Ellen Kuhl named director of Stanford Bio-X
March 29, 2024 - Stanford News
Kuhl aims to continue Bio-X’s legacy of facilitating multidisciplinary fundamental research and innovation.
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members and fellows are generating scientific advances that expand our understanding of how the body works and will ultimately improve human health. These news stories and press releases describe some of those breakthroughs.
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Study shows protein in human umbilical cord blood rejuvenates old mice’s impaired learning, memory
April 19, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Umbilical cord blood from human newborns boosted old mice’s brain function and performance, shows research from Bio-X affiliates Tony Wyss-Coray and Martin Angst. -
Protein primes mouse stem cells to quickly repair injury
April 18, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Pretreatment with a stem-cell-activating protein significantly enhances healing in mice, Bio-X affiliate Thomas Rando says. The approach could eventually help people going into surgery or combat heal better from injuries they sustain. -
Fibrosis reversed when ‘don’t eat me’ signal blocked
April 17, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A common signaling pathway unites diverse fibrotic diseases in humans, Bio-X affiliates Gerlinde Wernig, Irv Weissman, and Garry Nolan and 2014 USRP participant Camille Van Neste find. An antibody called anti-CD47 reverses fibrosis in mice. -
Wearable sweat sensor can diagnose cystic fibrosis, study finds
April 17, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A wearable sensor developed by Stanford researchers under Bio-X affiliate Ron Davis can diagnose diseases by measuring molecular constituents of sweat, such as chloride ions and glucose. -
Simulation shows how transporter proteins do their work in cells
April 13, 2017 - Stanford News
Cells must continually pass molecules in and out to sustain life. Supported by a Seed Grant, Bio-X affiliates Ron Dror and Liang Feng have developed a computer algorithm to capture how these crucial proteins work. -
To dissolve mysteries of the cytoskeleton, Stanford researchers create new tool
April 13, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Ben Barres has come up with a tool that will allow researchers to study the cytoskeleton with much greater precision than has previously been possible. -
Suppressing single protein extends life span of mice with ALS-like disease
April 12, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A set of experiments from Bio-X affiliate Aaron Gitler reveals that suppressing a protein called ataxin 2 dramatically extends survival and improves motor function in a mouse model of ALS. -
Cancer uses inflammatory pathways to protect itself
April 11, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliates Irv Weissman, Michael Clarke, and Nicholas Leeper have discovered that cancer cells increase production of CD47, a protein protecting them from the immune system, by recruiting molecular pathways usually used for inflammatory processes. -
Researchers at Stanford create new method for recording bird flight in 3D
April 10, 2017 - Stanford News
Researchers in Bio-X affiliate David Lentink's lab developed a new way to record wing shape during bird flight in 3D. This high-resolution, high-speed, automated reconstruction method could be applied to any studies of movement. -
Stanford scientists have found that the brain’s navigation is more complex than previously thought
April 6, 2017 - Stanford News
Neuroscientists’ discovery of grid cells was hailed as a major discovery. But new results from Bio-X affiliates Lisa Giocomo and Surya Ganguli and Bio-X Honorary Fellow Niru Maheswaranathan, supported by a Seed Grant, suggest the system is more complicated than anyone had guessed. -
What is sustainability? A conversation with Stanford Earth Dean Pamela Matson
April 6, 2017 - Stanford News
Dean Pamela Matson explains why sustainability efforts today are critical to meet the needs of people now and over the long term, and how Stanford has a leadership role. -
Nerve cells actively repress alternative cell fates
April 5, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A regulatory protein blocks the expression of non-neuronal genes in nerve cells, find Bio-X affiliates Marius Wernig, Thomas Südhof, and Lars Steinmetz, and Travel Awardee Cheen Euong Ang, suggesting there are many master regulators for cell types. -
Monounsaturated fats help roundworms live longer
April 5, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Roundworms storing monounsaturated fats in their guts live longer, according to Bio-X affiliate Anne Brunet. Their study links epigenetic regulation with fat metabolism, and may have implications for many species. -
Hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery systems for Type 1 diabetes come of age
April 5, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers including Bio-X affiliate Bruce Buckingham are testing easier ways for younger children with Type 1 diabetes to get the doses of insulin they need. -
Ultrasound and microbubbles flag malignant cancer in humans
