SUMC in the News (08/24/06)

Press release

Stanford experts cite concerns with new method of deriving embryonic stem cells
Stanford stem cell experts cite several concerns regarding a newly published method of generating human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo.

Print media coverage

New York Times, 08/24/06
Stem cell news could intensify political debate
This article discusses the new way of growing stem cell lines without destroying human embryos. Irving Weissman, the Virginia and DK Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation and director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, provides comment here. Weissman is also quoted in the Los Angeles Times and in an Associated Press piece which appears on ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, CNN.com, Forbes.com, and in newspapers across the country, including the Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Indianapolis Star, Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.), Modesto Bee, New York Post, Sacramento Bee, Salt Lake City Deseret News, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Mateo Daily Journal, Seattle Times and Tucson Arizona Daily Star.

Christopher Scott, director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society in the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE), provides comment in the San Francisco Chronicle and in a San Jose Mercury News article, which also appears on CBSMarketwatch.com and in the Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), Centre Daily Times (Centre, Pa.), Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.), Contra Costa Times and Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.). David Magnus, director of the SCBE, is quoted in the Chicago Tribune; and William Hurlbut, consulting professor of neurology, provides comment in the Wall Street Journal.

Palo Alto Online, 08/23/06
Stanford Blood Center running low
The Stanford Blood Center is seeking donors, as their supplies are running low. Michelle Bussenius, public relations director for the center, is quoted here.

Broadcast media coverage

KPIX-TV, 08/23/06
David Magnus discussed the alternative stem cell method during this segment.

KNTV-TV, 08/23/06
This segment discussed a simulation baby being used as a training tool at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Center for Nursing Excellence.

A separate segment discussed how John Muir Physician Network is under investigation due to a memo telling doctors there will be financial penalties for disobeying new rules. David Magnus was interviewed.

View from the Bay (KGO-TV), 08/23/06
Dana Weintraub, clinical instructor of pediatrics, discussed ways of getting children away from the TV and computer to exercise.

KCOP-TV (Los Angeles), 08/23/06
Researchers at Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT), NASA and the National Biocomputation Center have developed the 3-D Interactive Tooth Atlas, which enables dentists to take patients inside the tooth. This segment, which also aired on WVAH-TV (Charleston, W. Va.) and WWBT-TV (Richmond, Va.), discussed the high-tech tool.