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Hal Holman staffed Stanford Medicine’s newly opened Palo Alto campus in the 1960s and was an influential rheumatologist whose research unearthed critical knowledge about autoimmunity.

Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.

A study in mice found a connection between the amino acid taurine and an enzyme called PTER — highlighting a metabolic pathway that links diet, genetics and body weight.

Babies born very early had stronger neurodevelopmental performance at 1 year if they received more skin-to-skin care as newborns, a Stanford Medicine study found.

More babies and children survive the wait for a heart transplant than in the past, but improvements are due to better medical care, not changes to wait-list rules, a new study finds.

The institute’s purpose is to understand the human immune system at multiple levels — molecular, genetic and cellular — and to harness this understanding to prevent and treat disease.

The new affiliation will connect University of the Pacific’s dental and audiology services in San Francisco with Stanford Medicine’s advanced care in oral health and hearing disorders.

Genomics and technology development expert Lars Steinmetz now leads Stanford Medicine’s genetics department.

Balls of intestinal cells from people with celiac disease faithfully model the disorder in a Stanford Medicine study. The lab-grown organoids revealed a new link between gluten and cell death.

A new study reveals social factors that increase the risk of dying from air pollution and finds stark racial disparities.