Motor-powered ankle exoskeleton could make running easier, faster
Running is a low-cost form of exercise with all kinds of benefits for health and well-being, yet some people don't enjoy it. What if you could attach a device to your leg that makes running easier --...
View ArticleScientists redesign full-face snorkel mask to combat PPE shortage
In mid-March, Manu Prakash, PhD, a bioengineer at Stanford, sat at home, self-quarantined as a precaution after a trip to the south of France. As he dutifully carried out his 14-day self-isolation, he...
View ArticleDevice could help patients test blood ammonia levels at home
Ammonia is usually a harmless byproduct of digestion that is passed out of the body through urine. But some people with liver disease and certain genetic conditions do not effectively metabolize...
View ArticleHow thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly
Stanford researchers have been working for years to advance a technology that could one day help people with paralysis regain use of their limbs, and enable amputees to use their thoughts to control...
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Stanford physician seeks to improve sepsis testing
Bacteremia happens when bacteria enter a patient's bloodstream. It can cause an infection that progresses quickly, and can develop into sepsis, a life-threatening condition that can impair blood flow,...
View ArticleAI researchers explore solutions for real-life health challenges
When most of us stumble and fall, it's likely we'll end up with bruises, a chipped tooth or maybe scraped-up knees and elbows. But as we age, various factors can conspire to increase the chances we'll...
View ArticleHow does 2020 Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology work?
This year's winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry harnessed the humble bacteria's long-evolved defense system to create a powerful gene-editing tool that some think is revolutionizing medicine....
View ArticleSaving the world with synthetic biology
Drew Endy, PhD, a Stanford bioengineer, is the kind of brilliant that makes your head spin. His ideas come at a mile a minute, each one a potential mini revolution of standard biology, and his...
View ArticleEngineering a new heart, layer by layer
Each year in the United States, about 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect -- or an abnormality in the heart that is present at birth -- the most common type of birth defect in the...
View ArticleUnconventional Paths: Sneaky submarines and super surgeries
Unconventional Paths: Stories of Stanford Medicine faculty, researchers and physicians whose journeys into medicine followed nontraditional routes As a mechanical engineering graduate student,...
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