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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.

  • 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.

  • An investment in community health

    Stanford Medicine donations continue to assist community members with food and housing security, and expanded access to dental and medical care, among other contributions.

  • Osteoarthritis May 05, 2025
    Lighting up ‘zombie cells’

    Research led by Stanford Medicine points to the first non-invasive imaging method to visualize senescent cells, which are alive but dormant and play a key role in many diseases.

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  • 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.

  • Infectious Diseases March 27, 2025
    A prevention plan for avoiding a bird flu epidemic

    The H5N1 bird flu has been making news nationwide, but it also has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not carefully checked.

  • Digital tool gives kids with ADHD feedback on their brains during cognitive exercises

    Stanford Medicine cognitive neuroscientists show that a brain imaging tool with real-time feedback helps children with ADHD perform tasks that require working memory.

  • Diabetes March 13, 2025
    5 things to know about the effects of seed oils on health

    With news cycles abuzz about the pros and cons of consuming seed oils, a nutrition expert breaks down what he believes consumers should know.

  • 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

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  • 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.

  • Pediatrics May 01, 2025
    Honoring Dr. Maurice L. Druzin, Who Transformed Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Stanford

    Maurice Druzin, MD, has retired after a decades-long career that redefined obstetrical care and maternal-fetal medicine research and education.

  • Awards & Honors April 30, 2025
    Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Seven Stanford researchers join the scholarly society, which works to promote science for public good.

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Awards & Honors

  • 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.

  • Awards & Honors March 28, 2025
    Five Stanford University faculty named AAAS fellows

    The faculty are among 471 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Awards & Honors April 02, 2025
    March 2025 Recognitions

    A postdoctoral scholar and a professor received funding from a cancer research foundation, a pediatrics professor was recognized by a society on tobacco research, a radiology professor was elected to a bioengineering society board, and a pediatric neurologist was honored with an award for service to visually impaired children.

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