Stanford Bio-X

Stanford Bio-X is a pioneering interdisciplinary biosciences institute dedicated to pursuing new knowledge and improving human health.

[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

In a small pilot study, a Stanford Medicine-developed tool was shown to be safe, and physicians who used it to help write discharge summaries reported reduced burnout — even when it didn't save time.
https://t.co/J0cHJq7t1J

[Stanford University @Stanford]

@StanfordMed professor Leanne Williams is helping transform mental health care by identifying the biological differences behind psychiatric disorders. Her research aims to match patients with treatments that work best for their specific condition.

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[Stanford Cancer Institute @StanfordCancer]

SCI member @corsellos discusses a new approach to treating #PancreaticCancer and why it has been so hard to treat. https://t.co/UkLHHx9qJm

[Stanford Health Care @StanfordHealth]

New research suggests that one in 10 people may have resistance to GLP-1 diabetes drugs — a phenomenon in which certain genetic variants decrease the drugs' ability to regulate blood sugar.
https://t.co/eRaBUbXDSV

[Stanford Health Care @StanfordHealth]

Stanford Medicine researchers explain how sleep influences our moods and the ‘bidirectional’ nature of that relationship — plus how we can repair broken slumber to improve our mental health.
https://t.co/SzBCnysLsN

[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

Stanford Medicine researchers and colleagues found a way to boost the tumor-fighting abilities of natural killer cells. https://t.co/hjWEth46j6

[Stanford University @Stanford]

How do plants survive drought? Stanford researchers uncovered key mechanisms that help plant cells stay stable under stress, a finding that could aid the development of more resilient crops.

https://t.co/UKU6Qq2Aka

[Cell @CellCellPress]

Now online! Prion-based protein self-assembly tunes mutagenesis to enable rapid adaptation https://t.co/tACE3zI0At

[Stanford University @Stanford]

Stanford researchers have discovered a previously unknown immune cell in flatworms that helps coordinate responses to injury and infection. The finding offers new insight into the evolution of immune systems across species.

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[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

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[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

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[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

Stanford Medicine researchers found an unexpected link between the body’s most prevalent white blood cell and schizophrenia: the appearance of a protein called C4A.
https://t.co/IqToeTgJAt

[Stanford Department of Medicine @StanfordDeptMed]

#StanDOM's @MelodySmithMD & her lab explore how gut bacteria & #antibiotic use could influence remission rates, side effects & outcomes for patients with #BloodCancers. https://t.co/1zuvqPP4zB

[Karl Deisseroth @KarlDeisseroth]

Directional elements: the preprints are out! Congratulations to our amazing team linked here:
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https://t.co/f48w42FKcJ
https://t.co/o5NXdGcViw
We screened for principles governing global brain dynamics by developing a set of new methods: 1) conformal immersion microscopy for recording high-speed/high-resolution neural activity across dorsal cortex; 2) unbiased computational screening of brain-spanning activity for fast directionally-propagating spatiotemporal elements; and 3) novel genetically-encoded voltage sensing integrated with designed spectrally-compatible opsins (derived from our channelrhodopsin structure work) for systematic causal testing.
This unbiased screening/testing approach (which we show is applicable either to voltage or calcium imaging) allowed discovery and functional validation of a surprisingly well-defined set of directional elements that generalized across cell types and frequencies. The ability to work over long timescales at high speeds and with broad scope, anchored in optogenetic causal testing, unveiled rich spatiotemporal structure that was remarkably tractable.
From the perspective of natural brain function, the directional elements were found to be behaviorally relevant and robust to diverse perturbations; however, we also found specific conditions allowing elemental incidence and boundaries to be selectively modulated, which may provide translational as well as basic-science insight...
I'm so grateful to all our collaborators, and honored to work with all the outstanding students, postdocs, and staff who worked together to develop and apply this approach...

[Surya Ganguli @SuryaGanguli]

My new article "Toward a science of intelligence: unifying physics, neuroscience and AI" https://t.co/9jVmJzg1BW
published in the Daedelus journal of @americanacad
Its part of a special issue on AI+Science with many amazing contributors lead by James Manyika https://t.co/3Z7aer186F

[Stanford Department of Medicine @StanfordDeptMed]

"Jumping genes" are driving rapid evolution in Enterococcus faecium, a major antibiotic-resistant hospital pathogen. A new @Nature study led by #StanDOM's Ami Bhatt & colleagues details how these mobile genetic elements are fueling the shift. https://t.co/UFXH8pAHWv

[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

A wearable ultrasound patch designed to monitor high-risk pregnancies is now being tested at Stanford Medicine. The device helps doctors detect problems with fetal and umbilical cord blood flow, and flag complications in real time.
https://t.co/m6dmtwzz0G

[Stanford Infectious Diseases Program @Stanford_ID]

Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Lo, MD, PhD, on being elected a Fellow of IDSA! His research on vaccine-preventable and neglected infectious diseases has shaped WHO guidelines and California public health policy. We are incredibly proud of you, Dr. Lo!

[Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed]

What if stem cell transplants no longer required chemotherapy or radiation? Researchers at Stanford Medicine are pioneering an antibody-based approach that could lead to safer, less toxic transplants. https://t.co/FWRGj8QwOJ

@StanfordChild @CellStanford @StanfordCancer

[Stanford Department of Medicine @StanfordDeptMed]

#StanDOM's @Joseph_C_Wu is elected to the @americanacad in recognition of his work in #CardiovascularResearch & #PrecisionMedicine. The @StanfordCVI director integrates genomics, stem cells, AI & drug discovery, pioneering "clinical trials in a dish." https://t.co/XIORp5tQqw