April 3, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers including Bio-X affiliates Jürgen Willmann, Sam Gambhir, and Amelie Lutz have developed tiny bubbles that bind to malignant tumors, making them visible to ultrasound imaging. -
Deep learning algorithm that could boost drug development
April 3, 2017 - Stanford News
Researchers under Bio-X affiliate Vijay Pande, including 2015 USRP participant Han Altae-Tran, show how an advanced form of machine learning that works off small amounts of data can be used to solve problems in drug discovery. -
Study shows how slow breathing induces tranquility
March 30, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Mark Krasnow, John Huguenard, and Liqun Luo have identified a small group of neurons that communicates goings-on in the brain’s respiratory control center to the structure responsible for generating arousal throughout the brain. -
Previously elusive targets for cancer immunotherapy identified
March 30, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
A collaborative team including Bio-X affiliates Ash Alizadeh, Joshua Elias, Ron Levy, Mark Davis, and Jan Carette studied patients with mantle cell lymphoma, utilizing a novel approach to identify cancer-specific antigens. -
Team led by Sanjay Basu wins third place in data analysis contest
March 24, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The team, led by Bio-X affiliate Sanjay Basu, used the data to develop and validate a clinical decision score that identifies patients likely to experience benefits when undergoing intensive blood pressure treatment. -
Stanford scientists study Pavlovian conditioning in neural networks
March 22, 2017 - Stanford News
By looking at groups of neurons in the emotional center of the brain, researchers under Bio-X affiliate Mark Schnitzer elucidated how neural networks in the brain form associations, like those made famous by Ivan Pavlov. -
Stanford researchers adapt a DIY robotics kit to give STEM students tools to automate biology experiments
March 21, 2017 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliate Ingmar Riedel-Kruse empowers students and teachers to create inexpensive automated robotic assemblies to do biology lab work in classrooms. -
Stanford scientists find a previously unknown role for the cerebellum
March 20, 2017 - Stanford News
Researchers believed that the cerebellum did little more than process our senses and control our muscles. Bio-X affiliates Liqun Luo and Mark Schnitzer have studied the most densely packed neurons in our brains to reveal that it may do much more. -
Studies of scientific bias targeting the right problems
March 20, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The biggest single source of bias across all fields of science comes from so-called small-study effects, Stanford researchers including Bio-X affiliate John Ioannidis report. -
Moderate exercise may benefit patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
March 17, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Euan Ashley finds that moderate exercise may be safe for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and could provide important health benefits. -
Stanford scientists create three-dimensional bladder reconstruction
March 16, 2017 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliates Audrey Bowden and Joseph Liao, with Travel Awardee Kristen Lurie, have created a 3D computer reconstruction of a patient’s bladder. The technique could help doctors locate tumors or other disorders and prepare for surgery. -
Stanford scientists reveal how grass developed a better way to breathe
March 16, 2017 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliate Dominique Bergmann discovered how grasses produce stomata that make them better able to withstand drought or high temperatures than many other plants, which could someday lead to crops that can better survive climate change. -
Antibody fights pediatric brain tumors in preclinical testing
March 15, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Antibodies against the CD47 “don’t eat me” signal were shown to target 5 kinds of pediatric brain tumors, say Bio-X affiliates Samuel Cheshier, Irving Weissman, Griffith Harsh, Michelle Monje, Ravindra Majeti, Gerald Grant, and Gary Steinberg. -
Unproven stem cell 'therapy' blinds three patients at Florida clinic
March 15, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
After three patients were blinded following a treatment marketed as a stem cell clinical trial, Bio-X affiliate Jeffrey Goldberg calls for increased patient education and regulation. -
Taking painkillers with sleeping pills is an increasingly risky business
March 14, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Researchers including Bio-X affiliate Sean Mackey have determined that taking strong prescription painkillers together with sleeping pills is associated with greater risk of overdose. -
As Moore’s law nears its physical limits, a new generation of brain-like computers comes of age
March 13, 2017 - Stanford News
Normal computer chips aren’t up to the challenges of next-generation devices. Bio-X affiliate Kwabena Boahen has laid out a way forward, using ideas built in to our brains.