In the News
In the News
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Stanford visit sparks high schoolers’ interests
High school students visited the university as part of Stanford’s Introduction to Bioengineering, a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communi
April 12, 2024
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Stanford Scholar Spotlight: Daniel Stauber engineers bioengineering opportunities
When Daniel Stauber ’25 M.S. ’25 first came to Stanford, he knew that he wanted to do research using the CRISPR gene editing technology.
March 15, 2024
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Going atom-by-atom, Stanford researchers craft a new precision drug for fighting COVID-19
The rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens the progress made in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. A promising novel drug candidate, designed at the atomic level, could help docto
March 13, 2024
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A newly published protein structure helps explain how some anti-cancer immunotherapy treatments work
A molecular “snapshot” of a protein can be critical to understanding its function. Scientists at Stanford and NYU have published and investigated a new structure of the protein LAG
March 11, 2024
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A new RNA editing tool could enhance cancer treatment
Cell therapies for cancer can be potentially enhanced using a CRISPR RNA-editing platform, according to a new study published Feb. 21 in Cell.
February 22, 2024
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The future of bioprinting
A bioengineer explains how medical scientists are now able to print, cell by cell, living human tissue for study and, perhaps one day, much more.
February 22, 2024
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Hawa Racine Thiam Highlighted in Stanford Report
Assistant Professor Hawa Racine Thiam talks about her journey through academia to Stanford and her hopes for the future.
January 08, 2024
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How Stanford soccer’s Nya Harrison is fighting NCAA to get athletes paid
Harrison hopes to support student athelete compensation.
January 05, 2024
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Next Generation Symposium Supports a more equitable professorate
Read how this symposium event is working to improve representation among STEM faculty and promote and support early-career scientists.
January 05, 2024
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Celebrating Twenty-Plus Years of Bioengineering at Stanford
Stanford Bioengineering celebrates 600+ granted degrees, 240 trained faculty and 20 years of excellence.
November 17, 2023
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How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus
Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections, including COVID-19.
November 14, 2023
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Breast cancer cells collaborate to break free and invade into the surrounding tissue
Researchers at Stanford show that breast cancer cells work together to physically tear through barriers and spread.
November 13, 2023
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Medicine's AI boom
What is Stanford Medicine doing to ensure AI is used responsibly in research and health care?
November 10, 2023
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Five Stanford Bioengineering Students Named Siebel Scholars
Annual award recognizes world's top graduate students from leading institutions of bioengineering, computer science, energy science, and business
November 10, 2023
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2023 Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
This symposium highlights the work of exceptional early-career scientists who are enhancing the quality of research in quantitative biological & biomedical sciences!
November 09, 2023
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Survival drives: How mice choose to eat or to drink
A new study uses behavioral analysis, neural engineering, electrophysiology, and math to explore how mice decide whether to eat or drink when they are both hungry and thirsty.
November 08, 2023
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Phil's Laberia: A Game Changer in Bioengineering Education
Stanford 2023 iGEM team makes aquiring bioengineering lab skills fun and accessible.
October 25, 2023
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Worms With a Superpower – Wang Lab Unravel Secrets of Regeneration
The Wang Lab publishes paper in Cell which helps to illuminate the whole-body feedback and healing response when an injury occurs.
October 05, 2023
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Skylar-Scott Lab leads multi-research team moonshot effort to bioprint a human heart
A multidisciplinary team from Stanford received a federal contract to explore bioprinting and implantation.
September 28, 2023
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Stanford professors promote bio-literacy through digital education
Drew Endy and Jenn Brophy take a step toward educating the world about bioengineering with a course offered to high school students nationwide.
September 27, 2023