‘The girl who loves science’
The FAST program, led by Stanford graduate students, sparks a passion in teens for science careers
Microbiology
How cells self-destruct
Discoveries about the ways cells die are inspiring new disease treatments
Stalling salmonella
Varying levels of a naturally occurring molecule that slows the spread of Salmonella could explain why the pathogen doesn’t sicken everyone.
Stanford Medicine looks to the future
How a shared vision will keep Stanford Medicine at the forefront of medicine and health care
Spotting autism
Low levels of the hormone vasopressin could be a biomarker for autism.
The doctor is in … your gut
Researchers aim to harness microbes in our intestines to cure what ails us
Say it with sculpture
Building kinetic contraptions to bring data to life
Dancing DNA
A new CRISPR/Cas9 DNA labeling technique finds that DNA flails around during the transcription process, increasing its ability to connect distant regions of the genome.
A toxic lifesaver, reconstructed
Fixing a widely used antibiotic’s tendency to cause hearing loss