Hope is a powerful force in cancer treatment. For patients and their families, the hope is that, no matter how unlikely, the treatment plan will …
Tag: News Home
Promoted to News Center home page.
Q&A about enterovirus-D68 with Stanford/Packard infectious disease expert
Today's New York Times features a story on the accelerating spread of enterovirus-D68, a virus that is causing severe respiratory illness in children across the …
The benefits and costs for scientists of communicating with the public
Today’s researchers are under immense pressure to produce scientific results in the form of peer-reviewed journal articles—and do it on tighter and tighter budgets. And …
Treating an infection to prevent a cancer: H. pylori and stomach cancer
The number of newly diagnosed stomach cancer cases in the United States is less than a tenth of the number of prostate cancer cases or …
#ACT4NIH campaign seeks stories to spur research investment
No ice buckets are involved in the latest push for investment in medical research. Instead Act for NIH: Advancing Cures Today, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit led …
Marked improvement in transplant success on the way, says Stanford immunologist
This is the third installment of our Biomed Bites series, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford’s most compelling research and introduces readers to …
Healthy gut bacteria help chicken producers avoid antibiotics
If you watch TV, you’ve probably seen actress Jamie Lee Curtis selling Activa, Dannon’s probiotic yogurt - or perhaps you've taken probiotic supplements to help …
A conversation on West Nile virus and its recent California surge
Ebola isn't the only virus commanding media attention: West Nile virus, now in its 15th year in the United States, may be surging to unprecedented …
How Stanford Medicine celebrated TEDMED
Earlier this month, TEDMED, an annual global event dedicated to exploring the promise of technology and potential of human achievement in health and medicine, was …
Exercise and your brain: Stanford research highlighted on NIH Director’s blog
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, who studies stem cells in muscle and longevity, and Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, who studies the immune system's impact on the brain, …
Free online Stanford course examines medical education in the new millennium
At this year's Stanford Medicine X, executive director Larry Chu, MD, announced the launch of a new group of initiatives that would expand the conference …
How CLARITY offers an unprecedented 3-D view of the brain’s neural structure
Last year, Stanford bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, and colleagues in his lab announced their development of CLARITY, a process that renders tissue transparent, sparking excitement …
Cellular padding could help stem cells repair injuries
The idea of using stem cells to heal injuries seems so obvious. If you have a spinal cord injury, why not inject some new cells …
Exercise may boost effectiveness of chemotherapy
Staying physically active during chemotherapy treatment can benefit patients' physical and mental health. But findings from an animal study show that exercising may also help …
Interdisciplinary campus panel to examine Ebola outbreak from all angles
Scientists have estimated that the West Africa Ebola epidemic will take another 12-18 months to control and will infect hundreds of thousands of more people …
Stanford Cancer Institute offers latest in cancer news, 140 characters at a time
The American Cancer Society’s 2014 annual report states that more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in the coming …