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Match Day 101: How does the medical residency match work?

...programs submit a ranked list of their preferred students. A mathematical algorithm then decides on the matches optimized for both parties.  The algorithm is designed to achieve stable matches, so...

...programs submit a ranked list of their preferred students. A mathematical algorithm then decides on the matches optimized for both parties.  The algorithm is designed to achieve stable matches, so...

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Researchers dial in on genetic culprit of disease 

...figure out for every one of these variants -- what genes and cells are affected, and in what pathway the cells are altered, we could start to design drugs that...

...figure out for every one of these variants -- what genes and cells are affected, and in what pathway the cells are altered, we could start to design drugs that...

Unconventional Paths: How she flipped traditional genomics analysis on its head

...Fueled by a deep interest in science, she returned to biology at age 28. Salzman has since married her two areas of expertise to design a new form of genomics...

...Fueled by a deep interest in science, she returned to biology at age 28. Salzman has since married her two areas of expertise to design a new form of genomics...

New cardiovascular risk calculator includes social determinants of health, excludes race

...accurate or equitable. They decided to design statistical models tha evaluate a patient's heart health more holistically. Those models were recently incorporated into a new risk calculator implemented by the...

...accurate or equitable. They decided to design statistical models tha evaluate a patient's heart health more holistically. Those models were recently incorporated into a new risk calculator implemented by the...

Researchers seek healthy checks and balances for how products are designed

...human health. Their ultimate goal: Company leaders use such a tool to guide decisions regarding product design and then create products that are optimized for positive health impacts. The push...

...human health. Their ultimate goal: Company leaders use such a tool to guide decisions regarding product design and then create products that are optimized for positive health impacts. The push...

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Emergence program provides socially conscious entrepreneurs an on-campus incubator

...light competition is also a plus. His team has been matched with eight coders and designers from the Biodesign Building for Digital Health class to help design an app that...

...light competition is also a plus. His team has been matched with eight coders and designers from the Biodesign Building for Digital Health class to help design an app that...

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How to regulate AI? Bioethicist David Magnus on medicine’s critical moment

...using AI models to identify new targets for drug development, realized they could easily turn their tools into a bioweapons design factory. Dual use already got a lot of attention...

...using AI models to identify new targets for drug development, realized they could easily turn their tools into a bioweapons design factory. Dual use already got a lot of attention...

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Scientists identify ‘Velcro-like’ molecule to potentially treat ALS

...nerves outside of the spine, which could slow disease progression. Steinman hopes his team can help design a version of the drug that can more effectively cross the blood brain...

...nerves outside of the spine, which could slow disease progression. Steinman hopes his team can help design a version of the drug that can more effectively cross the blood brain...

Can altering cancer ‘mindsets’ change physical outcomes?

...Crum and she was eager to explore that with Schapira. They worked with colleagues to design a trial that would test out a tantalizing hypothesis - that changing a patient's...

...Crum and she was eager to explore that with Schapira. They worked with colleagues to design a trial that would test out a tantalizing hypothesis - that changing a patient's...

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How to safeguard teens’ well-being on social media

...design of the social media platforms they use. To that end, our team, in collaboration with Stanford University's design school recently held a workshop on social media and youth mental...

...design of the social media platforms they use. To that end, our team, in collaboration with Stanford University's design school recently held a workshop on social media and youth mental...

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A new, artistic perspective on plastic waste

...people from across the university -- students, staff and faculty at the Stanford University design school; the Stanford School of Medicine; the School of Humanities and Sciences, and other schools....

...people from across the university -- students, staff and faculty at the Stanford University design school; the Stanford School of Medicine; the School of Humanities and Sciences, and other schools....

What’s the deali-O with new weight loss drugs? Part 1

...and began to design drugs that mimic the activity of GLP-1 -- a category of molecules called GLP-1 receptor agonists. Enter Ozempic. The drug, which was approved as a Type...

...and began to design drugs that mimic the activity of GLP-1 -- a category of molecules called GLP-1 receptor agonists. Enter Ozempic. The drug, which was approved as a Type...

This Is My Why: Champions of Stanford Medicine hospitals

...at a time. When technology used in the delivery of care does not work as designed, it can negatively impact clinical outcomes and the patient experience. As a clinical information...

...at a time. When technology used in the delivery of care does not work as designed, it can negatively impact clinical outcomes and the patient experience. As a clinical information...

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What does it mean to be neurodiverse in medicine?

...which organizers teach neurodiverse and neurotypical high school students about neurodiversity and about methods of learning that accommodate all people. Students are taught to design neurodiversity advocacy projects. In addition,...

...which organizers teach neurodiverse and neurotypical high school students about neurodiversity and about methods of learning that accommodate all people. Students are taught to design neurodiversity advocacy projects. In addition,...

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Inside-out engineering yields better cancer-fighting cells

...is an unexplored field of chimeric antigen receptor design. The novelty was really fun and kept me hooked even when there were a lot of failures." Photo by Design Cells...

...is an unexplored field of chimeric antigen receptor design. The novelty was really fun and kept me hooked even when there were a lot of failures." Photo by Design Cells...

People with disabilities take to the sky

...industry when we're able to jump in and affect design changes with the increase in private space ventures," Cooper said. "We can avoid the cost of retrofitting and make sure...

...industry when we're able to jump in and affect design changes with the increase in private space ventures," Cooper said. "We can avoid the cost of retrofitting and make sure...

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