Nicotine pouches, tobacco's latest ploy(med.stanford.edu)

13 points by car 3 months ago | 1 comments

Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time(med.stanford.edu)

74 points by andsoitis 3 months ago | 79 comments

Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration(med.stanford.edu)

237 points by gmays 1 year ago | 17 comments

Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024)(med.stanford.edu)

162 points by fzliu 1 year ago | 103 comments

Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens(med.stanford.edu)

319 points by phony-account 7 months ago | 114 comments

Stanford Medicine news article about a universal vaccine designed to protect against multiple respiratory infections and allergens.

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice(med.stanford.edu)

368 points by mustaphah 7 months ago | 176 comments

Stanford Medicine news article reporting that enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice.

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells(uwa.edu.au)

385 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 97 comments

University of Western Australia news article on a method to erase a cell's epigenetic memory so reprogrammed human cells better mimic embryonic stem cells.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study(health.ucdavis.edu)

337 points by gmays 7 months ago | 64 comments

UC Davis Health news article reporting a study finding that the first in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe.

Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille key step towards biohybrid computing(frontiersin.org)

36 points by CharlesW 4 days ago | 48 comments

Frontiers news article on a Bristol study where brain organoids on electrode arrays relayed tactile Braille signals decodable by an SVM, with three organoids reaching 83% accuracy.

Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing(hms.harvard.edu)

344 points by geox 3 years ago | 72 comments

Harvard Medical School news article reporting that scientists have regenerated the inner-ear hair cells that enable hearing.

Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome(academic.oup.com)

359 points by MattSayar 1 year ago | 350 comments

Open-access PNAS Nexus journal article describing trisomic rescue in trisomy 21 cells by allele-specific multiple chromosome cleavage with CRISPR-Cas9.