Stanford Medicine News
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Stanford appoints inaugural chair of emergency medicine
Andra Blomkalns, a leader in medical device innovation and translational medicine, will head Stanford’s emergency medicine department.
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Tiny spheres of human cells mimic the brain
Researchers have figured out how to create spheres of neuronal cells resembling the cerebral cortex, making functional human brain tissue available for the first time to study neuropsychiatric diseases such as autism and schizophrenia.
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Altered immune cells clear childhood brain tumor in mice
In mice, a fatal brainstem tumor was cleared by injecting it with engineered T cells that recognized the cancer and targeted it for destruction. The Stanford discovery is moving to human trials.
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PET scan tracer predicts success of cancer ‘vaccine’
With a radioactive tracer, scientists can use a PET scan to quickly tell whether a cancer immunotherapy will be effective or not, according to a new Stanford study.
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New center sets out to stop disease before it starts
At the Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center, scientists turn the norms of disease research on their head, searching not for treatments but for ways to prevent disease entirely.
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Clinical trial finds blood plasma infusions for Alzheimer's safe
In a small safety trial based on preclinical work by a Stanford researcher, participants receiving blood plasma infusions from young donors showed evidence of improvement.
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Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial.
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Clinical trial shows broader benefits of acute stroke therapy
The results of a multicenter study led by Stanford researchers, showed the number of stroke patients who died or required confinement to nursing homes was nearly cut in half thanks to the use of brain-imaging software developed here.
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Reflecting on Presence one year later
The newly formed center’s goal of “fostering research, dialogue, and multidisciplinary collaboration to produce measurable and meaningful change in health care” continues to expand and grow its initiatives to help physicians engage more fully during patient encounters.
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson champion cancer survivors at ninth annual Under One Umbrella event to benefit Stanford Women’s Cancer Center
Over 300 guests enjoyed lunch and performances by the gracious, mega-talented couple at a luncheon which raised over one million dollars for Stanford's women’s cancer research and treatment programs.
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Solar-powered heart: Stanford scientists explore using photosynthesis to help damaged hearts
In the ongoing hunt to find better treatments for heart disease, the top cause of death globally, new research from Stanford shows promising results using an unusual strategy: photosynthetic bacteria and light.
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Researchers identify biomarkers associated with chronic fatigue syndrome severity
Stanford investigators used high-throughput analysis to link inflammation to chronic fatigue syndrome, a difficult-to-diagnose disease with no known cure.
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Virtual reality system helps surgeons, reassures patients
Stanford Medicine is using a new software system that combines imaging from MRIs, CT scans and angiograms to create a three-dimensional model that physicians and patients can see and manipulate — just like a virtual reality game.
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Jeffrey and Marieke Rothschild gift establishes Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy
The Stanford Cancer Institute has received a $10 million gift from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeffrey Rothschild and his wife, Marieke, to advance research in cancer cell therapy, which is considered the vanguard of cancer treatment today.
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Stanford's new Center for Health Education could benefit learners worldwide
With its newly established Center, Stanford seeks to improve global health through a new online medical training initiative for people of all skill levels. Charles Prober, MD, the medical school’s former senior associate dean for medical education, is the founding director.
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Spencer Center for vision research established at Stanford
Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer's philanthropic gift has created a center to help accelerate translational research, recruit faculty, and train the next generation of leaders in vision science.
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Philanthropic funding to Stanford Medicine supports record high recruitment and diversity among incoming bioscience graduate students
The School of Medicine has set records in its recruitment statistics for doctoral students this year following the implementation of the Biomedical Innovation Initiative, a funding model that encourages graduate students to follow their passion and take risks.
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Scientists assemble working human forebrain circuits in a lab dish
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have observed stem-cell-derived nerve cells arising in a specific region of the human brain migrate into another brain region. This process recapitulates what’s been believed to occur in a developing fetus, but has never previously been viewed in real time.
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Study shows protein in human umbilical cord blood rejuvenates old mice’s impaired learning, memory
Human umbilical cord blood can rejuvenate learning and memory in older mice, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Deisseroth to receive Harvey Prize in Human Health
The Harvey Prize, established by industrialist and inventor Leo Harvey, recognizes researchers who have made breakthroughs in science and technology of benefit to humanity. Optogenetics has “revolutionized neurobiology,” the prize administrators wrote.
