Featured News Image Research news | Jun 4 2025 Stanford Report A game-changing way to treat stroke Researchers supported by a Neuroscience:Translate grant from Wu Tsai Neuro have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice a Image News Features | Jun 4 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Under the Lights: What Surgery Reveals About Brain Resilience A team at Stanford, supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience, is using the biology of recovery to uncover why some aging brains withstand stress while others quietly unravel. Image Research news | May 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer's "resilience signature" predicts who will develop dementia—and how fa... Knight Initiative researchers discover a biomarker in spinal fluid that could help forecast Alzheimer’s progression and improve clinical trials. Image Research news | May 7 2025 Stanford Engineering Fixing cellular recycling centers may help treat neurodegenerative diseases Improving cells’ ability to sort and recycle components—including cholesterol—could lead to therapies for a wide range of neurodegenerative conditions, accor News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroDiscovery NeuroHealth NeuroEngineering News TypeResearch news Knight Initiative news Podcast episodes Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Research news | Aug 7 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unlocking the secrets of taurine in obesity control Groundbreaking research supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute deepens our understanding of how the amino acid taurine may help reduce appetite and prevent obesity. 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 18 2024 Stanford Medicine Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to “anti-hunger” molecule in stu... Research supported by the Knight Initiative found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates the production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise. Image Podcast episodes | Jun 22 2023 From Our Neurons to Yours Exercise and the brain In this episode, chemist Jonathan Z. Long discusses his recent discovery of a new molecule produced when we exercise that appears to be linked to health benefits from regulating appetite to boosting learning and memory. 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 Research news | Jun 4 2025 Stanford Report A game-changing way to treat stroke Researchers supported by a Neuroscience:Translate grant from Wu Tsai Neuro have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice a
Image News Features | Jun 4 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Under the Lights: What Surgery Reveals About Brain Resilience A team at Stanford, supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience, is using the biology of recovery to uncover why some aging brains withstand stress while others quietly unravel.
Image Research news | May 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer's "resilience signature" predicts who will develop dementia—and how fa... Knight Initiative researchers discover a biomarker in spinal fluid that could help forecast Alzheimer’s progression and improve clinical trials.
Image Research news | May 7 2025 Stanford Engineering Fixing cellular recycling centers may help treat neurodegenerative diseases Improving cells’ ability to sort and recycle components—including cholesterol—could lead to therapies for a wide range of neurodegenerative conditions, accor
Image Research news | Aug 7 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unlocking the secrets of taurine in obesity control Groundbreaking research supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute deepens our understanding of how the amino acid taurine may help reduce appetite and prevent obesity.
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 18 2024 Stanford Medicine Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to “anti-hunger” molecule in stu... Research supported by the Knight Initiative found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates the production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise.
Image Podcast episodes | Jun 22 2023 From Our Neurons to Yours Exercise and the brain In this episode, chemist Jonathan Z. Long discusses his recent discovery of a new molecule produced when we exercise that appears to be linked to health benefits from regulating appetite to boosting learning and memory.
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.
