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• Mysterious Snippets of DNA Withstand Eons of Evolution, Stanford Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Small stretches of seemingly useless DNA harbor a big secret, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. There's one problem: We don't know what it is. Although individual laboratory animals appear to live happily when these genetic ciphers are deleted, these snippets have been highly...

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• Early Trigger for Type-1 Diabetes Found in Mice, Stanford Scientists Report

  - 2008-08-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear. Now, a new study in mice...

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• Clues to Ancestral Origin of Placenta Emerge in Stanford Study

  - 2008-04-14

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered the first clues about the ancient origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutrients critical to the baby's health. The evidence suggests the placenta of humans and...

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• Stanford Researchers Sniff Out Gene That Gives Dogs Black Fur

  - 2007-10-30

  STANFORD, Calif. -- A discovery about the genetics of coat color in dogs could help explain why humans come in different weights and vary in our abilities to cope with stress, a team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine reports. The study, published in the...

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• Fish Get Insomnia, Eyes Wide Open, Say Stanford Sleep Researchers

  - 2007-10-16

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have hooked a fish that suffers from insomnia in their quest to understand the genetics behind sleep disorders. The findings, to be published in the Oct. 16 issue of the Public Library of Science-Biology, show that even zebrafish...

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• Cleft Palate in Fetal Mice Prevented by Treating Mother, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2007-02-11

  Research May Pave Way to New Methods of Preventing Birth Defects in Humans STANFORD, Calif. -- Mice engineered to have cleft palates can be rescued in utero by injecting the mothers with a small molecule to correct the defect, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and...

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• Molecule Linked to Autoimmune Disease Relapses Identified at Stanford

  - 2006-12-03

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The ebb and flow of such autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis has long been a perplexing mystery. But new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine bring scientists closer to solving the puzzle, identifying a molecule that appears to play a central...

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• Manatee Bones Lead Stanford Scientist to New Insight on Evolution

  - 2006-08-28

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Most research professors spend their days writing grants, teaching and managing graduate students, so when Stanford's David Kingsley, PhD, ventured from his office to his lab, pulled out a scale and started weighing 114 pairs of manatee pelvic bones, it was a sign that something was afoot....

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• Stanford Study Reveals Protein's Jekyll-and-Hyde Role in Cancer Growth

  - 2005-10-20

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Tumor-suppressor proteins work to inhibit tumor growth in our bodies and when they win, they spare us a battle with cancer. But one such protein, menin, appears to have a split personality. Though menin is well-known for its ability to suppress endocrine tumors, researchers at Stanford University...

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• Early Learning Leaves Lasting Changes in Brain, Stanford Owl Study Shows

  - 2004-12-19

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Educational Christmas toys can leave a mark on more than just your checkbook -- they can also leave a permanent imprint on a child's brain. That's according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study in owls showing that early learning experiences forever change the brain's structure....

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