The Latest Breaking News from Stanford University

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 22, Brew. 

Scientists have pinpointed pieces of DNA which, they say, act like Bond villains in the way they help cancers spread. Researchers based in a number of UK and US universities found that extrachromosomal DNA, known as ecDNA, can help tumors to develop resistance to anti-cancer drugs. ecDNA is present in…

In a controversial move that has strained its relationships with the EU and the US, South Africa will host naval exercises off its eastern coast with Chinese and Russian ships. The exercises coincide with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Combining several technologies to create a digital replica of an athlete’s body has made a giant leap forward in understanding what goes on.

SAN DIEGO — Hello, Stanford, goodbye, San Diego State University.

New research explains why cyclic breathing can calm you down — and it may be more effective than mindfulness meditation.

MIAMI — A group of scientists say they’ve created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug’s addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of people across the United States.

The first geneticist to transplant genes from one living organism to another claimed his Huntington’s Disease cure was FDA-approved to grab cash from a friend. Really, there is no cure for HD.

STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford University officials have decided to cast aside a newly crafted “harmful language guide” that sent the Internet into a frenzy last month for discouraging the use of words like “American,” “Hispanic” and “cakewalk.”