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  • Real-time targeting of tumors

    New technology combines radiotherapy with real-time detection of cancer cells to target moving tumors or multiple metastases. Stanford Medicine is the first to research the technology in the clinic.

  • Words in brain beamed to computer screen

    Our brains remember how to formulate words even if the muscles responsible for saying them out loud are incapacitated. A brain-computer hookup is making the dream of restoring speech a reality.

  • AI could inform brain cancer prognosis

    Stanford Medicine scientists and colleagues create an algorithm that could help physicians better understand and target complicated brain tumors.

  • Gene fingerprint for brain aging

    A study in mice finds that white matter — the tissue that transmits messages around the brain — shows the greatest changes as the animals age.

  • HIMSS Davies Award

    Stanford Medicine receives a prestigious honor for its use of technology to improve patient care.

  • Male brain center for libido and pleasure

    A team of Stanford Medicine researchers have shown in male mice that a particular neuronal circuit is responsible for sexual arousal and for the actions and pleasure that ensue, opening avenues for treatment in men.

  • Abortion bans’ effect on heart defect

    Abortion restrictions will increase the number of newborns with serious heart defects, which could strain hospital resources already in short supply, according to a Stanford Medicine study.

  • Tumor suppressor repairs tissue

    The tumor suppressor p53 has been in the limelight for decades. But its cancer-fighting function may be only a side effect of its role in tissue repair, a Stanford Medicine study finds.

  • Cancer center renovation

    The Laurie K. Lacob Pavilion at the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center opened July 17. The state-of-the-art facility, for transplant and cellular therapies, is a light-filled space for healing.

  • An LGBTQ-inclusive data set 

    Previous large health studies didn’t collect sexual orientation and gender identity information. A Stanford Medicine study finds the All of Us Research Program a boon to LGBTQ health researchers, future health outcomes.


2023 ISSUE 3

Exploring ways AI is applied to health care