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 273 - 288 news posts of 352 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 NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering Image Press coverage | Jun 24, 2021 ABC 7 News Stanford researchers may have identified why COVID-19 patients develop 'brain fo... Researchers at Stanford Medicine have discovered a possible link to the "brain fog" that some COVID-19 patients have experienced. Image Press coverage | Jun 23, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How COVID-19 can damage the brain Stanford researchers find signs of inflammation in donated brains Image Press coverage | Jun 15, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Distorted, bizarre food smells haunt Covid survivors Long after some people have recovered from the virus, they find certain foods off-putting. 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Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Man who is paralyzed communicates by imagining handwriting A man who is paralyzed was able to type with 95% accuracy by imagining that he was handwriting letters on a sheet of paper, a team reported in the journal Nature. Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Paralysed man uses ‘mindwriting’ brain computer to compose sentences A man who was paralysed from the neck down in an accident more than a decade ago has written sentences using a computer system that turns imagined handwriting into words. Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Composing thoughts: mental handwriting produces brain activity that can be turne... Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to restore the ability to communicate in people with spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain implants turn imagined handwriting into text on a screen Electrodes in a paralyzed man’s brain turned his imagined handwriting into words typed on a screen. The translation from brain to text may ultimately point to ways to help people with disabilities like paralysis communicate using just their thoughts. Image Research news | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into on-screen words, sentences Artificial intelligence, interpreting data from a device placed at the brain’s surface, enables people who are paralyzed or have severely impaired limb movement to communicate by text. Image Press coverage | May 10, 2021 Discover Magazine Why multitasking does more harm than good Multitasking might seem like a clever way to get a grip on an out-of-control to-do list, but research shows that’s not such a great plan. 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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 Press coverage | Jun 24, 2021 ABC 7 News Stanford researchers may have identified why COVID-19 patients develop 'brain fo... Researchers at Stanford Medicine have discovered a possible link to the "brain fog" that some COVID-19 patients have experienced.
Image Press coverage | Jun 23, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How COVID-19 can damage the brain Stanford researchers find signs of inflammation in donated brains
Image Press coverage | Jun 15, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Distorted, bizarre food smells haunt Covid survivors Long after some people have recovered from the virus, they find certain foods off-putting.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jun 1, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Toolmakers aim to untangle fundamental challenges in neuroscience Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute advances its ambitious “Big Ideas” Initiatives to the next level
Image Press coverage | May 26, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain tumors caused by normal neuron activity in mice predisposed to such tumors Light triggers formation, feeds growth of optic nerve tumors
Image Press coverage | May 13, 2021 CNN Paralyzed man uses his mind to form real-time sentences A man paralyzed from the neck down for almost a decade has used his mind to compose whole sentences in real-time, according to a new study.
Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New brain implant turns visualized letters into text Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, can restore movement in people with paralysis and may help treat neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Man who is paralyzed communicates by imagining handwriting A man who is paralyzed was able to type with 95% accuracy by imagining that he was handwriting letters on a sheet of paper, a team reported in the journal Nature.
Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Paralysed man uses ‘mindwriting’ brain computer to compose sentences A man who was paralysed from the neck down in an accident more than a decade ago has written sentences using a computer system that turns imagined handwriting into words.
Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Composing thoughts: mental handwriting produces brain activity that can be turne... Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to restore the ability to communicate in people with spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Image Press coverage | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain implants turn imagined handwriting into text on a screen Electrodes in a paralyzed man’s brain turned his imagined handwriting into words typed on a screen. The translation from brain to text may ultimately point to ways to help people with disabilities like paralysis communicate using just their thoughts.
Image Research news | May 12, 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into on-screen words, sentences Artificial intelligence, interpreting data from a device placed at the brain’s surface, enables people who are paralyzed or have severely impaired limb movement to communicate by text.
Image Press coverage | May 10, 2021 Discover Magazine Why multitasking does more harm than good Multitasking might seem like a clever way to get a grip on an out-of-control to-do list, but research shows that’s not such a great plan.
Image Press coverage | Apr 21, 2021 The World Nature vs nurture debate is 'totally dead in science,' says neuroscientist Unlike smartphones, our mental hardware is tremendously changeable. Here’s how our remarkably nimble brains rewire themselves.
Image Research news | Apr 16, 2021 Stanford Scope Pot commercialization tied to self-harm by younger men, study suggests Suicide attempts and other self-harm may increase among men under the age of 40 in states that allow recreational use of marijuana, particuarly those with for-profit dispensaries, Stanford study suggests.
Image Press coverage | Apr 13, 2021 The New York Times Zoom burnout is real, and It’s worse for women In a new study, women reported higher levels of fatigue associated with video calls than men. The solution, though, isn’t as simple as not having video calls.
