2021
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How long will a healthy older person live? A substance in blood may provide a clue - Scope
A new study suggests that blood levels of a brain-derived substance in people in their 90s and 100s may accurately predict how much longer they're going to live. Tony Wyss-Coray, the D.H. Chen Professor II and a professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is quoted in this post.
- – GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Hormonal Coupling Identified That Incites Inflammatory Rage and Ages the Brain
Stanford Medicine scientists have identified a key factor in mental aging and shown that it might be prevented or reversed by fixing a glitch in the immune system’s front-line soldiers. Senior author Katrin Andreasson, professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is quoted here.
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Data from twins suggests gut bacteria are important in food allergies, says Stanford-led study
A Stanford-led study of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals. Kari Nadeau, the Naddisy Foundation Professor and director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford, is co-senior author of the study and is quoted in this post.
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Stanford nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine shows early success in mice
Stanford researchers led by Peter Kim, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry, have developed a nanoparticle vaccine that has shown in mouse studies to effectively build coronavirus immunities.
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Predicting premature birth in low-resource settings
A blood test that predicts if a baby will be born prematurely works well for pregnant women in developing countries, a Stanford-led study has found. Nima Aghaeepour, assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, senior author of the study; Brice Gaudilliere, associate professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine; Martin Angst, professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine; Stephen Quake, the Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering and co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; and Michael Snyder, the Stanford W. Ascherman, MD, FACS, Professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, are mentioned in this blog post.
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Data from twins suggests gut bacteria are important in food allergies, says Stanford-led study
A Stanford-led study of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals. Kari Nadeau, the Naddisy Foundation Professor and director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford, is co-senior author of the study and is quoted in this post.
- – Scope
Stanford nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine shows early success in mice
Stanford researchers led by Peter Kim, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry, have developed a nanoparticle vaccine that has shown in mouse studies to effectively build coronavirus immunities.
- – Scope
Predicting premature birth in low-resource settings
A blood test that predicts if a baby will be born prematurely works well for pregnant women in developing countries, a Stanford-led study has found. Nima Aghaeepour, assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, senior author of the study; Brice Gaudilliere, associate professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine; Martin Angst, professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine; Stephen Quake, the Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering and co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; and Michael Snyder, the Stanford W. Ascherman, MD, FACS, Professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, are mentioned in this blog post.
- – PLOS ONE
Biosciences Proposal Bootcamp: Structured peer and faculty feedback improves trainees’ proposals and grantsmanship self-efficacy
Grant writing is an essential skill to develop for academic and other career success but providing individual feedback to large numbers of trainees is challenging. In 2014, we launched the Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy to support graduate students and postdocs in writing research proposals. Overall, this structured program provided opportunities for feedback from multiple peer and faculty reviewers, increased the participants’ confidence in developing and submitting research proposals, while accommodating a large number of participants.
- – News Center
COVID-19 severity affected by proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein, study finds
A comprehensive study of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 associates mild disease with comparatively high levels of antibodies that target the viral spike protein. But all antibodies wane within months.
2020
- – BioSci Careers
BioSci Connect: Want to get career advice from alumni mentors? One click connects Biosciences trainees & postdocs with like-minded graduates
Have you ever wanted to know more about careers, but were afraid to ask? Don’t know where to start, or whom to ask? Problem solved.
- – Apple Podcasts
Should This Exist?: Young blood / old brains on Apple Podcasts
This podcast featured Tony Wyss-Coray, the D.H. Chen Professor II and a professor of neurology and neurological sciences, who discovered that proteins found in the blood of young mice may reverse the effects of aging when transfused into older mice.
- – Stanford Medicine
A Black neurosurgeon reflects on anti-racism and his Stanford years
In a letter to a former Stanford colleague after George Floyd was killed, pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Cheshier, MD, PhD, calls on white people to take act against anti-Black racism.
- – News Center
High-risk, high-reward grants awarded to four Stanford researchers
Annelise Barron, Peter Kim, Siddhartha Jaiswal and Keren Haroush will receive grants totaling $10 million to fund their investigations. The awards support risky efforts that could potentially have a big impact in the biomedical sciences.
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5 Questions: Kari Nadeau on advances in food allergy prevention and treatment
Immunologist Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, has a new book about living with food allergies and the science of recent advances in allergy prevention and treatment.
2019
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Stanford scientists reliably predict people’s age by measuring proteins in blood
Protein levels in people’s blood can predict their age, a Stanford study has found. The study also found that aging isn’t a smoothly continuous process.
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Stanford researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice
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.
- – News Center
Three professors elected to National Academy of Medicine
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.
- – BioSci Careers
Devavani Chatterjea discovers link to chronic pain ailment in women
“Never could I have imagined the work I am doing now – not even ten years ago.” - Devavani Chatterjea, PhD, MPH
- – News Center
Protein decoy stymies lung cancer growth in mice, Stanford-UCSF study finds
Researchers at Stanford and UCSF slowed the spread of a type of nonsmall cell lung cancer in mice by neutralizing a single protein that would otherwise set off a chain reaction, causing runaway tumor growth.
2018
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Four faculty members appointed to endowed professorships
Andra Blomkalns, Gerald Grant, David Kingsley and Crystal Mackall have been appointed to endowed professorships.
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Rosenkranz Prize winner hopes to develop malaria vaccine for pregnant women
Prasanna Jagannathan said the $100,000 prize will allow his lab team to ramp up their research in Uganda.
- – Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Michal Caspi Tal, PhD | Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Michal Caspi Tal, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, leads the infectious disease team within Irving Weissman’s lab at Stanford University receives the 2018 Emerging Leader Award ($100,000 grant).
2017
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David Schneider appointed chair of microbiology and immunology
David Schneider, whose research focuses on resilience to infection and developing mathematical models to predict recovery and well-being, succeeds Peter Sarnow in post.
- – News Center
Trial led by Mark Genovese wins Clinical Research Forum award
In the trial, a new drug proved safe and effective for hard-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis patients. A national organization of senior researchers named the trial one of the top 10 for 2016.
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Fibrosis reversed when ‘don’t eat me’ signal blocked
A common signaling pathway unites diverse fibrotic diseases in humans, Stanford researchers have found. An antibody called anti-CD47, which is being tested as an anti-cancer agent, reverses fibrosis in mice.
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Drug combination defeats dengue, Ebola in mice
To develop a potential antiviral treatment, Stanford researchers adopted an unusual approach: Rather than trying to disable viral enzymes, they targeted proteins the infected individual makes — and the virus needs.
- – News Center
15 School of Medicine researchers named CZ Biohub investigators
The researchers will be given funding by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to develop tools and technologies that support the organization’s goal of curing, preventing or managing every disease.
2016
- – News Center
Gene activity predicts progression of autoimmune disease
Stanford researchers and their collaborators have found a way to tell whether patients with systemic sclerosis were improving during drug treatment a year before a standard clinical test could.
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Samuel Strober awarded $6.6 million from state stem cell agency
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded Samuel Strober, MD, $6.6 million to study a “deceptively simple” way to help kidney transplant recipients tolerate their new organ.
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NIH awards $26.4 million to Stanford researchers for physical activity study
The medical school professors were awarded the grants as part of a large-scale National Institutes of Health program to study the biology of how physical activity improves health.
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Three faculty elected fellows of AAAS
Stanford faculty members in medicine and in Earth science have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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$25 million awarded to center for study of regulatory science
The FDA is funding a collaboration between Stanford and UCSF to improve the regulatory infrastructure that helps to shape modern biomedical research.