An international team of UK and US scientists discovered that the activity of macrophages -- a type of white blood cell that engulf pathogens and cancer cells -- can be used to predict whether or not ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine, which will be published in Nature Metabolism on Jan. 9, identified the direct epigenetic effects of two common byproducts of fiber digestion and found that some of ...

As millions of Americans embark on their New Year's resolutions to exercise more, a scientific consortium led by Stanford is shedding light on the intricate ways ...

A new artificial intelligence tool combines data from medical images with text to predict cancer prognoses and treatment responses.

The melding of visual information (microscopic and X-ray images, CT and MRI scans, for example) with text (exam notes, communications between physicians of varying specialties) is a key component of ...

Tran Le was an engineering student at Stanford University when she tried to enroll in a clinical trial for her chronic ...

Researchers from the Broad Institute, Mass General, Stanford, and elsewhere are investigating why patients with South Asian ...

Diabetes has long been lumped into two categories—type 1, which often appears in childhood, or type 2, which is associated ...

Groundbreaking study reveals how our bodies undergo major molecular changes at specific ages, offering new insights into ...