Stanford microscope inventor featured on TED Talk
Earlier today I wrote about the 50-cent paper microscope developed by Stanford bioengineering professor Manu Prakash, PhD. You can now watch a video of him building and demonstrating the microscope on...
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Proteins from pond scum revolutionize neuroscience
I wrote a story recently about a cool technique called optogenetics, developed by bioengineering professor Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD. He won the Keio Prize in Medicine, and I thought it might be...
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Stanford experts offer more information about enterovirus-D68
Below is an updated version of an entry that was originally posted on Sept. 26. Last week, the California Department of Public Health confirmed that the season’s first four cases of enterovirus-D68...
View ArticleBasic research underlies effort to thwart “greatest threat to face humanity”
Welcome to this week’s Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to Stanford’s most innovative researchers. Stanley Cohen, MD, isn’t a household name. But it probably should be. The...
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New, stretchy material could lead to artificial muscle or skin
Stanford chemical engineer Zhenan Bao, PhD, dreams of developing artificial skin that could allow people with artificial limbs to distinguish between a firm grasp and a gentle tickle. Now, her team may...
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Electroceutical pioneer tackling new challenge: Self-regulating dose...
When the latest treatments failed to defeat her father’s cancer, electrical engineer Ada Poon, PhD, knew she wanted to do apply her skills to help someone else who was suffering. She explains in a...
View ArticleResearchers create home urine test involving black box and smartphone
A smartphone-powered urine test? Yes, says a group of Stanford engineers, who have created an experimental urinalysis testing system involving a black box and a smartphone. From a Stanford News story...
View ArticleBuilding a concussion-proof helmet: A Stanford bioengineer shares his...
Stanford bioengineer David Camarillo, PhD, played football for 10 years and he’s received two concussions. But his head injuries weren’t from football: They were from bike accidents. In his newly...
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2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit panel to explore the future of artificial...
The Stanford campus has been buzzing this week over the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which kicked off here yesterday. This three-day event unites an estimated 1,500 entrepreneurs, academics...
View ArticleFinding medicine where you least expect it: Christina Smolke presents at...
Nearly half of our medicines are obtained from nature and many are derived from plants. We’re fortunate to have plants that synthesize medicines for us, but relying on plants — which are subject to...
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Stanford part of new Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Stanford is one of three Bay Area universities to participate in a new collaboration announced today by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. That’s the initiative created by Facebook founder Mark...
View ArticleEngineering better opioids: A podcast featuring Stanford bioengineer...
Obtaining compounds from nature, such as opioids from poppies or taxol from yew trees, is hard and time-consuming. So researchers, including Stanford’s Christina Smolke, PhD, are working to synthesize...
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Stanford inventor designs low-cost science tools for the world
Henry Ford, the father of the first affordable automobile, once said, “I will build a motor car for the great multitude… constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the...
View ArticleStanford experts discuss the future of bioengineering
Bioengineering — described by Stanford professor and radio host Russ Altman, MD, PhD, as the manipulation of biological systems to solve problems in medicine, the environment and energy — was the...
View ArticleSaving lives for 20-cents: Manu Prakash presents at TEDxStanford
One of the most important things I’ve learned as a writer is that every good story has an even better backstory. So when I heard that Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash, PhD, was presenting at...
View ArticleSimple device switches 2-D ultrasound to 3-D
Current imaging technologies like MRI, CT scans and ultrasound provide valuable views inside the body, but each has drawbacks. MRIs require patients to remain still for minutes, CT scans expose...
View ArticleAbuzz aims to combat mosquito-spread diseases using cellphones
Itching to help combat the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases? I’ve got just the thing: Abuzz. The crowd-sourced project birthed in the lab of Stanford’s Manu Prakash, PhD, is aiming to map the...
View ArticleAir bag helmet outperforms traditional bicycle helmet, Stanford researchers show
I must admit, this video made me squirm. In it, Mehmet Kurt, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in bioengineering, repeatedly triggers a helmet-covered dummy head to drop onto a hard base. Bam! Bam!...
View ArticleStanford bioengineers develop a 20-cent, hand-powered blood centrifuge
Inspired by a whirligig toy, Stanford bioengineering professor Manu Prakash, PhD, and his students have designed a centrifuge from paper, twine and plastic that can separate blood plasma from red...
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March Madness for science lovers (Go Stanford!)
A 20-cent, hand-powered blood centrifuge invented at Stanford is included in STAT’s bracket-style contest to find the best innovation in science and medicine. Just like the March Madness basketball...
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