SUMC in the News (10/27/05)
Print media coverage
San Jose Mercury News, 10/27/05
Strides made on radiation cure (registration required)
A Bay Area biotech company is working on a stem cell therapy that could be used
to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident. The
article mentions that Janice "Wes" Brown, assistant professor of medicine, pioneered the therapy and is working with the company to develop it.
Half Moon Bay Review, 10/27/05
Local doctor steps into emergency world
Kent Garman, associate professor of anesthesia, has founded a local division of
the Medical Reserve Corps, a federal organization of doctors, nurses, and
medical professionals who would spring into action should a disaster strike.
Garman is quoted in this article.
HealthDay, 10/26/05
Gene profile predicts leukemia's course
This article discusses a test that may help doctors spot aggressive form of
chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Chang-Zheng Chen, assistant professor of
microbiology and immunology, provides comment.
Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.), 10/26/05
Seminar spotlights test for cancer-causing virus
This article discusses the latest tests for detecting cervical cancer. Bruce
Patterson, associate professor of pathology and of medicine, spoke about the
technology during a seminar and is quoted here.
Broadcast media coverage
WQAD-TV (Moline, Ill.), 10/26/05
This segment followed up on Camila Gonzalez, the youngest child in the U.S. to
receive a donor's heart while also retaining her original one. She underwent a
procedure called a heterotopic or "piggyback" heart transplant last year at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
Disability Matters with Joyce Bender, 10/25/05
Stanford medical student and wheelchair marathon racer Cheri Blauwet was a guest
on this Internet radio show.
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