ChEM-H-funded projects
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Catching up with last year's winners of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program
Young Stanford biotech entrepreneurs are using their $50,000 award to work towards a cure for a rare muscular dystrophy
February 25, 2026
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Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program celebrates 10th anniversary with annual pitch night
Stanford undergraduates win $50K through a program designed to teach undergraduates about biotech entrepreneurship
February 10, 2026
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Researchers use machine learning to improve gene therapy
Stanford’s Gao Lab is leveraging AI to optimize the efficacy and safety of targeted cell and gene therapies.
June 03, 2025
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Sarafan ChEM-H awards six $50,000 grants through inaugural Nucleus Seed Grant Program
The grants will allow Stanford researchers to collaborate with the Nucleus, a collection of labs designed to supercharge basic and translational science at Stanford.
March 11, 2025
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Undergrads awarded $50k funding to develop FSHD therapy
The winning team, Myoterra Biosciences, is working to develop a new therapy for FSHD, a rare genetic disease that affects nearly one million people worldwide.
March 07, 2025
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Undergrad team receives $50,000 grant to develop treatment for eye cancer
The Sarafan ChEM-H grant will support the undergrad entrepreneurs as they work to develop treatment for a rare form of cancer called uveal melanoma.
March 11, 2024
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Spend a day in the life of three Undergrad Entrepreneurship Program students at Sarafan ChEM-H
Charlotte Bravo (Chemistry ’25), Andrew Yang (Bioengineering & Electrical Engineering, ‘25), and Martin Hoberman (Biology ’25) support the development of anti-fungal drugs.
January 18, 2024
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Entrepreneurial undergrads tackle ovarian cancer
With funding and support from ChEM-H, a team of undergrads is bringing their idea to kickstart the body’s immune system closer to reality.
December 06, 2021
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Stanford researchers develop standardized method for extracting SARS-CoV-2 RNA from stool
By establishing an optimal method for extracting viral RNA from feces, the researchers hope to make coronavirus fecal and wastewater studies more accurate and comparable.
October 08, 2021
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Targeting a human protein prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice
A ChEM-H-funded study finds that a repurposed drug could be a solution to curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
April 12, 2021
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Stanford researchers develop a portable blood ammonia detector
This device offers a significantly faster and easier method for detecting ammonia levels in blood, which can reach dangerous levels in people with certain diseases.
July 21, 2020
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ChEM-H students named O’Leary-Thiry Graduate Fellows and Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows
Stanford ChEM-H has named 11 incoming students O’Leary-Thiry Graduate Fellows and two current students Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows to pursue research at the CBI.
October 25, 2019
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Stanford researchers probe the link between gut microbiota and cancer immunotherapy
Immunotherapy has great promise as a cancer treatment, but current therapies only work in some. Researchers found that microorganisms in our guts might be the deciding factor.
August 27, 2019
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ChEM-H seed grant sparks postdoc collaboration in cell death
Jennifer Cao and Cole Dovey met at the Stanford ChEM-H Postdoc Retreat and discovered that they shared an interest in cell death pathways.
May 11, 2019
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Stanford doctors, materials scientists hope a blood test will encourage more colon cancer screenings
A blood test to detect colorectal cancer is being developed by Stanford doctors and materials scientists.
April 19, 2019
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Stanford researchers develop a simple new blood test for tuberculosis
A Stanford team is developing a new tuberculosis test that works for kids, people with HIV/AIDS, and others who struggle to cough anything up from their lungs.
March 29, 2019
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Stanford researchers create a wireless, battery-free, biodegradable blood flow sensor
Transforming super-sensitive touch sensors, Stanford engineers and medical researchers build a way to wirelessly monitor blood flow after surgery.
January 08, 2019
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Team of undergraduates wins grant to develop a new path toward HPV treatment
Students in the Stanford ChEM-H Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program have been awarded a grant to pursue their idea for a new biotechnology company.
December 20, 2018
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Stanford researchers team up to fight common viral infection in kidney transplant patients
Researchers have joined forces to learn how immune cells in some kidney transplant patients fight a common virus to predict who is at risk and possibly develop new treatments.
July 18, 2018
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A rare disease inspires a Stanford team to develop a new test for aldehyde exposure
Fanconi anemia is a rare but deadly disease, and there are no good drugs to treat it. Researchers are developing a test that could help kids with the disease and millions more.
June 27, 2018