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Ivy Nguyen Patients suffering from brain injury may have new hope thanks to a project by Stanford and three other universities studying how the brain and its microcircuitry react to sudden physiological…
May 11, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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Erin Inman Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) has granted $1.8 million to six research projects proposed by faculty and students--a first for the 16-month-old institute.…
May 10, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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The Daily News Staff The six grants, which total $1.8 million, are set to fund projects on energy storage, fuel and solar cells, geothermal system modeling, water oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction.…
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Julia Brownell The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Provenge, a new treatment for prostate cancer that was originally developed by Stanford researchers in the 1990s.…
May 4, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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Julia Brownell Stanford researchers published findings from a clinical trial that may lead to a reduction in biopsies to monitor rejection in heart transplant patients.…
April 27, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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Cassandra Feliciano Stanford researchers reported a first-time discovery of tissue-specific targeting in pathogens that could revolutionize research on disease treatment in both plants and humans. The findings of this study on tumor-causing…
April 22, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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Joshua Falk A team of Stanford engineers has managed to harness electrical energy directly from algae cells. The researchers believe that this result represents the first step toward generating “high efficiency” electricity…
April 21, 2010 / Comments Off / Read More
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Julia Brownell A vascular treatment program for multiple sclerosis at Stanford Medical School was terminated after some patients had complications.…
March 31, 2010 / 26 Comments / Read More