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.
October 12, 2018 - Stanford News
A new computer model from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ellen Kuhl maps how misshapen proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and ALS spread throughout the brain. The work, supported by a Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, could aid in finding ways to diagnose and treat these neurodegenerative disorders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 13, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Seung Kim and former Stanford research associate Jonghyeob Lee have devised a way to mimic the earliest stages of pancreatic cancer development using human pancreatic cells implanted into mice.
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.
March 10, 2017 - Stanford News
Paving the way for flexible electronics, Bio-X affiliates Zhenan Bao and Christian Linder and Travel Award recipient Noelle Rabiah have developed a plastic electrode that stretches like rubber but carries electricity like wires.
March 8, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliate Michael Greicius found that teaching ordinary people a technique used by “memory athletes” not only boosted their recall ability but also induced lasting changes in the organization of their brains.
March 7, 2017
Among philanthropist William Bowes’s many contributions to science are hundreds of interdisciplinary graduate students he supported through Bio-X Bowes Fellowships. He passed away in December 2016.
March 6, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliate Polly Fordyce uses microfluidic tools to understand protein interactions in the body — knowledge that could help researchers develop therapeutics for a variety of diseases. She collaborates with Bio-X affiliated faculty members Matthew Bogyo and Martha Cyert, and the latter collaboration is supported by a Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant.
March 2, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Michael Eisenberg is conducting the Stanford CYCling and Lower Effects (CYCLE) study to hone in on the factors affecting the comfort and safety of cycling.
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