Upfront
A quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Krista Conger
Lessons from antlers
How 3D-printed scaffolds and antler stem cells advance bone repair
Feast and famine
Metabolism changes that occur as pythons gorge then fast provide insight into potential weight loss options
Your microbiome may be aging your brain
Scientists find a link in mice between gut bacteria and age-related cognitive decline
Cartilage can’t heal well — but that may change
New scaffolds, drugs and imaging to repair joints and prevent arthritis
Upfront
A quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
How aging might lower cancer risk
Young adult mice had more, larger lung tumors than elders
Innovation in bloom
How curiosity, collaboration and public funding grew into a lifesaving therapy
An ointment to quell atopic dermatitis
Quieting the intense itch of a common skin condition
Cyber-diagnostic
New AI can spot diseases by reading the immune system’s ‘memory’