http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Stanford University Medical Center (Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the School of Medicine have shown that their previously identified therapeutic approach to fight cancer via immune cells called macrophages also prompts the disease-fighting killer T cells to attack the cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-anti-cd47-antibody-route-successful-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 21 May 2013 07:21:45 EST news288339694 (Medical Xpress)—Blocking the expression of just one protein in the brain delays the onset of paralysis in mice with a form of multiple sclerosis, say researchers at the School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-blocking-protein-onset-multiple-sclerosis.html Medical research Fri, 10 May 2013 08:00:01 EST news287389936 At first blush, the health-care and nuclear-power industries don't appear to have much in common. But in a unique, two-day workshop in July 2012, leaders from these two industries met to discuss their similarities and differences, including technologies and human factors that affect risk and reliability. The result is a 120-page monograph, "Risk and Reliability in Healthcare and Nuclear Power: Learning from Each Other," recently released by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-nuclear-power-industry-lessons-health.html Other Mon, 06 May 2013 08:40:01 EST news287047580 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a group of proteins that are mutated in about one-fifth of all human cancers. The finding suggests that the proteins, which are members of a protein complex that affects how DNA is packaged in cells, work to suppress the development of tumors in many types of tissues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-protein-complex-role-cancer.html Genetics Sun, 05 May 2013 13:00:16 EST news286955460 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have exposed the possible function, in the healthy brain, of a mysterious molecule that has been strongly implicated in Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. They made their discovery using a stripped-down experimental system that mimics key aspects of how nerve cells communicate with one another. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-reveals-probable-role-parkinson-protein.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Wed, 01 May 2013 09:09:48 EST news286618171 (Medical Xpress)—Why do some children learn math more easily than others? Research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has yielded an unexpected new answer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-size-wiring-brain-kids-benefit.html Neuroscience Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:20:23 EST news286482015 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time determined how often emergency medical helicopters need to help save the lives of seriously injured people to be considered cost-effective compared with ground ambulances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cost-effectiveness-helicopter-trauma-victims.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:44:31 EST news286126942 Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have created a mouse model of muscular dystrophy in which degenerating muscle tissue gives off visible light. The observed luminescence occurs only in damaged muscle tissue and in direct proportion to cumulative damage sustained in that tissue, permitting precise monitoring of the disease's progress in the mice, the researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-firefly-protein-degenerating-muscles-aiding.html Medical research Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:02 EST news286022685 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery and which would benefit more from angioplasty. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-team-method-options-heart-disease-surgery.html Cardiology Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:01:09 EST news285868858 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised an entirely novel way to block biological signaling pathways that, when overactive, lead to many types of cancers. They've done so by disrupting the function of a mediator, or scaffold, protein that brings together key members of the pathway and promotes their interaction to stimulate cell growth and division. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-blocking-scaffold-protein-inhibits-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:08:36 EST news285836906 Most people know that the way to stay healthy is to exercise and eat right, but millions of Americans struggle to meet those goals, or even decide which to change first. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that focusing on changing exercise and diet at the same time gives a bigger boost than tackling them sequentially. They also found that focusing on changing diet first—an approach that many weight-loss programs advocate—may actually interfere with establishing a consistent exercise routine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-diet-habits-results.html Health Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:00:06 EST news285766089 (Medical Xpress)—When a baby is in the breech position at the end of pregnancy, obstetricians can sometimes turn the baby head-down to enable a safer vaginal birth. In the past, women were not given anesthesia during the turning procedure, which requires the physician to push on the woman's abdomen while monitoring the baby with ultrasound. But a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shows anesthesia is cost-effective because it increases the likelihood the procedure will work. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-anesthesia-success-breech-babies-delivery.html Other Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:10:01 EST news285490314 Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have determined the precise anatomical coordinates of a brain "hot spot," measuring only about one-fifth of an inch across, that is preferentially activated when people view the ordinary numerals we learn early on in elementary school, like "6" or "38." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-brain-area-numeral-recognition.html Neuroscience Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:28:32 EST news285352105 Do the brains of different people listening to the same piece of music actually respond in the same way? An imaging study by Stanford University School of Medicine scientists says the answer is yes, which may in part explain why music plays such a big role in our social existence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-brains-similar-responses-music.html Neuroscience Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:30:01 EST news284832698 Mining the records of routine interactions between patients and their care providers can detect drug side effects a couple of years before an official alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a Stanford University School of Medicine study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-clinical-yield-early-drug-reactions.html Medications Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:59:58 EST news284824729