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$43M grant will help fund state-of-the-art stem cell facility at Stanford
05/07/2008 - Stanford's $43.58 million grant will go toward construction of a facility that will consolidate stem cell researchers on campus and speed the path toward new stem cell-based therapies.  Full story »
Platypus genome reveals evolutionary path that gave mammals reproductive edge, Stanford scientist says
05/07/2008 - Researchers have turned to the odd-looking platypus to understand an evolutionary tour de force that led to a reproductive advantage possessed by nearly all of today?s mammals. Full story »
Stanford researchers discover how body builds delicate lung patterns
05/07/2008 - Researchers have published the first description of how the treelike structure of the lung's airway tubes develops, revealing just three branching patterns. Full story »
Tai chi master studied for power to control body
05/06/2008 - What was Master Chen Xiang, an 18th-level tai chi master from Beijing, doing last month in a laboratory at Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital? Full story »
One in four Stanford Hospital nurses volunteers beyond job
05/06/2008 - More than 400 nurses from Stanford Hospital & Clinics have found time after their jobs are done to do volunteer work in the local community or abroad. Full story »
Infant weight gain linked to better lung function in those with cystic fibrosis
05/06/2008 - Infants with cystic fibrosis who gain weight more quickly than their peers also have better lung function, say researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Full story »
Vantage Point: Parents should hear full truth about child vaccinations
05/06/2008 - Parents remain confused about the safety of childhood vaccinations and claims that the vaccines are linked to autism, and public health could suffer unless health-care leaders begin an education campaign. Full story »
Microsurgery lab opens, named for Rodney Perkins
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Free skin cancer check open to public on May 10
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Annual medical student research symposium May 14
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Medical center people
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Bestselling author/physician now calls Stanford home
05/06/2008 - Abraham Verghese, MD, recruited recently to help launch a program in the theory and practice of medicine, wants to enable physicians to reach beyond technology to connect with their patients. Full story »
David Irby on medical education
05/05/2008 - Despite the explosive growth of scientific knowledge in recent decades, American physicians are still largely being trained under the educational model developed in 1910 by Abraham Flexner that calls for two years of basic science courses followed by two years of clinical training with very little overlap between the two. David Irby, PhD, a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, discusses a national effort by the foundation to assess physician training and update its framework to meet today's changing healthcare needs Full story »
High blood pressure still sneaking past doctors, Stanford study shows
05/01/2008 - Despite the well-known dangers of high blood pressure, major shortfalls still exist in the screening, treatment and control of the disease, according to a new study Full story »
Stanford Q&A: David Feldman on risk of bisphenol A in plastic bottles
04/30/2008 - David Feldman was among the first researchers in the early 1990s to identify and call attention to bisphenol A, a chemical found in hard, clear plastics. Full story »
Ground broken on Center for Learning and Knowledge
04/29/2008 - The School of Medicine has broken ground on its first new home in 50 years, to be known as the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge. Full story »
High blood pressure, a 'silent killer,' sneaks past doctors
04/29/2008 - Despite the well-known dangers of high blood pressure, major shortfalls still exist in the screening, treatment and control of the disease even when patients are getting a doctor's care, according to a new study. Full story »
5 Questions: Feldman on risk of bisphenol A in plastic bottles
04/29/2008 - David Feldman, MD, was among the first researchers in the early 1990s to identify and call attention to bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and other clear plastics that has been in the news recently because of possible health risks.  Full story »
Bisphenol A facts
04/29/2008 - If you?d like to reduce your exposure to bisphenol A, here are some tips. Full story »
A muse helps doctors understand their patients
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Media monitor
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Nobel laureate Harold Varmus on cancer medicine
04/22/2008 - Nobel laureate Harold Varmus discussed the intersection of cancer biology and cancer medicine at the second annual Alexander Tseng Jr., MD, Memorial Lecture. Varmus, president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, earned his Nobel Prize for discovering retroviral oncogenes that can cause cancer. This work changed the way people thought about cancer: Rather than being a disease caused by environmental exposure, it could result from mutations in specific genes. Now much cancer research and the search for therapeutics focuses on genetic changes in cancer. The Tseng Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Stanford Cancer Center. Full story »
Physician returns to the art of healing in medicine
04/21/2008 - Abraham Verghese, MD, recruited recently to help launch a program in the theory and practice of medicine, wants to enable medical students and physicians to reach beyond technology to connect with their patients. Full story »
School of Medicine breaks ground for new education facility with support from philanthropist Li Ka-shing
04/28/2008 - Construction has officially begun on the medical school's first new home in 50 years, which will be known as the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge. Full story »
Photography club offers new outlet to aspiring artists
04/22/2008 - A photo club started by School of Medicine staff and faculty has come together out of their shared interest learning the visual art. Full story »
Inflammation triggers cell fusion that may protect neurons
04/22/2008 - A surprise finding suggests that chronic inflammation may trigger the fusion of bone marrow-derived blood cells with certain neurons, and that may play a role in protecting neurons against damage. Full story »
Vantage Point: From Nepal to America, voters' thirst for change remains constant
04/22/2008 - The medical school's communications director, who acted as an observer in the recent Nepal elections, reflects on the country's initial steps into democracy.  Full story »
Biothreats aren't new, but they are real and warrant study, says researcher
04/22/2008 - The biological arsenal that could be used for harm against humanity has an almost limitless supply of weaponry, thanks to nature's own talent for creating infectious agents of destruction.  Full story »
Forum planned May 1 on the dilemma of health inequities
04/22/2008 - The Office of Community Health at the School of Medicine is sponsoring an open forum on May 1 on inequities in U.S. health and some of their root causes. Full story »
Centennial festivities celebrate past, future
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