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Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial.
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Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct
Stanford researchers hope new technique will flip lymphoma protein's normal action - from preventing cell death to triggering it.
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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain
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Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study
In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe depression.
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Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare: study
Analyzing a national cancer database, researchers find a bump in diagnoses at 65, suggesting that many wait for Medicare to kick in before they seek care.
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A new form of brain stimulation relieved severe depression in a small study
Stanford Medicine researchers used high doses of magnetic stimulation, delivered on an accelerated timeline and targeted to individual neurocircuitry, to treat patients with severe depression.
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Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
Stanford scientists devised a blood-based test that accurately identified people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study reports.
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Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice
Aging causes changes in gut bacteria in mice, which hampers communication between the intestines and the brain. Restoring this connection helped old mice form memories as well as young animals.
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Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens
Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the closest yet to a universal vaccine.
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Paul Kalanithi, writer and neurosurgeon, dies at 37
Paul Kalanithi wrote essays for The New York Times and Stanford Medicine reflecting on being a physician and a patient, the human experience of facing death, and the joy he found despite terminal illness.
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Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way
A new study led by Stanford Medicine researchers is the first to reveal how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals.
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‘Anti-hunger’ molecule forms after exercise, scientists discover
Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have identified a molecule that staves off hunger post-exercise.
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Adult immune systems ‘remember’ germs to which they’ve never been exposed (2013)
A new study shows that, contrary to established dogma, key immune cells in healthy adults somehow acquire "memory" of microbes that have never entered their bodies.
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Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
In a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.
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Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke patients
People disabled by a stroke demonstrated substantial recovery long after the event when modified adult stem cells were injected into their brains.
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Study Reveals Immune Driver of Brain Aging
Scientists have identified a key factor in mental aging and shown that it might be prevented or reversed by fixing a glitch in the immune system's front-line soldiers.
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Computers do better than pathologists in predicting lung cancer type, severity
Automating the analysis of slides of lung cancer tissue samples increases the accuracy of tumor classification and patient prognoses, according to a new study.
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Emmanuel Mignot wins Breakthrough Prize for discovering cause of narcolepsy
The Stanford Medicine sleep researcher is honored for discovering the role of orexins in narcolepsy and paving the way to new sleep disorder therapies.
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Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
In an unusual trial, Stanford Medicine researchers found that a patient’s belief that they had received ketamine, even if they didn’t, could improve their depression.
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Tiny DNA circles are key drivers of cancer, study finds
Tiny circles of DNA harbor cancer-associated oncogenes and immunomodulatory genes promoting cancer development. They arise during transformation from pre-cancer to cancer, say Stanford Medicine-led team.
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Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024)
Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.
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Brain fog after Covid-19 has similarities to ‘chemo brain’ in humans and mice
Researchers found that damage to the brain's white matter after COVID-19 resembles that seen after cancer chemotherapy, raising hope for treatments to help both conditions.
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Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanford study shows
Researchers found that surgical masks impede the spread of COVID-19 and that just a few, low-cost interventions increase mask-wearing compliance.
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Common prostate cancer treatment linked to later dementia, researcher says
A new retrospective study of the health records of prostate cancer patients supports an association between androgen deprivation therapy and future risk of dementia.
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Robot-assisted surgery associated with longer operating times, higher cost
A Stanford study of nearly 24,000 patients with kidney cancer concluded that robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries are associated with increases in operating times and cost compared with conventional laparoscopic surgeries.
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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for study.
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Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrative costs of health care
A new analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a "Medicare for All" program through incremental changes to the private health care market.
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Group averages obscure how an individual's brain controls behavior: study
Studying brain scan data from individuals — not group averages — reveals key brain-function differences in children who struggle with goal-oriented tasks, a Stanford Medicine study found.
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Stanford Medicine COVID-19 test now in use
The Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory has deployed an in-house diagnostic test for the virus that causes COVID-19. Rapid identification of infected people could help limit the spread of the virus.
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Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves mental illness
A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain.