Unleashing the immune system
Successes mount for cell therapies, marshaling the body’s bullies to fight cancer
Patient Care
Lifting the burden of cancer
Advances in cancer science, prevention and care
Out-of-body experiments
Determining the destructive role of gluten in people with celiac disease
Food therapy
Clinical trial finds that metabolic effects of a high-fat, low-carb diet may improve psychiatric conditions
Strength in numbers
New therapy unleashes billions of immune cells on patient’s melanoma
DNA research disparities
Genetic screening of newborns fails nonwhite families more often
The company they keep
Neighboring cells influence whether tumors grow or perish
Celebrating new hearts
Stanford Medicine marks 50 years of heart transplants for its youngest patients
Why is a common gene variant bad for your brain?
The answer offers clues for a new kind of Alzheimer’s drug
Hidden in plain sight
Harm from anemia during pregnancy is prevalent, disproportionately affecting Black women