SCIENCE WRITING

Orchid Health

Polygenic disease risk

Types of genetic testing available for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in men in the US. Whether you have a family member with prostate cancer or you want to know more about its causes, let's understand what science has to say about the genetics behind the disease.

How does diabetes impact the severity of COVID-19 outcomes? Can getting COVID cause diabetes?

Here's what you need to know about the relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes and what you can do to reduce your risks.

What can genetics tell me about my Type 2 Diabetes risk?

Whether you have a family member with Type 2 diabetes or you're curious about what the latest science has to offer, let's understand let's understand what's currently possible to detect through genetic testing.

How genetics impacts stroke risk

Predicting and preventing stroke is highly dependent on risk factors personal to each individual. Let's dive into the science and genetics behind a person's risk for ischemic stroke to better understand why stroke can happen.

Breakdown of the Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a collection of autoimmune disorders that affect the digestive system. Let's dive into the science and genetics behind IBD to better understand what is known about IBD risk.

Fertility and family genetics

Prenatal & preconception genetic testing through the years: the past, present, and future

Here, we dive into what questions genetic testing have been able to answer over the years and chart a trajectory where things are heading next.

How your DNA can impact your child's health - and how DNA can change between each generation

Let's take a look at what causes conditions traditionally thought to be "genetic," like Down syndrome or cystic fibrosis, and also how genetics can impact predispositions to common conditions like heart disease.

What causes genetic mutations?

No machine is perfect, and so too are our cells. Here we explain how mutations often arise when the cell makes mistakes as a transcriber, spell-checker, and pair of magnets.

DNA 101: What is DNA?

A person's DNA contains the blueprints telling a cell how to make sub-cellular structures and the molecules the cell needs to live and function.

How genetically similar are siblings?

Siblings share 50 percent of their DNA. Even though siblings have the same parents, they have unique genomes because the sperm and egg cells they came from had unique genomes as well.

3 facts most people get wrong about egg freezing

A Stanford IVF nurse and doctor dispel common misconceptions around egg retrieval - a procedure that removes eggs from the ovaries.

5 myths about getting pregnant

Hear from a Stanford IVF nurse and doctor about the truths behind trying to conceive.

4 common misconceptions about IVF

Assisted reproductive technologies have helped couples achieve healthy pregnancies for decades, but there are still common myths about fertility and the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process.

Eight Sleep

Sleep Science

How can you use light to set your sleep schedule?

How does your body know what time it is so it can maintain its circadian rhythm?

Sleep Myth Debunked: The 68° Sleeping Temperature

We'll tell you how the conventional wisdom about sleep temperature may not be accurate, how temperature and sleep quality are related, and how you can get that perfect sleep temperature profile right for you.

Snapshot: Sleep and HIIT Training

High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, helps maximize your cardiovascular fitness. But are you really getting the most out of it?

Snapshot: Why Poor Sleep Causes Food Cravings

Not only do food preferences change after poor sleep, but even the way you taste food changes.

Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab

Blog and manuscript editing

Early Detection of COVID-19 at Scale Using Wearables

Presymptomatic detection of COVID-19 has been a challenge in containing the ongoing pandemic. Wearable monitoring devices provide an exciting opportunity for early detection for real-time infectious disease monitoring at scale.

Meenta

Commercial genomics sequencing platform

From Microscopes to Multi-omics: The Evolution of Single Cell Genomic Technologies

Throughout the age of genetics, researchers have largely been limited by either the number of genetic loci they could study, the number of cells that could be analyzed simultaneously, or both. That is now changing.