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October 05, 2020
Jeffrey Glenn granted $14.3 million to develop broad spectrum drugs
Researchers are pursuing antiviral drugs with broad efficacy against enteroviruses, which cause common colds and polio, and coronaviruses including the one that causes COVID
May 21, 2020
The Innovative Medicines Accelerator turns its focus on COVID-19
Stanford’s new IMA arose before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, but now its programs are focused entirely on helping faculty generate and test new medicines to slow the spread.
February 24, 2020
ChEM-H researchers work toward new understanding of cancer camouflage
A group led by ChEM-H Institute Scholar Lingyin Li and Chemistry/Biology Interface graduate student Jacqueline Carozza found a molecule that could help undermine cancer's defenses.
January 23, 2020
Antiviral treatments lead researchers to develop possible cancer drug
An effort to thwart viral diseases like hepatitis or the common cold led to a new collaboration and a novel class of cancer drugs that appears effective in mice.
December 11, 2018
Zinc chelation may be able to deliver drug to insulin-producing cells
By delivering a drug directly to beta cells, researchers may be able to spur insulin production and potentially develop a diabetes therapy in the future.
December 06, 2018
Researchers use zinc to target insulin-producing cells with regenerative drug
To treat diabetes directly, doctors need a way to get drugs to cells that produce insulin. The key, Stanford researchers report, may be those cells’ affinity for zinc.
September 28, 2017
Stars of Stanford Medicine: “I want to leave an impact on medical care”
Physician-scientist Justin Annes specializes in a rare type of tumor disorders. He shares his story, and interests, in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
June 09, 2014
$28 million grant launches Center of Excellence for Translation Research
Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD, is leading a new center to develop antiviral therapies that target the host cell instead of the virus.