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Same mutation aided evolution in many fish species, Stanford study finds

After decades of laboratory work studying how animals evolve, researchers sometimes need to put on the hip waders, pull out the fishing net and go learn how their theory compares to the real world. According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study published in the March 25 issue of Science, Mother Nature is more predictable than lab experiments suggest. In a diverse group of fish...

First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say Stanford researchers

Scientists have believed that neurons need a long period of fine-tuning and training with other neurons before they take on their adult role. But after using new technology for the first time to watch these cells develop, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that neurons come into this world with a good idea about what they'll become as adults. The work...

Stem cells from brain transformed to produce insulin at Stanford

With careful coaxing, stem cells from the brain can form insulin-producing cells that mimic those missing in people with diabetes, according to a paper published in the April 26 issue of PLoS Medicine. Although the work is not yet ready for human patients, Seung Kim, MD, PhD, the lead author and assistant professor of developmental biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, sai...

Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem

The universe of microbes that lives in your stomach may be nearly as unique as your fingerprint, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine who have embarked on the early stages of exploring the intestinal ecosystem. Using molecular techniques that detect all known types of microbes and borrowing statistical techniques from field ecology and population genetics,...

Young Blood Revives Aging Muscles, Stanford Researchers Find

Any older person can attest that aging muscles don't heal like young ones. But it turns out that's not the muscle's fault. A study in the Feb. 17 issue of Nature shows that it's old blood that keeps the muscles down. The study, led by Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, built on previous work show...

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Stanford Medical Center Implements The First Virtual Cardiac Ultrasound

Stanford Hospital in US is one of the first to implement a 3D cardiac ultrasound machine to see the workings of the heart without having to operate.// The machine is a computer designed to show all angles of the patient’s heart. The technology uses an “intelligent” echocardiography system. The artificial intelligence of the system can be used to quantify cardiac functions that can lead to more pr...

Apollo And Stanford Team To Train Emergency Medical Technicians

The collaboration between Apollo Hospitals and the Stanford Emergency Medicine International, US, would be marked by a launch of a first-ever international programme for training of emergency medical technicians in India//. The one-year full time programme would be conducted at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. Candidates who have passed Intermediate or an equivalent examination are eligible...

Stanford Researchers Identify A Gene Causing Downs Syndrome

Research scientists at Stanford’s School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital claim that they might have found a possible cause for mental retardation//in Down syndrome, in a gene that causes neurons in the brain to stop functioning normally, affecting attention, and memory. The researchers in US have explained in journal Neuron, that they have identified a gene that, if...

Transgender Experience - A Tool to Analyze Gender Difference By Stanford Scientist

Ben Barres who has a distinct edge joined the debate with many others to discuss on the focus whether the men's brain suit inherently better for science than women.// Instead of giving a conceptual argument on the similarities and differences among the gender he has lived as both and proved. Barres' experience as a female-to-male transgendered person led him to write a pointed comment...

Pharmaceutical Companies Banned from Giving Gifts at Stanford

Stringent new rules will soon ban gifts like coffee mugs, notepads, pens and tote bags adorned with drug company logos at the Stanford University Medical Center offices.// The rules, expected to take effect from Oct. 1 will not allow physicians and medical students at Stanford University to accept any gifts, irrespective of its size from any medical representative selling drugs, medical devices...

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Stanford Researchers Find Brain Pathway of Depression in Rats

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2007 - Scientists' huntfor the cause of depression has implicated so many suspects andfound so many treatments with different mechanisms that thecondition remains an enigma. Now researchers at the StanfordUniversity School of Medicine have identified one unifyingprinciple that could explain how a range of causes and treatmentsfor depression converge...

Common Preterm Labor Drug Has More Side Effects Than Alternative, Finds Study from Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 29, 2007 - The drug mostcommonly used to arrest preterm labor, magnesium sulfate, is morelikely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious sideeffects in pregnant women, according to a study from researchers atLucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University Schoolof Medicine. Their findings suggest that, since the effectivenessof...

Stanford Researchers Track Human Stem Cells Transplanted Into Rat Brain

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 4, 2007 - Researchers at theStanford University School of Medicine have illuminated the pathtaken by human neural stem cells that were transplanted into thebrains of rats and mice, and found that the cells successfullynavigate toward areas damaged by stroke. The research group placed miniscule particles of iron insidestem cells to act as cellular bea...

Once-Fatal Metabolic Disorders Treatable, Says Stanford/Packard Researcher

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2007 - People with aclass of rare genetic disorders that often lead to brain damage,coma and death can be successfully treated with drugs, says aresearcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and LucilePackard Children's Hospital. The researchers found in their unprecedented 25-year study thatprompt diagnosis coupled with a rapid start...

Limiting Eligibility for Medical Studies Can Omit Women, African-Americans, Stanford Study Finds

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007 - A new analysishas found that many alcohol treatment studies are designed in waysthat inadvertently omit women and African-Americans fromparticipation. The Stanford University School of Medicineresearcher who led the effort said the findings should remind allscientists that strict study eligibility criteria can haveunintended, negative conseq...

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