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Alzheimer’s-implicated protein tau scrambles nerve cells’ powerpacks
– Stanford Medicine News CenterAlzheimer’s-implicated protein tau scrambles nerve cells’ powerpacks
Bingwei Lu, PhD, professor of pathology, is the study’s senior author. Lead authorship is shared by basic life research scientists Wen Li, PhD, and Suman Rimal, PhD. “This is the first demonstration of exactly what tau does inside mitochondria,” Lu said. “Our discovery of a whole new mechanism driving tauopathies renders these disorders amenable to new therapeutic interventions.”
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Dr. Thodore Roth receives AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
The AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators aim to empower and support cancer researchers, help launch their careers, and enable them to become thought leaders in the field. These grants are intended to provide talented investigators with the resources and dedicated time to establish innovative, emerging research projects...
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Jon Long: What can pythons teach us about weight loss?
What can pythons’ unusual feast-and-famine lifestyle teach us about weight loss? Stanford Medicine researcher Jonathan Long, PhD, explains how studying the dramatic metabolic changes pythons experience after eating could reveal new pathways for understanding appetite, metabolism and weight loss.
Stanford Pathology Research
Read some of the most note worthy research articles published by Stanford Pathology Faculty
- NATURE REVIEWS, 2026
"Antibody–drug conjugates in gynaecological cancers: opportunities and challenges" - AJCP, 2026
"Defining baseline high-sensitivity cardiac troponin levels in healthy collegiate athletes" - NATURE, 2026
"Transposable elements are driving rapid adaptation of Enterococcus faecium" - CELL, 2026
"A recipe for chaos: Extrachromosomal DNA and the hallmarks of cancer" - WHO, 2026
"Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026" - Nature, 2026
"Intestinal interoceptive dysfunction drives age-associated cognitive decline" - CELL, 2026
"BHB & CAR-T for Lymphomas" - SCIENCE, 2026
"Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats" - CELL, 2026
"EcDNA-borne structural variants drive oncogenic fusion transcript amplification"
Stanford Pathology
Upcoming Lectures & Events
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September 01, 2026 Pathology Grand Rounds: “p53 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Neoplasms: From Pathobiology to Cancer Surveillance” Joseph D. Khoury, MD
Peter C. Hinrichs Chair of Pathology Informatics Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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October 30, 2026 Stanford Pathology Research Retreat 2026 To be held at David and Joan Traitel Building of Hoover Institution — Present and discuss your work with others. Registration to open soon!
