A new radioactive agent developed at Stanford can identify whether a widely used lung cancer drug is likely to be effective.
Tag: precision health
Weight gain, and loss, causes widespread molecular changes
Study finds even a modest weight gain causes the body to fluctuate on the molecular level, but most changes revert back when weight is lost.
Tweak to technique could bolster disease detection
Stanford researchers have developed an improved method to detect some biomarkers, a technique they hope could more precisely detect diseases such as cancer.
Proteomics allows researchers to identify existing drugs to treat rare eye disease
By identifying abnormally expressed proteins in the eye, a Stanford-led team matched existing drugs with these proteins to quell patients' symptoms.
Integrative prediction model uses “omics”, histopathology to improve cancer prognosis
Consider it a pre-Thanksgiving brain teaser. The image at the right is something called an autostereogram -- a three-dimensional picture that can be seen only by …
Personalized Health Conference cultivates international, interdisciplinary collaborations
“Every one of us has a passion to improve human health,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Stanford’s medical school, as he welcomed participants to …
Verily executive outlines future health care goals at Fogarty Lecture
The transition from health to illness remains little understood, but it is a critical component of efforts to begin predicting and preventing disease, the goal …
Project Baseline study enrolls 100th Stanford volunteer — additional participants needed
The Project Baseline study is an ambitious endeavor with a potentially transformative payoff. Launched in April after years of designing and planning by Verily, an Alphabet …
Dean Lloyd Minor calls attention to environmental factors shaping health
If you live close to an old-fashioned ice cream parlor (like I do), then you're more likely to indulge than if, say, you live near …
Blood, sweat and tears: How Stanford built a rare disease biorepository in a few days
It can take years for a researcher studying a rare disease to collect enough patient data to begin the analysis phase of a study. But …
Algorithm helps doctors guard patients against a second stroke
Once someone has a stroke, the likelihood for a second stroke jumps up. And that recurrent stroke may cause further damage to the already injured …
At Big Data in Biomedicine, reexamining clinical trials in the era of precision health
Clinical trials, in their current incarnation, are ill-suited for the nimble, personalized precision health era, a a panel of speakers at the Big Data in …
Fitness trackers accurately measure heart rate but not calories burned, Stanford study shows
Your fitness tracker knows how fast your heart beats when you bicycle to work and how your heart flip-flops when your sweetie surprises you with a kiss. …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: On personal data and sustainability
Perhaps you're familiar (or very familiar) with PubMed, the go-to database for biomedical research. Or, perhaps you've spent a rainy Sunday exploring historical anatomical images. …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Heart wellness in an era of precision health
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown began her career at the AHA three decades ago, when heart health was defined by healthy eating, exercise and …
Precision health aims to reach everyone, Dean Lloyd Minor writes
Stanford Medicine's vision of precision health is taking shape in exciting, and perhaps unexpected, ways, Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, wrote in a recent Fortune commentary. As …