SUMC in the News (10/19/05)
Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/19/05
Koreans plan to create 100s of stem cell lines
South Korea is moving to establish an international consortium to generate
hundreds of stem cell lines using somatic cell nuclear transfer. Some leading
biomedical centers, including Stanford, have declined to participate. Stanford
is also referenced in a HealthDay article on the consortium.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/19/05
Don't let critics stifle stem-cell studies (registration required)
In this opinion piece, David Magnus expresses his concerns about two recent
Nature papers on alternative approaches to embryonic stem cell research. Magnus
is the director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
Primates' use in research comes under fire in a report by animal rights
activists (registration required)
Animal rights activists have released a report critical of the use of primates
in research at Stanford and other campuses.
Forbes.com, 10/19/05
Getting hip to hypnosis
David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Wilson Professor, is quoted in this
article on hypnosis.
Bloomberg.com, 10/18/05
As weight loss surgery skyrockets, deaths and risks rise, too
The surge in weight loss surgery in the U.S. may be putting obese people at
higher risk for illness and death than is generally known, three new studies
report. John Morton, assistant professor of surgery, wrote an editorial
accompanying one of the studies.
Broadcast media coverage
Morning Edition (NPR), 10/19/05 (audio available)
Juliette Faraco, a research associate in the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy, was
interviewed for this segment on narcolepsy.
KNTV-TV, 10/18/05
Ronald Levy's cancer vaccine work was discussed in this segment. Levy is the
Robert K. and Helen K. Summy Professor.
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