Archive for 'Medicine & Science'
A lifetime of health differences: gender, hormones, and health
Understanding the differences in men’s and women’s physical and mental health is changing dramatically because of research in identifying lifelong patterns of disease. Tracking sex differences in human disease—from shortly after fertilization through childhood, puberty, adulthood, and old age—is providing insights into health issues specific to women, as well as men.
Predicting premature infants’ well-being
Clayman Faculty Affiliate Anna Penn, MD, PhD, was a member of an interdisciplinary team that developed a new technique for assessing the probability prematurely born infants will develop more serious medical complications.
Humans may have evolved greater susceptibility to diabetes in the recent past
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, including Clayman Faculty Affiliate Atul Butte, MD, PhD, have determined that the genes associated with greater diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis risk may actually confer some unknown benefit.
New realities of an older America
A new report from the Stanford Center on Longevity outlines implications of an aging population. New Realities of an Older America: Challenges, Changes and Questions underscores the urgency of addressing these issues through public policy.
Stanford scientists replicate the newt’s ability to regenerate tissue in mouse cells
Helen Blau, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor of Pharmacology and Clayman Institute Faculty Affiliate, led a team of medical school researchers who have found a way to help mouse cells regenerate tissues in the same way that newts do. The finding may move us closer to regenerative therapies in humans.
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