Two opposing biological pathways balance stem cell maintenance with skin development; topical drug treatments targeting them may treat skin cancers and disorders.
Hundreds of thousands of new cancer studies come out every year. Why are the results from a drug called daraxonrasib causing waves in the research community?
A large study showed that women hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum — commonly known as HG — while pregnant have higher rates of several complications.
Stanford Medicine’s Leanne Williams was chosen to lead the Precision Mental Health Commission to redefine and streamline how psychiatric conditions are diagnosed and treated. She’s pushing for a data-driven approach that begins with brain imaging.
The emergence of a nasty new virus or even an unexpected flu strain can pose a big public-health headache. Meanwhile, antiviral drug development moves at an agonizingly slow pace and cringingly high cost. But there’s a way around that.
How pregnant women and others can reduce their chemical exposure
Stanford environmental health scientist Tracey Woodruff discusses new research showing widespread exposure among pregnant women to common but understudied chemicals. She highlights what consumers and policymakers can do to protect public health.
The goal is to develop a vaccine platform that could offer a broad-based defense against a host of respiratory threats: bacteria, viruses, even allergens.
Five Stanford Medicine professors were honored for their work in psychiatry, oncology and diabetes; four were awarded funding for Parkinson’s research; and one was named an emerging leader scholar.
Stanford Medicine is harnessing artificial intelligence to expedite research, advance treatments, improve patient care and achieve better health equity. Follow the latest developments in the integration of AI technologies into biomedicine.
Researchers and physicians at Stanford Medicine are expanding our understanding of how cancer originates and spreads, discovering more effective treatments, and helping prevent recurrence.
The latest news from Stanford Medicine's research and clinical communities as they uncover the secrets of conditions such as epilepsy, autism, stroke, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease and pioneer treatments for these conditions.
Researchers and physicians at Stanford Medicine are learning the origins of mental illness and finding more effective ways to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder.
Stanford Medicine researchers are uncovering the secrets of heart conditions such as tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and heart failure while surgeons are advancing techniques for bypass operations, transplantation and fixing congenital heart deformities.
Zboralske was a leading gastrointestinal radiologist and former director of diagnostic radiology at Stanford who is remembered for his infectious enthusiasm and dedication to teaching.
Castellino, who founded the first radiation oncology division at Stanford Medicine, led the diagnostic radiology department and made important contributions to research in imaging the lymphatic system.
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