
Just when we're getting over our discomfort with the notion that there are ten bacterial cells in your body for every one of your own, …