October 20, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Daniel Palanker led a clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, in which people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs. This work was initially launched by a 2008 Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant titled: Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis.

September 15, 2025 - Stanford Report News
New fruit fly research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Dmitri Petrov, with Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Anastasia Lyulina and lead author Dr. Marianthi Karageorgi, provides the first direct evidence of “dominance reversal,” revealing why pesticide resistance is so hard to eliminate in changing environments.

September 9, 2025 - Stanford Report News
For the first time, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Manu Prakash and Kevin Arrigo, with co-authors Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellow Hongquan Li and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Hope Leng and lead author Dr. Qing Zhang, report that Arctic algae can hustle along in -15 C – the lowest-temperature movement ever recorded in complex, living cells. This discovery raises new questions about how algal communities regulate the overall health of the Arctic environment.

August 14, 2025 - Stanford Report News
A new device from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members and Clark Center building resident faculty members Frank Willett and Jaimie Henderson and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Shaul Druckmann, with co-lead authors Dr. Erin Kunz and Benyamin Meschede-Krasa could help decode inner speech in paralysis patients – but only on their command – potentially restoring rapid communication.

August 12, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Nearly 25% of adults over 40 are affected by osteoarthritis. New research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Scott Delp and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Garry Gold and Feliks Kogan, with first author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Scott Uhlrich demonstrates how personalized walking patterns can slow cartilage degradation and deliver pain relief comparable to medication.

July 30, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Jonas Cremer, with lead author Dr. Markus Arnoldini, reveals a new method for quantifying fatty acid production in the gut and highlights the important role of complex carbs in energy and overall health.

July 16, 2025 - Stanford Report News
New tools from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Mark Schnitzer and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Lin, with lead authors Dr. Simon Haziza and Dr. Radosław Chrapkiewicz, reveal how neuron-specific waves travel through the brains of mice in real time. They hold promise for understanding diseases such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s, and open avenues for advances in neuroscience and AI.

June 16, 2025
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2025 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) cohort!

June 5, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News 
Stanford Bio-X and Clark Center building resident Oscar Abilez, with co-lead author Dr. Huaxiao Yang, co-author previous Stanford Bio-X Fellow Kitchener Wilson, and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ioannis Karakikes, Gary Peltz, Christopher Zarins, and Joseph Wu, developed a way to create the first heart and liver organoids that generate their own blood vessels, possibly paving the way for organoid-based regenerative therapies.

June 4, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Snyder and Tracey McLaughlin, with co-first authors Ben Ehlert, Dr. Ahmed Metwally, and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Dr. Yue Wu have identified blood glucose response patterns to different carbohydrates that correspond to insulin resistance, beta cell dysfunction and hypertension.

May 29, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Karl Deisseroth, Paul Nuyujukian, Vivek Buch, Carolyn Rodriguez, Jennifer McNab, Boris Heifets, Jaimie Henderson, Leanne Williams, Liqun Luo, and Anish Mitra, co-author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Logan Grosenick, and co-lead authors Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Isaac Kauvar, Ethan Richman, and Tony Liu find that humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders.

May 21, 2025 - Stanford Report
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Daria Mochly-Rosen and Soichi Wakatsuki, with co-lead authors Drs. Suman Pokhrel and Gwangbeom Heo, discovered a small molecule that restores stressed mitochondria in human cells – damage tied to Parkinson’s, ALS, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. The work, now patented, could lead to the development of new treatments.

May 12, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Cancer treatment with a cell-based immunotherapy causes mild cognitive impairment, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michelle Monje, Crystal Mackall, and Robbie Majzner, with co-lead authors Stanford Bio-X postdoc Dr. Anna Geraghty and Lehi Acosta-Alvarez, have found. They also identified compounds that could treat it.

May 1, 2025 - Stanford News
A new initiative led by Stanford Bio-X unites all seven Stanford schools to integrate research, education, and innovation for a healthier, more sustainable food future. At the kickoff symposium, researchers discussed topics including optimal diets, climate resilience, and AI.