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Mashup Score: 8Is your asthma inhaler bad for the environment? - 5 hour(s) ago
A team of physician-scientists calculated how much greenhouse gas is being emitted by inhalers prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Mashup Score: 21Brain-cell ‘periodic table’ for psychiatric disorders reveals new schizophrenia clues - 1 day(s) ago
Stanford Medicine research demonstrates a new way of detecting cells implicated in the malfunctions that cause psychiatric diseases.
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Stanford Medicine research demonstrates a new way of detecting cells implicated in the malfunctions that cause psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia. https://t.co/YmO49OphLv https://t.co/i3NipOUijz
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Mashup Score: 38How space became a place for the study of aging - 4 day(s) ago
Stanford Medicine scientists are studying why even brief trips into space can weaken muscle and heart tissue, mimicking decades of aging on Earth.
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In a recent study, researchers from Stanford Medicine sent muscle samples to the International Space Station, approximately 250 miles above Earth, and found that the absence of gravity impairs the normal regenerative ability of skeletal muscle. https://t.co/0b5nnxCXxT https://t.co/JdR4RCTWp0
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A study of the impact of a genetic variant that can increase Alzheimer’s risk, APOE4, could clear the path for creating an effective drug.
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The APOE4 genetic variant, carried by about 20% of people, significantly raises Alzheimer’s risk. But should we boost the gene’s potency or suppress it? A recent discovery by Stanford Medicine neurologist Mike Greicius, MD, may provide the answers we need. https://t.co/2Zl8QOXnSh https://t.co/xljV4SUZV6
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Researchers used a new screening technique to identify genes involved in heart cell damage during a common chemotherapy treatment. They also found a drug that may be able to prevent it.
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Using a gene-screening method they created, Stanford Medicine researchers may have discovered why an effective chemotherapy damages heart cells — and they have identified a drug that could keep the heart cells beating. https://t.co/pm02cE22zJ
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Mashup Score: 33Center for Human Systems Immunology receives $18.6 million for global immunology challenges - 6 day(s) ago
The center has been awarded a renewal grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on diagnosis and vaccination for tuberculosis, malaria and other infectious diseases.
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The Stanford Center for Human Systems Immunology has received a renewal grant to advance diagnostics and vaccines for tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases. https://t.co/s7AjwMa8Lm
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Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A Stanford Medicine study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.
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Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A Stanford Medicine study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens. https://t.co/J725qA6Ivq
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Mashup Score: 14What we know about the health effects of wildfire - 8 day(s) ago
Wildfire smoke is about 10 times as toxic as the regular air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels, and there’s no safe level of exposure, Stanford experts say: the more we breathe, the worse a range of health outcomes.
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What we know about the health effects of wildfires. https://t.co/KM8NDCZ9vo
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Mashup Score: 25Helen Blau awarded the National Medal of Science - 9 day(s) ago
Often called “America’s Nobel Prize,” the National Medal of Science honors the country’s leading researchers. Stem cell biologist Helen Blau was recognized for her work on cellular plasticity and aging.
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Stanford Medicine's Helen Blau, PhD, a stem cell biologist, has been awarded the National Medal of Science by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for her pioneering work on cellular plasticity and aging. https://t.co/606lh0g60J https://t.co/1NcwuPdONJ
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Mashup Score: 26AI tool assists doctors in sharing lab results - 12 day(s) ago
A new artificial intelligence tool will help Stanford Health Care physicians inform patients of their test results, with the goal of reducing administrative tasks.
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A new artificial intelligence tool will help Stanford Health Care physicians inform patients of their test results, with the goal of reducing administrative tasks. https://t.co/PCLSI71y5T
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Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered that inhalers contribute more pollution to the atmosphere than the yearly electricity use of 200,000 American homes. https://t.co/NpXNEJr1su