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Unraveling the Genetics of Colon Cancer In the 9.3 minutes it takes you to skim through this magazine, one person in the United States will have died from colon cancer. According to the American Cancer Society's ... Read more |
Science in vitro Stanford’s Clark Center is the biggest experiment on campus. Nestled between the sleek structures of the engineering quad and the expansive buildings of the medical center, it is the home ... Read more |
The Ticking of Internal Clocks Many organisms have circadian rhythms, internal clocks that are closely linked to the light-dark cycle of a day. Generally, if an organism’s internal clock is unsynchronized, it continues to live ... Read more |
Pushing the Buy Button "Do you prefer Pepsi or Coke?" used to be the big question when we were growing up: as kids, we fought for our favorite brand, claiming that Pepsi was too ... Read more |
Small RNA, Big Potential for Treating HCV The estimated 170 million people infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been living with limited medical options. There is no cure for HCV, and today’s therapies work in only ... Read more |
Personalized Medicine It is estimated that over 106,000 people die every year because they are given the wrong dose of medicine. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are a signifcant problem in today’s health ... Read more |
Diabetes and Calcineurin “The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery,” states the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on its website. However, Stanford Medical School Professors Seung Kim and Gerald Crabtree, along with ... Read more |
Ancestral Origins Many preconceptions about individuals start with the assumption that a person's ethnicity can be judged by simply looking at her or her physical traits. Eyes, skin, even hair all yield ... Read more |
Gene Patenting As the 19th century imperialist leaders of Europe once jostled to stake their claims in African territories, the leaders of biomedical research are currently scrambling to stake their claims in ... Read more |
Controlling Metastatic Cancer The majority of cancer deaths occur when cancer cells spread from a localized tumor to other parts of the body during a process called metastasis. Investigations into the mechanisms of ... Read more |
Not Just Biology How do dramatic ecological shifts precipitate the outbreak of latent infectious diseases? Professor William Durham, the chair of the Anthropological Sciences Department at Stanford University, and his colleague, Assistant Professor ... Read more |
Cystic Fibrosis As far as genetic diseases go, Cystic Fibrosis is complicated. Affecting multiple organ systems, Cystic Fibrosis can originate from any combination of over 1000 possible mutations of a single gene. ... Read more |
Everyone Counts According to a 2007 report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, “16,119 species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction and many ecosystems – wetlands, forests ... Read more |
Biochemistry Genius Uncovered Over a span of nine days in September, Stanford Associate Professor of Biochemistry Pehr Harbury was awarded two grants guaranteeing him no less than $3 million in research money for ... Read more |
The Link between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease What does Down Syndrome have in common with Alzheimer’s disease? Down Syndrome is a common genetic disorder that causes delayed physical and cognitive development from birth. It affects over 3... Read more |
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