Many stem cells live a life of monotony, biding their time until they’re needed to repair tissue damage or propel the growth of a developing …
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The end of antibiotics? Researchers warn of critical shortages
Bacteria spark infection. Antibiotic kills most bacteria. Remaining bacteria evolve resistance. Second antibiotic wipes out all bacteria. Repeat. Repeat until, that is, there are no …
Stanford celebrates 20th anniversary of the CyberKnife
Just about 30 years ago, Stanford neurosurgeon John Adler, MD, traveled to the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden, home to Lars Leksell, MD, and a device …
Experience from the trenches in the first Ebola outbreak
Noted infectious disease expert Donald Francis, MD, PhD, was "a quiet doctoral student" at Harvard when he was called in to fly into the remote …
Out of hiding: Found lurking in public databases, type-2 diabetes drug passes early test
Way too often, promising-looking basic-research findings - intriguing drug candidates, for example - go swooshing down the memory hole, and you never hear anything about …
Studying science at Stanford is a dream come true for one California man
Tawaun Lucas grew up in Compton, East LA, a city with a reputation - whether deserved or not - for producing gangsters, not neuroscientists. It’s …
Zebrafish: A must-have for biomedical labs
Rats, mice and fruit flies be warned: The hippest lab critter around is a striped, little fish from South Asia called the zebrafish. The …
Gamers: The new face of scientific research?
Much has been written about the lack of reproducibility of results claimed by even well-meaning, upright scientists. Notably, a 2005 PLoS paper (by Stanford health-research …
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 …
#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 …
Research investment needed now, say top scientists
Top scientists made the case for continued investment in basic science and engineering earlier this week by unveiling a new report, “Restoring the Foundation: The …
A computer kit could lead to better way to design synthetic molecules
Slipping something small into cells to regulate gene expression has long been a goal of biomedical researchers. And there have been many efforts to do …
Tiny hitchhikers, big health impact: Studying the microbiome to learn about disease
I don't know about you, but I'm fascinated with the idea of the "microbiome." If you're unfamiliar with the term, it describes the millions upon …
Science is like an ongoing mystery novel, says Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz
We all know that Carla Shatz, PhD, director of the interdisciplinary institute Stanford Bio-X, is a pioneering scientist -- her work in early brain development …
Studying the drivers of metastasis to combat cancer
Today we're launching Biomed Bites, a weekly series created to highlight some of Stanford Medicine's most compelling research and introduce readers to promising scientists from …
The pied piper of cool science tools
When Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash, PhD, and his students set out to solve a challenging global health problem, the first order of business is to …