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Dec 5 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
No day is the same for Carolyn Dundes, a PhD candidate in the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine program and an LGBTQ community advocate. That's just the way Dundes likes it.
Dec 4 2019 | Stanford News
A newfound link between levels of “bad” cholesterol at birth and subsequent childhood behavior could help identify and treat people who are prone to experiencing depression and other mental difficulties.
Stanford researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice
Dec 4 2019 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
CAR-T cells are remarkably effective against blood cancers, but their effect can be transient as the cells become exhausted. Stanford researchers found a way to keep the cells effective in mice with human tumors.
Nov 27 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
After planning the delicate surgery with virtual reality programs and hours of practice, the team, led by pediatric neurosurgeon Gerald Grant, MD, used endoscopic tools to take the tumor out through the patient's nose.
Nov 22 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
It's concerning because adolescents' developing brains are more likely to become addicted, and they are more likely to have learning issues and problems concentrating if they develop a nicotine addiction.
Nov 21 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Soon after undergoing neurosurgery to treat moyamoya disease at Stanford Hospital, Bethel Tan was lying in bed, in too much pain to sleep. Seeing her awake, the nurse on the night shift sat down in her room.
Nov 21 2019 | Stanford - News
Stanford biologists are using rare poison frogs that nurse their young as a way to help answer a fundamental question: Is there more than one way to build a maternal brain?
Nov 18 2019 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
Hongjie Dai, Julie Parsonnet and Joseph Wu are among the 90 regular members and 10 international members elected this year to the academy, which aims to provide independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on health issues.
Nov 15 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
A robotic surgical assistant known as ROSA™ recently helped experts at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford prepare for a minimally-invasive surgery to alleviate a little girl's seizures.
Nov 14 2019 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
A discovery about a neural circuit located deep in the brains of female mice may give scientists a map to learn more about female human brains, according to a new study published in Cell and led by molecular neuroscientist Nirao Shah, MBBS, PhD.
