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• New Approach, Old Drug Show Promise Against Hepatitis C, Stanford Research Shows

  - 2008-08-31

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often falling short of a cure. Using a novel technique, medical and engineering...

  Tags: C, protein, SECURITY, Stanford, Stanford University, team, virus

• 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...

  Tags: Biotechnology, gene, HARDWARE, Mice, protein, researcher, Stanford, Stanford University

• San Carlos girl struggles with painful skin disease

  - 2007-04-04

  SAN CARLOS -- Sitting cross-legged on her bedroom floor, Christina Minkey takes her left foot and carefully cuts away at the thin layer of blistering dead skin, despite the pain. Close by, her mother, Lesley watches her 7-year-old daughter perform the painstaking ritual every morning and afternoon....

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, protein, sister, Stanford University, therapy

• San Carlos girl struggles with painful skin disease

  - 2007-04-02

  SAN CARLOS -- Sitting cross-legged on her bedroom floor, Christina Minkey takes her left foot and carefully cuts away at the thin layer of blistering dead skin, despite the pain. Close by, her mother, Lesley, watches her 7-year-old daughter perform the painstaking ritual every morning and afternoon....

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, protein, sister, Stanford University, therapy

• San Carlos girl struggles with painful skin disease

  - 2007-04-02

  SAN CARLOS -- Sitting cross-legged on her bedroom floor, Christina Minkey takes her left foot and carefully cuts away at the thin layer of blistering dead skin, despite the pain. Close by, her mother, Lesley watches her 7-year-old daughter perform the painstaking ritual every...

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, protein, sister, Stanford University, therapy

• 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...

  Tags: defect, HARDWARE, Mice, molecule, mouse, PRODUCTIVITY, protein, Stanford, Stanford University

• Presidio Pharmaceuticals Receives Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus Technology from Stanford University

  - 2007-01-16

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has licensed the exclusive worldwide rights to novel Hepatitis C Virus HCV technology from Stanford University. This technology, invented in the lab of Stanford scientist Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, targets a specific region found in the HCV proteins NS4B and NS5A,...

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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...

  Tags: attack, cell, HARDWARE, Mice, molecule, mouse, patient, protein, Stanford, Stanford University

• 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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• Volunteers Needed for Stanford Study of Mysterious, Fatal Lung Disease

  - 2005-03-17

  STANFORD, Calif. -- A lung disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis strikes without warning and often kills within only a few years. The Stanford University School of Medicine is one of 75 North American and European medical centers conducting a clinical trial to test if injections of a synthetic protein,...

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