More news from the International AIDS Conference: Stanford researchers have presented findings showing that family planning counseling could be a cost-effective way to help minimize the …
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It all comes down to truth: Stanford med student digs in on public-health campaigns
While interning in the World Health Organization’s media unit in Delhi this summer, Stanford medical student Michael Nedelman found himself contemplating a question many public …
Class allows students to engineer the sense of touch to help others
Stanford undergraduate students showcase devices they created, including a high-tech version of the game Operation and something called "Haptic Headband."
Stanford undergraduate students showcase devices they created, including a high-tech version of the game Operation and something called "Haptic Headband."
Move over CRISPR, there’s a new editor in town: Stanford-devised approach cures hemphilia in mice
A lot of attention has been paid lately to the idea of genome editing. This technique allows researchers to precisely modify an animal's DNA to …
New Stanford Medicine magazine explores bioethics
What's bioethics? It's a field that didn't exist 40 years ago but is central to today's world of medicine. It's a field that looks for …
Power of Research game lets players try their hand at biomedicine
Ever wanted to try your hand at biomedical research but lacked the laboratory? The European Commission on Research & Innovation wants to help. Earlier this …
Period piece
There's a new book out that brings up a topic I haven't thought about lately: my first period. It's My Little Red Book, edited by …
A look back at Stanford’s Big Data in Biomedicine
We reported many of the happenings at last week's Big Data in Biomedicine here on Scope. Writer Bruce Goldman was also in attendance for the three-day event, and he captured …
A story of how children from Calcutta’s poorest neighborhood became leaders in improving health
Last year, as part of the TEDxChange conference, filmmakers in the Program in Bioethics and Film at Stanford presented a clip of their documentary titled "The Revolutionary …
On King v. Burwell and the survival of the Affordable Care Act (and an unexpected birthday present)
Today is my birthday – and the Supreme Court (or, at least, two-thirds of it) just gave me, most people who follow health policy, and …
Stanford offers free "Statistics in Medicine" course, starting June 11
Does eating red meat increase your risk of being in a traffic accident? Should you be worried about lead in lipstick? These and other provocative …
I need this like a nail in the head!
Year: 1994 Setting: Chevron hospital in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea Position: Chief Medical Officer 2 a.m., a nurse wakes me up: Doc, there …
Image of the week: Mouse embryonic stem cells
This is a striking color-enhanced microscopic image of mouse embryonic stem cells growing on a bed of silicon nanotubes. It was made in the lab …
Grand Roundup: Top 10 posts for 2010
As the clock counts down to the New Year, we would like to recap the top ten posts on Scope in 2010. These are the …
Can a safe, cheap pill prevent type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder once known as juvenile diabetes because it tends to strike during adolescence or earlier, affects one in every 300 …
A discussion of intimacy and illness at Medicine X: “Embrace yourself and embrace your normal”
Medicine X is well known for shining a light on dark feelings and difficult-to-talk about topics, as well as being a safe place to hold …