SUMC in the News (09/12/05)
Media coverage
Forbes, 9/19/05
Molecular medicine; New tiny sensors spot disease before it occurs
(no electronic copy available)
This feature story about the development of sharper imaging techniques quotes
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, professor of radiology.
San Jose Mercury News, 9/12/05
Bioterror
challenge (registration required)
This story on efforts to develop countermeasures of biological agents quotes
David Relman, associate professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology,
The story also appears in the Bradenton
(Fla.) Herald (registration required).
Rogue River Press, Ore., 9/12/05
The love of a family
This story features an Oregon family that has adopted several children with cystic
fibrosis, including one boy who was treated at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
at Stanford when he was 9 months old.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/12/05
More METs, please, and make it ASAP
William Haskell, professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment in this Washington
Post article on calculating metabolic equivalent units (METs) while exercising.
The story also appears in the Fort
Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette.
Forbes.com, 9/12/05
Glowing mice from China and other oddities
This story about a new type of genetically modified mice developed in China quotes
Mark Kay, professor of genetics and of pediatrics, about the potential benefits
of using such mice in research.
Contra Costa Times, 9/11/05
Professor addresses addiction in Iraq
This story describes the work of Keith Humphreys, associate professor of psychiatry
and behavioral sciences, who is part of a group that is helping rebuild Iraq's
mental health-care system.
Chicago Tribune, 9/11/05
A
menu for life (registration required)
This brief item highlights research by Christopher Gardner, assistant professor
of medicine, about the effect of diet on cholesterol levels.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/11/05
New England tribe joins genome study (no electronic copy available)
This story about the Genographic Project, which aims to test 100,000 people from
around the world, refers to the work of Luigi Cavalli-Sforza, PhD, professor
of genetics, emeritus.
Science2005 in October
This brief item notes that Ron Davis, professor of biochemistry and of genetics,
will be a featured speaker at the University of Pittsburgh's Science2005 gathering
on Oct. 6 and 7.
Daily Times (Pakistan), 9/11/05
New
test can predict breast cancer’s spread
This story describes a study by Peter Lee, assistant professor of medicine, indicating
that immune cells in the lymph nodes may be the best way to predict whether breast
cancer has spread and will be likely to recur. A similar story appears on Ivanhoe.com.
Associated Press, 9/10/05
California's stem cell agency awards grants
This story notes that Stanford was one of the California universities to receive
a grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Similar stories
also appear in the San
Jose Mercury News (registration required), San
Francisco Chronicle, San
Diego Union-Tribune, Los
Angeles Times, Sacramento
Bee (registration required) and the MIT
Technology Review.
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