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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Some of the world's best known viruses use RNA, rather than DNA, to...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Some of the world's best known viruses use RNA, rather than DNA, to...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Pehr Harbury, PhD, has made a career out of solving biochemical puzzles. An...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Pehr Harbury, PhD, has made a career out of solving biochemical puzzles. An...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. For Jennifer Raymond, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology, the decision to devote her...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. For Jennifer Raymond, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology, the decision to devote her...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. In cells, DNA doesn't make a lovely, languid helix as popularly depicted. It's...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. In cells, DNA doesn't make a lovely, languid helix as popularly depicted. It's...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Math was Philip Lavori's first intellectual love. After earning his PhD in mathematics...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Math was Philip Lavori's first intellectual love. After earning his PhD in mathematics...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. John Pringle, PhD, focused most of his career on yeast. Easy to culture...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. John Pringle, PhD, focused most of his career on yeast. Easy to culture...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Picture a bacterium or a sperm cell — it has a flapping flagella,...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Picture a bacterium or a sperm cell — it has a flapping flagella,...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. When one neuron wants to communicate with another neuron, it doesn't talk, make...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. When one neuron wants to communicate with another neuron, it doesn't talk, make...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Once upon a time, a researcher named Holden Maecker, PhD, met flow cytometry,...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Once upon a time, a researcher named Holden Maecker, PhD, met flow cytometry,...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. Fixing a broken brain is much like fixing a malfunctioning car, misbehaving computer...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. Fixing a broken brain is much like fixing a malfunctioning car, misbehaving computer...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. When Carla Shatz, PhD, was a child, her grandmother suffered a stroke. "At...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. When Carla Shatz, PhD, was a child, her grandmother suffered a stroke. "At...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a feature that appears each Thursday and introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. My parents just returned from the trip of a lifetime...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a feature that appears each Thursday and introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. My parents just returned from the trip of a lifetime...

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Repairing DNA: A researcher strives to understand the root of DNA damage

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. How's your DNA? Is it in tip-top shape, a lovely helix of perfectly...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. How's your DNA? Is it in tip-top shape, a lovely helix of perfectly...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. John Huguenard, PhD, was wooed by the magic of anti-epileptic drugs when he...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. John Huguenard, PhD, was wooed by the magic of anti-epileptic drugs when he...

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Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. In her family, Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD, is the odd woman out: One parent...

Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. In her family, Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD, is the odd woman out: One parent...

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Welcome to the latest edition of Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Tobias Meyer, PhD, was hooked on biology when he...

Welcome to the latest edition of Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Tobias Meyer, PhD, was hooked on biology when he...

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