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1 in 5 people past age 50 is walking around with an internal organ that's aging at an accelerated clip. Now it's possible to figure out (from just a blood test) which organ that is, raising the prospect of treating it before it causes clinical trouble: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

There were germs way before there were people. Fortunately, we've made friends or at least signed peace treaties with many of them. But others remain our enemies. So many germs, so many strains of each. Wouldn't it be nice if one shot could stop them all?scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/01/08/bet…

Vaccinologists make an annual guess about which 4 #influenza strains are going to circulate in the U.S. come winter. Even when that prediction's dead-on, lots of #vaccine recipients fail to develop #antibodies to all the represented strains. Here's better: scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/01/10/sea…

#Infected_cells can selectively shut down their protein-making systems, depriving #viruses of the ability to replicate. Getting our cells to rev up this workaround in advance of an impending new viral threat could stop a #pandemic in its tracks: scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/01/12/bey… #stanford

Why are women 4 times as prone to #autoimmunity as men? Probably because a molecule called #Xist -- made by one #X_chromosome in every female mammalian cell -- can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues. HHMI Howard Chang Lupus Foundation of America Claire Lehmann med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

A #Stanford_Medicine neurologist explains why a trio of closely related drugs all aimed at treating #Alzheimers_disease -- while so promising in theory --don’t appear to be helping patients much if at all. #plaque_attack_fail scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/03/13/why…

The lung-cell type that's most vulnerable to the virus that causes #COVID isn't the one everybody thought it was. The medical consequences may be significant: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/… @NIHdirector #Stanford #macrophage #lungs #severe_COVID

Midway along the road from a dish to a cure, thanks to the revolutionary capacity to grow a mimic of organized brain regions in a dish: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/… #Timothy_syndrome #Sergiu_Pasca #assembloids

Here are the results of #Stanford_Medicine's carefully conducted #clinical_trial of #Paxlovid for alleviating #long_COVID -- the first such trial to reach completion: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

I’ve learned one of my stories, “Why We Overvalue Things,” has won a pair of writing awards (one Gold, one Silver, in separate categories) in this year’s Circle of Excellence competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

I’m happy to learn that in this year’s annual writing competition sponsored by the Association of American Medical Schools, one of my stories – “Stanford Scientists Pinpoint COVID-19 Virus’s Entry and Exit ports inside our noses” – has won a Gold award: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

At least 1/5 of all people carry a gene variant, called #APOE4, that predisposes them to #Alzheimer’s disease. What makes this particular variant such a strong risk factor? A recent study offers an answer. Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Society Alzforum stanmed.stanford.edu/alzheimers-var…

The human #lung's 1/100,000-inch surface thickness makes it the most fragile of tissues. Should anything disrupt that single layer of cells, what’s on one side could leak out and what’s on the other side could get in. Not good for health. #COVID stanmed.stanford.edu/unexpected-cov…

The tips of #antibodies bind to microbes. The tails bind to immune cells. Stanford scientists figured out how fiddling with the tails can make the difference between mild and severe #influenza infections. The findings may also help explain #inflammaging. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

Picture a world in which a #vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin, not a needle a healthcare worker pushes into your one of your muscles. Pain-free and not followed by fever, swelling, redness or a sore arm. No standing in line to get it. And cheap. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

The flu vaccine contains 4 immunity-stimulating molecules — one for each of 4 commonly circulating #influenza-virus subtypes. But most of us develop a strong immune response to only 1 of them. Now Stanford scientists know why, and found a way to fix it. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

The #AAMC has just honored me with 2025 #Robert_G_Fenley Awards (2 Gold and 1 Silver, respectively) for the 3 articles linked below. I think the key to success is: Always start your title with the word "Why." med.stanford.edu/.../2023/11/do… med.stanford.edu/.../2023/10/ch… med.stanford.edu/.../2024/02/wo…

A new "periodic table" for #psychiatric_disorders combines two massive, quite different databases into a grid, implicating specific cell types, in particular brain regions, in the manifestations of #schizophrenia and other conditions: med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

Stanford Medicine scientists have replicated, from stem cells in a lab dish, one of humans’ most prominent nervous pathways for sensing pain. The advance should accelerate what's been slow progress in understanding how best to alleviate pain. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

Stanford scientists have figured out a way to pinpoint the complex pattern of #brain_activity underlying mammalian #emotions (including us humans), perhaps leading to trailblazing insights into neuropsychiatric disorders. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…