Type 1 diabetes cured in mice with gentle blood stem-cell and pancreatic islet transplant
A combination blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or…
Machine-learning model could save costs, improve liver transplants, Stanford-led research shows
There is a challenge to donation after circulatory death, however: time. While the donor is dying, the blood…
Smartphones can monitor patients with neuromuscular diseases
For a more detailed view, patients need to visit a motion analysis lab, where hourslong biomechanical assessments require…
Scientists identify cells by seeing how high they levitate
Although the magnetic levitation system described in the 2015 paper allowed researchers to visually distinguish different types of…
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
The new device takes advantage of what is preserved. The 2-by-2-millimeter chip that receives images is implanted in…
Immune cell ‘signatures’ could help guide treatment for critically ill patients
However, if a patient’s immune system is out of balance, these treatments can backfire. Sepsis, for instance, can…
AI-powered CRISPR could lead to faster gene therapies, Stanford Medicine study finds
Yilong Zhou, a visiting undergraduate student from Tsinghua University, used CRISPR-GPT to successfully active genes in A375 melanoma…
Lung cancer cells in the brain form electrical connections with neurons that spur tumor growth
“We saw a profound effect on the tumor burden in the animals,” Venkatesh said, “from the initiation of…
Ultrasound could deliver drugs with fewer side effects
After testing different types and concentrations of sugars, the researchers found that 5% sucrose added to the liquid…
Study of promising speech-enabling interface raises hopes
Assistant professor of neurosurgery Frank Willett, PhD, and his teammates are using brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, to help…
Replacing brain immune cells in mice slows neurodegeneration in Stanford Medicine study
But getting the healthy cells into the brain is difficult because the body tightly restricts access to the…
Stem cell transplant without toxic preparation successfully treats genetic disease
“Bone marrow or stem cell transplants are most commonly used in blood cancers, in which the bone marrow…