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  • Cancer May 12, 2025
    CAR-T cells cause brain fog

    Cancer treatment with a cell-based immunotherapy causes mild cognitive impairment, a Stanford Medicine team found. They also identified compounds that could treat it.

  • Medical Education May 21, 2025
    Greater flexibility needed in training neurodiverse medical students

    At a Stanford Medicine symposium, speakers discussed ways to accommodate students with learning differences.

  • Genetics May 15, 2025
    Orange cat mutation identified

    It took researchers a century to find the genetic glitch that causes orange coloration in cats.

  • SHC Tri-Valley May 12, 2025
    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley upgrades

    Since affiliating with Stanford Medicine in 2015, ValleyCare in Pleasanton has modernized and expanded its services and access to care.

  • Synthetic biology for sustainability

    Researchers from across Stanford’s campus gathered May 7 for a symposium focused on ways synthetic biology can promote a sustainable world.

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  • Measles need to know

    With vaccination rates dropping, infectious disease experts worry that more people among the most vulnerable populations will be at serious risk.

  • Five things to know about keto therapy and serious mental illness

    As ketogenic therapy gains momentum in treating neuropsychiatric disorders, we asked Stanford Medicine's expert Shebani Sethi for the key takeaways.

  • Evaluating AI in context: Which LLM is best for real health care needs?

    As artificial intelligence pervades health and medicine, researchers have developed a new evaluation framework to help scientists determine which type of algorithms are best suited for health care.

  • Addiction April 01, 2025
    Five things to know about GLP-1s and addiction

    Stanford Medicine psychiatrist Anna Lembke unpacks the potential of FDA-approved weight-reducing GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic as tools in treating addiction.

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  • Cancer February 03, 2025
    Lifting the burden of cancer

    Advances in cancer science, prevention and care

  • Pediatrics January 23, 2025
    Practice doesn't always make perfect

    Seizures worsen by co-opting one of the brain’s mechanisms for learning

  • Patient Care January 23, 2025
    The art of kintsugi

    Together, two physicians find life lessons at its edge

  • Lung Cancer January 23, 2025
    A very personal mission

    Facing incurable cancer, this doctor saw opportunity

  • Cancer May 19, 2025
    ‘The first experiments produced just jaw-dropping results’

    Stanford neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje is pursuing a cure for a deadly pediatric brain cancer – and reshaping our understanding of how cancer and brain development intersect.

  • Awards & Honors May 14, 2025
    Stanford names SEQ for donor gift

    The Robert Rosenkranz Science and Engineering Quad honors generous gifts that support aging research and endow professorships in the STEM fields.

  • Biochemistry May 06, 2025
    SLAC, Stanford researchers discover large protein-free RNA structures

    Cryogenic electron microscopy showed for the first time that large RNA complexes can assemble without the help of proteins, expanding our understanding of RNA folding and function.

  • Clearing the air

    An epidemiologist is on a mission to reduce pollution where past efforts have failed—and end an environmental health nightmare.

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Awards & Honors

  • Awards & Honors May 15, 2025
    $20 million to study viral community

    Investigators at the newly established Viromes Across Space(s) and Time Center will help to catalog human-dwelling viruses and shed light on the virome.

  • Awards & Honors May 14, 2025
    Statement from Stanford School of Medicine on Alum Casey Means

    Casey Means, MD, has been nominated to serve as the United States surgeon general.

  • Awards & Honors May 01, 2025
    April 2025 Recognitions

    A professor and a nurse practitioner were named fellows of professional organizations, a pair of researchers received a grant to develop a brain-computer interface, and three pediatrics professors were recognized for their contributions to scientific research.

  • Awards & Honors March 25, 2025
    Stanford Medicine congratulates Jay Bhattacharya

    Jay Bhattacharya is confirmed as director of the National Institutes of Health.

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