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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Stanford's heart health app launches in Hong Kong and UK
August 6, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Updates to the MyHeart Counts app, developed by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Euan Ashley and Michael McConnell, include more feedback from other users to help participants improve their own heart health and further contribute to the study. -
Elusive liver stem cell identified in mice by researchers
August 5, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Roeland Nusse have found a previously unknown population of cells in mice that function as liver stem cells. The finding could aid drug testing and increase understanding of liver biology and disease. -
Stanford scientists devise method for rescuing genetic material from formaldehyde-treated tissue samples
August 3, 2015 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliates Eric Kool and Ash Alizadeh have developed a catalyst that saves RNA, which could lead to better patient outcomes when pulling genetic information. -
Brain-controlled prosthesis nearly as good as one-finger typing
July 31, 2015 - Stanford Report
Years of work under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Krishna Shenoy have yielded a technique that continuously corrects brain readings to give people with spinal cord injuries a more precise way to tap out commands by using a thought-controlled cursor. -
Women’s immune system genes operate differently from men’s
July 29, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new technology developed under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Howard Chang reveals that immune system genes switch on and off differently in women and men, and the source of that variation is not primarily in the DNA. -
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell steps into virtual reality at Stanford lab
July 24, 2015 - Stanford Report
During a visit to Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jeremy Bailenson's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell learned how virtual experiences could improve training and officiating, and also teach players empathy. -
Researchers link HIV susceptibility to little-understood immune cell class
July 22, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
High levels of diversity among natural killer cells may predispose people to HIV infection, says a study by Bio-X affiliated faculty Catherine Blish and Susan Holmes and 2014 Bio-X SIGF Fellow Julia Fukuyama and 2013 Travel Awardee Dara Strauss-Albee. -
DNA damage seen in patients undergoing CT scanning
July 22, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Patricia Nguyen, Joseph Wu, Russ Altman, and Dominik Fleischmann addresses rising public health concerns about possible links between low-dose radiation and cancer. -
Low levels of hormone linked to social deficit in autism
July 22, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Karen Parker, Antonio Hardan, and Joseph Garner, partially supported by the Bio-X NeuroVentures program, finds that in children with autism, low levels of the hormone vasopressin predict a social deficit. -
Megacities must address climate change, Stanford Nobel laureate says
July 21, 2015 - Stanford Report
Stanford chemist and Bio-X affiliated faculty member W.E. Moerner suggests that the world's largest cities should take steps to reduce the impacts of global warming. -
Team links gene expression, immune system with cancer survival rates
July 20, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A team under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ash Alizadeh, Sylvia Plevritis, Maximilian Diehn, and Robert West finds that linking gene expression patterns and immune system response to patient survival rates illuminates broad prognostic correlations. -
Iron-containing inflammatory cells seen in Alzheimer’s brains
July 20, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Scientists under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Zeineh and Brian Rutt have located inflamed, iron-containing scavenger cells in a memory-formation structure in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients who died. -
Football helmet tests may not account for concussion-prone actions
July 20, 2015 - Stanford Report
Evidence suggests that concussions in football are caused by the sudden rotation of the skull. Bio-X affiliated faculty member David Camarillo's lab, including Bio-X Bowes Fellow Lyndia Wu, suggests that current tests don't account for these movements. -
Antioxidants help treat skin-picking disorder in mice, researcher says
July 13, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Two antioxidant supplements were found in research by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Joseph Garner to be effective in treating a skin-picking disorder in mice, suggesting they may be useful in people with the condition. -
Immune response to a flu protein yields new insights into narcolepsy
July 1, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Lawrence Steinman suggests that a swine flu vaccine may have caused rare cases of narcolepsy by stimulating antibodies to attack brain cells that help regulate sleep. -
Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature
June 30, 2015 - Stanford Report
A study co-authored by Bio-X affiliated faculty member James Gross finds that walking in nature yields measurable mental benefits and may reduce risk of depression. -
Stanford high-speed video reveals how lovebirds keep a clear line of sight during acrobatic flight
June 30, 2015 - Stanford Report
Lovebirds turn their heads at record speeds to maneuver. Bio-X affiliated faculty member David Lentink says this strategy could be applied to drone cameras. -
Making an Old Brain Young
June 29, 2015
Bio-X Director Carla Shatz delivers a TEDxStanford talk posing the question of whether we will one day soon be able to make an old brain young. -
Stanford researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells
June 25, 2015 - Stanford Report
Crystalline semiconductors like silicon can catch photons and convert their energy into electron flows. New research under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Xiaolin Zheng shows a little stretching could give one of silicon's lesser-known cousins its own place. -
Stanford Medicine magazine shows some skin — and all its complexity
June 24, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The summer issue goes deep on the most superficial part of the body: skin, featuring work by numerous Bio-X affiliated faculty members. -
Single-catalyst water splitter from Stanford produces clean-burning hydrogen 24/7
June 23, 2015 - Stanford Report
Stanford scientists under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Yi Cui have developed a cheap and efficient way to extract clean-burning hydrogen fuel from water perpetually. -
Research sheds light on how neurons control muscle movement
June 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
New research under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Krishna Shenoy and Jaimie Henderson sheds light on how individual neurons control muscle movement in humans and could help in developing better brain-controlled prosthetic devices. -
Brain connections last as long as the memories they store, Stanford neuroscientist finds
June 22, 2015 - Stanford Report
A team under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mark Schnitzer applied microscopy to a neuroscience theory: synapses storing memories should last as long as the memories. -
Kennewick Man closely related to Native Americans, geneticists say
June 18, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The 8,500-year-old skeleton has been the subject of a dispute. Genetic analyses under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Carlos Bustamante suggest he is an ancestor of present-day Native Americans. -
Molecular cause of heart condition identified by researchers
June 18, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The beta adrenergic pathway is dysfunctional in dilated cardiomyopathy. Now, researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Joseph Wu have learned how a mutation that causes the disease affects the pathway, and how to mitigate its effects. -
Toothed whales have survived millions of years without key antiviral proteins, researchers find
June 15, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Two genes that defend against many viral infections are nonfunctional in toothed whales, a new study under Bio-X faculty affiliate Gill Bejerano asserts. -
Awards recognize exceptional work in education, patient care
June 15, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Faculty, staff, residents and a student were honored for a variety of contributions to Stanford Medicine at the medical school’s 2015 commencement. -
Discovery of molecular pathway could lead to pancreatitis treatments
June 11, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
New research under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Aida Habtezion could lead to pharmacological treatments for chronic pancreatitis, a severe and currently untreatable disease. -
Scientists find genetic underpinnings of functional brain networks seen in imaging studies
June 11, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Under Bio-X affiliated faculty Michael Greicius, the view that discrete brain regions act in synchrony has been confirmed by a study showing coordination at the genetic level. -
Gene discoveries may lead to regeneration of cells needed for hearing
June 11, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Stefan Heller identified patterns of gene expression that may determine whether the ear’s inner pillar cells can give rise to new hair cells, which are key to hearing.