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.

Anthracyclines can be effective against breast cancer but often have toxic side effects. Stanford researchers used gene expression levels to identify women most likely to benefit from the drugs, regardless of breast cancer type or stage.

The amount, speed and duration of weight loss are better markers of medical and psychological illness in adolescents with atypical anorexia nervosa than being underweight, a study led by Stanford and UCSF researchers showed.

A celebration of the life of Stanley Schrier, a founding member of the Division of Hematology, will be held Nov. 10 on campus. Schrier died in August.

Five researchers were awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to study opioid misuse and pain treatment.

Researchers at the School of Medicine and their collaborators found that some hospitals in the state rarely administer antibiotics to newborns, while others give antibiotics to nearly half of the newborns in their care.

The cytoplasm of ruptured frog eggs can self-organize into cell-like compartments that retain the ability to undergo divisions.

Dignitaries, faculty, staff and community members gathered Oct. 23 to commemorate a key milestone in Stanford Medicine’s history of medical care and innovation.

For the atrium of the new Stanford Hospital, New York sculptor James Carpenter, who has been captivated by the properties of light and glass for 50 years, was asked to find a way to convey a sense of water without liquid.

Speakers at Stanford Medicine’s second symposium on electronic health records discussed ways to increase patients’ access to data while maintaining security and decreasing the documentation burden for physicians.