Featured News Image News Features | Jul 10 2025 Stanford H&S Foundational research on brain development may help prevent degeneration Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz, famous for discovering how neural connections develop early in life, is using that knowledge to work on the problem of how they can later deteriorate from Alzheimer’s disease. Image Research news | Jul 9 2025 Stanford Medicine People with ‘young brains’ outlive ‘old-brained’ peers A blood-test analysis developed at Stanford Medicine can determine the “biological ages” of 11 separate organ systems in individuals’ bodies and predict the health consequences. Image Researcher profiles | Jun 23 2025 Stanford Report ‘You can literally lose who you are’ Scientists in the lab of chemical engineer Monther Abu-Remaileh are uncovering the cellular functions that go awry in degenerative brain disorders and identifying therapies that could treat them. Image News Features | Jun 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Myelin matters A decade ago, three generations of Stanford scientists banded together to publish a landmark study on one of the brain’s most prevalent structures. Today, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers are discovering that myelin is key to just about every aspect of neurological health. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering News TypePress coverage Knight Initiative news Research news Researcher profiles Wu Tsai Neuro News Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Researcher profiles | Jan 27 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unraveling the role of endocannabinoid metabolism in brain aging Research supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Grant explores whether targeting pathways related to the brain’s “chill-out” system could restore youthful resilience and improve cognitive function. Image Press coverage | Sep 2 2024 NPR This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice Study in mice, supported by the Knight Initiative, suggests that an experimental cancer drug boosted brain metabolism, restored memory, and improved Alzheimer's symptoms. This novel approach may offer a new way to treat Alzheimer's beyond targeting amyloid plaques. Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 Genetic Engineering and Biotech News (GEN) Alzheimer’s mice have memory and nrain function “rescued” by cancer drug Research by Kati Andreasson and colleagues suggests that a type of drug developed for treating cancer may hold promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerati Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 NPR A drug that restores brain metabolism could help treat Alzheimer's A drug that restores brain metabolism in mouse models of Alzheimer's also improved cognitive function, according to research from the Andreasson lab. Image Research news | Aug 22 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Drugs that improve brain metabolism could help Alzheimer’s patients A team of neuroscientists at the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience have zeroed in on a critical regulator of brain metabolism that may be over-activated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Image Knight Initiative news | Jul 10 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight symposium highlights advances in brain resilience research The Knight Initiative's Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase featured a wide range of promising new approaches to understanding brain aging, resilience, and neurodegeneration. Image Research news | Mar 27 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Research links age-related inflammation, microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pro-inflammatory protein TREM1 in peripheral immune cells may promote age-related cognitive decline and dementia, according to Knight Initiative–funded research. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative announce 2024 postdoctoral scholars We are proud to welcome the 2024 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars — ten young scientists pursuing novel, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the workings of the brain. Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants. Image Researcher profiles | May 25 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: How the aging immune system impacts brain health Katrin Andreasson discusses how immune cells can cause harmful brain inflammation and contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscience:Translate awards advance game-changing technologies The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign are pleased to announce their fourth round of Neuroscience:Translate awards, which support teams of researchers collaborating across disciplinary boundaries in the neurosciences t
Image News Features | Jul 10 2025 Stanford H&S Foundational research on brain development may help prevent degeneration Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz, famous for discovering how neural connections develop early in life, is using that knowledge to work on the problem of how they can later deteriorate from Alzheimer’s disease.
Image Research news | Jul 9 2025 Stanford Medicine People with ‘young brains’ outlive ‘old-brained’ peers A blood-test analysis developed at Stanford Medicine can determine the “biological ages” of 11 separate organ systems in individuals’ bodies and predict the health consequences.
Image Researcher profiles | Jun 23 2025 Stanford Report ‘You can literally lose who you are’ Scientists in the lab of chemical engineer Monther Abu-Remaileh are uncovering the cellular functions that go awry in degenerative brain disorders and identifying therapies that could treat them.
Image News Features | Jun 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Myelin matters A decade ago, three generations of Stanford scientists banded together to publish a landmark study on one of the brain’s most prevalent structures. Today, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers are discovering that myelin is key to just about every aspect of neurological health.
Image Researcher profiles | Jan 27 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unraveling the role of endocannabinoid metabolism in brain aging Research supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Grant explores whether targeting pathways related to the brain’s “chill-out” system could restore youthful resilience and improve cognitive function.
Image Press coverage | Sep 2 2024 NPR This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice Study in mice, supported by the Knight Initiative, suggests that an experimental cancer drug boosted brain metabolism, restored memory, and improved Alzheimer's symptoms. This novel approach may offer a new way to treat Alzheimer's beyond targeting amyloid plaques.
Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 Genetic Engineering and Biotech News (GEN) Alzheimer’s mice have memory and nrain function “rescued” by cancer drug Research by Kati Andreasson and colleagues suggests that a type of drug developed for treating cancer may hold promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerati
Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 NPR A drug that restores brain metabolism could help treat Alzheimer's A drug that restores brain metabolism in mouse models of Alzheimer's also improved cognitive function, according to research from the Andreasson lab.
Image Research news | Aug 22 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Drugs that improve brain metabolism could help Alzheimer’s patients A team of neuroscientists at the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience have zeroed in on a critical regulator of brain metabolism that may be over-activated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Image Knight Initiative news | Jul 10 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight symposium highlights advances in brain resilience research The Knight Initiative's Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase featured a wide range of promising new approaches to understanding brain aging, resilience, and neurodegeneration.
Image Research news | Mar 27 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Research links age-related inflammation, microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pro-inflammatory protein TREM1 in peripheral immune cells may promote age-related cognitive decline and dementia, according to Knight Initiative–funded research.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative announce 2024 postdoctoral scholars We are proud to welcome the 2024 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars — ten young scientists pursuing novel, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the workings of the brain.
Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants.
Image Researcher profiles | May 25 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: How the aging immune system impacts brain health Katrin Andreasson discusses how immune cells can cause harmful brain inflammation and contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscience:Translate awards advance game-changing technologies The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign are pleased to announce their fourth round of Neuroscience:Translate awards, which support teams of researchers collaborating across disciplinary boundaries in the neurosciences t