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Stephen Wolfram reflects on the personal analytics of his life Stephen Wolfram, the creator of Wolfram|Alpha, has been collecting details on his intellectual and physical activity for over two decades. In a post yesterday on Wired’s Epicenter blog, Wolfram sifts through the massive volume of personal data and illustrates how such reservoirs of information can be used to teases out […]
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Ask Stanford Med: Rafael Pelayo answers questions on sleep research and offers tips for ‘springing forward’ Changes to our sleep schedules like the upcoming change to daylight saving time can make it hard to fall or stay asleep. In an effort to help you spring forward and stay on track, Stanford’s Rafael Pelayo, MD, recently took questions on […]
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New Stanford immune-system sensor may speed up, slash cost of detecting disease An inexpensive new medical sensor has the potential to simplify the diagnosis of diseases ranging from life-threatening immune deficiencies to the common cold, according to its inventors at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their device, called an integrated microfluidics-waveguide sensor, sorts and counts […]
Kidney-transplant patients celebrate unprecedented freedom from immunosuppressant drugs In the year 2000, just as Daniel Bitner was starting dental school at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, he got a kick in the teeth. A routine physical turned up elevated blood pressure and creatinine levels, which taken together can mean kidney malfunction. He soon learned […]
Irradiation and stem cells used in new treatment to enable kidney recipients to forego immunosuppressant drugs With a novel approach that creates a more-accepting immune system, Stanford School of Medicine physicians have pioneered a technique that frees kidney-transplant recipients from a life on anti-rejection drugs. Unlike the standard care after such a transplant, the Stanford doctors irradiate […]
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Egg-Producing Stem Cells Found in Women Researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of women and observed these cells giving rise to young egg cells, or oocytes. The finding may point the way toward improved treatments for female infertility. Egg-producing stem cells isolated from an adult human ovary can generate an oocyte […]
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Colonoscopies Prevent Colon Cancer Deaths Removing polyps during colonoscopy can not only prevent colorectal cancer, but also reduce deaths from the disease for years, according to a new study. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in both men and women nationwide. In 2012, more than 143,000 people in the United States […]
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Bacteria’s Contracting Syringe Machine Some bacteria, such as those that cause cholera, use a special system to inject toxins into the cells of host organisms and other bacteria. A new study has revealed how this syringe-like injection system works at a molecular level. A bacterium delivers a lethal injection to another cell. Illustration by Everett Kane. […]
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Ask Stanford Med: Neuroscientist responds to questions on pain and love’s analgesic effects Stanford neuroscientist Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, recently took questions about pain research and the analgesic effects of love as part of our ongoing Ask Stanford Med feature. Mackey began his responses with a message for everyone who submitted questions: “I would like to first complement the […]
Almost Alcoholic. Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drinking a Problem The First Volume in The Almost Effect Series by Robert Doyle, MD and Joseph Nowinski, PhD “A stunning achievement. ALMOST ALCOHOLIC shines light on behavior that has thus far largely escaped scrutiny—namely drinking that is definitely causing problems even though it doesn’t rise […]
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