2022

  • Helen Blau earns National Medal of Science

    Often called “America’s Nobel Prize,” the National Medal of Science honors the country’s leading researchers. Stem cell biologist Helen Blau was recognized for her work on cellular plasticity and aging.

  • AI drafts lab result explanations

    A new artificial intelligence tool will help Stanford Health Care physicians inform patients of their test results, with the goal of reducing administrative tasks.

  • AI predicts cancer treatment outcomes

    A new artificial intelligence tool developed at Stanford Medicine combines data from medical images with text to predict cancer prognoses and treatment responses.

  • Predicting Type 2 diabetes with AI

    Stanford Medicine researchers are using artificial intelligence to help identify the underlying biology behind Type 2 diabetes.

  • Kendric Smith dies at 98

    Smith, who founded the American Society of Photobiology, was an expert in radiation-induced damage of DNA and cellular repair pathways.

  • Toward a longer-lasting vaccine response

    A surprising class of blood cell not typically associated with immunity plays a role in shaping the durability of immunity to vaccination, new research suggests.

  • Terence Ketter dies at 74

    The Stanford Medicine psychiatrist ran the university’s bipolar disorder clinic and studied associations between mental illness and creativity.

  • Using AI for medical chart review

    Stanford Medicine researchers trained a large language model to read medical charts, looking for signs that kids with ADHD received the right follow-up care when using new medications.

  • New, improved flu-vaccine construct

    Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, Stanford Medicine scientists have shown.

  • Top scientific advancements

    Looking back on 2024, science writers at the Office of Communications picked some of the most significant scientific achievements at Stanford Medicine.