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

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

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/01/type-2-diabetes2025-01-07T14:51:06.866Z2025-01-07T14:51:06.866Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

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

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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.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/01/test-immunity-last2024-12-19T18:27:38.875Z2024-12-19T18:27:38.875Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

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

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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.

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

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/12/flu-vaccine2024-12-19T19:04:40.146Z2024-12-19T19:04:40.146Znoemail@noemail.orgphannon

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

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Stanford University scientists’ findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and pain.

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Six-year-olds who were exposed prenatally to common antiseizure medications had normal verbal and cognitive abilities, a large, multisite study has found.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/12/epilepsy-pregnancy2024-12-13T22:06:05.335Z2024-12-13T22:06:05.335Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Researchers used a new screening technique to identify genes involved in heart cell damage during a common chemotherapy treatment. They also found a drug that may be able to prevent it.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/heart-cell-chemotherapy2024-11-27T21:49:02.668Z2024-11-27T21:49:02.668Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

New drug treats a rare heart disease, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM.

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Mutations in a complex that helps proteins fold correctly are tied to developmental disorders that include seizures and intellectual disability, Stanford Medicine-led research has found.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/protein-folding-brain2024-11-21T22:53:58.379Z2024-11-21T22:53:58.379Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Researchers used artificial intelligence to predict the activity of thousands of genes in tumors based on routinely collected images of tumor biopsies. It could guide treatment without costly genomic tests.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/cancer-gene-biopsy2024-11-20T17:27:05.691Z2024-11-20T17:27:05.691Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Stanford Medicine launches a pilot program collaboration to expand its CME courses to a broader audience worldwide, setting a new standard for online medical education.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/continuing-medical-education2024-11-12T23:53:09.347Z2024-11-12T23:53:09.347Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

CAR-T cells show promise against pediatric diffuse midline gliomas, brain and spinal cord tumors that are among the deadliest cancers, a Stanford Medicine trial found.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/car-t-brain-cancer2024-11-13T19:47:09.478Z2024-11-13T19:47:09.478Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A Stanford Medicine study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/11/flu-antibody2024-11-19T00:35:28.431Z2024-11-19T00:35:28.431Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Tiny circles called ecDNA are critical in cancer development and drug resistance. An international Stanford Medicine-led team publishes landmark studies detailing new findings and potential therapies.

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Artificial intelligence and digital technology experts convened to discuss the benefits, challenges and potential of a digitally driven future in biomedical research and health care.

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Blood tests for colorectal cancer are an option for patients who would otherwise not be screened, but they are not as effective as colonoscopies or stool tests, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/colon-cancer-screening2025-01-07T01:15:34.750Z2025-01-07T01:15:34.750Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

The goal of the Clinical and Translational Science Award is to convert new treatments into care more rapidly.

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Stanford researchers hope new technique will flip lymphoma protein’s normal action — from preventing cell death to triggering it.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/protein-cancer2024-10-22T22:26:38.651Z2024-10-22T22:26:38.651Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Konstantina Stankovic and David Studdert join the distinguished society of scientists.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/national-academy-medicine2024-10-22T16:48:11.840Z2024-10-22T16:48:11.840Znoemail@noemail.orglorama

Some patients hospitalized for an emergency illness or injury will develop mental health problems months after the experience. A new screening tool can anticipate who’s most at risk.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/mental-health-hospitalization2024-11-16T00:42:34.143Z2024-11-16T00:42:34.143Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

The Center for Dissemination and Implementation will receive $37 million to improve access to effective mental health services, including underserved populations.

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Stanford Medicine researchers, after creating an AI-based algorithm to find complex structural variants in the human genome, learned those variants likely contribute to psychiatric disease.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/complex-genomic-variants-psychiatric-diseases2024-10-18T17:12:17.751Z2024-10-18T17:12:17.751Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

A Stanford Medicine-led study found that residual liver cancer cells interact with neighboring macrophages to prompt the disease to reappear.

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Lloyd Minor, David Entwistle and Paul King outline key strategic priorities — innovation in artificial intelligence and cancer research and care — at the State of Stanford Medicine address.

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About 80% of emergency departments aren’t fully prepared to care for kids. Upgrading them would be a highly cost-effective way to save lives, a study found.

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Kids with highly disturbed sleep or frequent nightmares at age 9 or 10 were more likely than sound sleepers to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors by age 12, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/childhood-sleep-suicide2024-10-04T22:58:12.966Z2024-10-04T22:58:12.966Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Biden administration-sponsored investments to transform critical areas of medicine and health will fund Stanford Medicine researchers pursuing a variety of goals.

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Chase founded a hand surgery division at Stanford Medicine, curated anatomy image collections, oversaw medical examinations and helped restore the limbs of people around the world.

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The researchers’ finding suggests the possibility of designing pharmaceutical or genetic therapies to turn on new neuron production in old or injured brains.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/10/study-generating-neurons2024-10-04T15:31:07.385Z2024-10-04T15:31:07.385Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Programs designed to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are linked to depression, PTSD and suicidality in a Stanford Medicine-led study of more than 4,000 participants.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/09/conversion-practices-lgbt2024-09-30T22:35:31.954Z2024-09-30T22:35:31.954Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

More than 130 new graduate students in 16 specialties received a warm welcome — and lab coats — as they began their doctoral studies at Stanford Medicine.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/09/lab-coat-ceremony2024-09-30T22:42:42.986Z2024-09-30T22:42:42.986Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Stanford Medicine scientists and colleagues discover bacterial genes can encode multiple versions of themselves, altering a core understanding of genetics.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/09/gene-flipping2024-09-27T16:15:39.822Z2024-09-27T16:15:39.822Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

Conley used her prominent position to advocate for women in medicine.

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Cardiology and genetics expert Euan Ashley will become the new chair of Stanford Medicine’s Department of Medicine.

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Experts from academia, industry, the humanities and more gathered on the Stanford Medicine campus to pitch their concepts for the future of medicine.

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A new study led by Stanford Medicine scientists found that certain changes in neural activity predicted which patients would benefit from a type of cognitive behavioral therapy.

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A transformative gift brings a significantly expanded scope and a new name to the university’s biodesign center.

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Stanford Medicine-led research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than half.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/09/yoga-exercise-incontinence2024-09-25T17:12:06.593Z2024-09-25T17:12:06.593Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

With bright white coats and shiny stethoscopes, the medical and physician assistant students at Stanford Medicine mark the beginning of their training.

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The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine covers research on cells, providing insights into basic biology, human health and the power of curiosity.

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Dikran Horoupian, the director of neuropathology at Stanford Medicine for nearly two decades, focused on degenerative and neoplastic disease and launched a muscle and nerve biopsy lab.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/08/horoupian-obituary2024-08-22T19:40:18.846Z2024-08-22T19:40:18.846Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

A Stanford Medicine-led study found that frail older patients who waited to start dialysis died only nine days earlier on average — and spent more time at home — than those who began treatment immediately.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/08/dialysis-older2024-08-15T20:00:43.543Z2024-08-15T20:00:43.543Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

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.

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

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/08/massive-biomolecular-shifts-occur-in-our-40s-and-60s--stanford-m2024-08-12T20:12:37.090Z2024-08-12T20:12:37.090Znoemail@noemail.orgmerickso

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.

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