Featured News Image Research news | Jul 17, 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs Image Research news | Jun 24, 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience Image Research news | Jun 17, 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute It’s time to revamp the motor homunculus An update to the 89-year-old model shows that the brain’s motor cortex isn’t as neatly organized as previously thought Image Research news | Jun 15, 2026 Stanford Medicine Cell types' biological age predicts our disease risk A blood-test analysis can determine the biological ages of individual cell types and predict the health consequences Displaying 1 - 3 news posts of 3 Filter Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest News Type Wu Tsai Neuro News Knight Initiative news Director's messages Research news Researcher profiles News Features Awards and honors Podcast episodes Press coverage Publications Research Theme NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering NeuroHealth Image Research news | Aug 1, 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeking better treatments for preterm babies in the “second brain” Researchers with Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute aim to improve gut motility and health outcomes for preterm babies through foundational research on the nervous system of the gut, called the enteric nervous system (ENS). Image Podcast episodes | Feb 16, 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Your gut - the second brain? Your gut has up to 600 million neurons — as many as a fruit bat's brain. Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt explains why we sometimes call it our "second brain." Image Research news | May 25, 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stretchable probe measures brain chemicals central to Parkinson’s, depression, a... A new string-like implant can monitor fluctuations in brain chemicals, like a fitness tracker for the brain.
Image Research news | Jul 17, 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs
Image Research news | Jun 24, 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience
Image Research news | Jun 17, 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute It’s time to revamp the motor homunculus An update to the 89-year-old model shows that the brain’s motor cortex isn’t as neatly organized as previously thought
Image Research news | Jun 15, 2026 Stanford Medicine Cell types' biological age predicts our disease risk A blood-test analysis can determine the biological ages of individual cell types and predict the health consequences
Image Research news | Aug 1, 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeking better treatments for preterm babies in the “second brain” Researchers with Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute aim to improve gut motility and health outcomes for preterm babies through foundational research on the nervous system of the gut, called the enteric nervous system (ENS).
Image Podcast episodes | Feb 16, 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Your gut - the second brain? Your gut has up to 600 million neurons — as many as a fruit bat's brain. Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt explains why we sometimes call it our "second brain."
Image Research news | May 25, 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stretchable probe measures brain chemicals central to Parkinson’s, depression, a... A new string-like implant can monitor fluctuations in brain chemicals, like a fitness tracker for the brain.
