Stanford Medicine

08/20/2026

Bridging the gap: Resources that accelerate the path from discovery to treatment.

Several Stanford Medicine programs help researchers validate early findings, build development plans and bring therapeutic tools and drugs to patients.

08/19/2026

Many young ADHD patients are medicated as soon as they’re diagnosed, possibly because the behavioral therapy they need isn’t available, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

08/19/2026

Many an orange cat-affiliated human will vouch for their cat’s, let’s say, specialness. But now scientists have confirmed that there is, in fact, something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered the long-posited but elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats orange — and it appears to occur in no other mammal.

It took researchers a century to find the genetic glitch that causes orange coloration in cats.

08/18/2026

Researchers, physicians and care teams at Stanford Medicine are expanding our understanding of how cancer originates and spreads, discovering more effective treatments, and helping prevent recurrence.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/topics/cancer.html

08/18/2026

Walk with Me: Meet Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, a chemist at Stanford Medicine and Nobel Prize–winning scientist whose work explores how chemical biology can help scientists better understand disease and develop new approaches to treating cancer and immune disorders. Hear about the moment she first fell in love with science — whether she’s an early bird or a night owl — and the superpower she wishes she had.

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Meet Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, a chemist at Stanford Medicine and Nobe...

08/18/2026

In a new placebo-controlled clinical trial, Stanford Medicine researchers found that low-dose buprenorphine could extend ketamine’s temporary anti-suicidal effects by at least four weeks.

In a new placebo-controlled clinical trial, Stanford Medicine researchers found that low-dose buprenorphine could extend ketamine’s temporary antisuicide effects by at least four weeks.

08/17/2026

Rethinking Alzheimer's: Could it begin outside the brain?

Neurons don’t just wear out like kneecaps or hip sockets. They’re built to last. But with age, bad things can happen to them. A lot of it is triggered by what’s happening to immune cells outside of the brain.

Neurons don’t just wear out like kneecaps or hip sockets. They’re built to last. But with age, bad things can happen to them. A lot of it is triggered by what’s happening to immune cells outside of the brain.

08/17/2026

Bemotrizinol could mark a major advance for sunscreen, sun protection and skin health in the U.S. Three Stanford Medicine experts explain what to know and why it matters.

https://stan.md/3RNhkMQ

08/14/2026

Estrogen-only menopausal hormone therapy may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in women, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine investigators.

Some studies have reported that menopausal hormone therapy raises dementia risk. A new study that analyzed Alzheimer’s-disease hallmarks in autopsied brains indicates the opposite.