SCBE In The News
July 2006

7/31/06
Hank Greely will present a talk, "Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics," today, as featured in the San Francisco Chronicle

7/27/06
Jennifer McCormick is quoted in this article in USAToday on the state of stem cell research in the country. A recent study by McCormick found that stem cell researchers in other countries are out-publishing U.S. scientists.

7/27/06
Christopher Scott comment's on President Bush's veto of legislation that would have expanded federal funding for stem cell research in this Stanford Daily article.

7/21/06
In this Time.com article Christopher Thomas Scott discusses how many American researchers are moving to Singapore as a result of all the politics involved with stem cell research.

7/21/06
A doctor and two nurses at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are being accused of purposely injecting patients with a lethal dose of painkillers during Hurricane Katrina. David Magnus provides comment in a Los Angeles Times article, which also appears in the Cincinnati Post. Magnus is also quoted in the Seattle Times.

7/20/06
David Magnus discussed Gov. Schwarzenegger's approval of a $150 million loan for the state's stem cell agency on KPIX-TV.

7/20/06
Jennifer McCormick
is quoted in this UsaToday article discusses researchers' reaction to President Bush's veto of stem cell legislation.

7/20/06
Hank Greely discussed President Bush's veto on a bill authorizing federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on KCBS-AM.

7/20/06
Christopher Scott, is featured in a McClatchy-Tribune News service piece appearing in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the San Jose Mercury News website.

7/20/06
David Magnus provides comment in the New Orleans Times-Picayune and also in the Middle East Times regarding a doctor and two nurses at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans who are being accused of purposely injecting patients with a lethal dose of painkillers during Hurricane Katrina.

7/19/06
During a segment of Evening Drive Time on KGO-AM radio David Magnus commented on funding for stem cell research and Bush's veto of stem cell legislation.

7/19/06
On KPIX-TV David Magnus discussed the use of pills to wipe away the memories of soldiers suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

7/17/06
Christopher Scott, is quoted in the Newsweek International Q&A on federal restrictions on stem cell research.

7/12/06
A handful of medical device and drug companies are offering would-be patients professional help battling their insurance companies for coverage of costly or controversial treatments. Mildred Cho weighs in on the practice.