SUMC in the News (12/14/07)
Print media coverage
drKoop.com, 12/14/07
Researchers find great granddaddy of all blood cells
Stanford researchers have isolated a human blood cell that represents the great-grandparent of all the cells of the blood, a finding that could lead to new treatments for blood cancers and other blood diseases. Irving Weissman, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation and director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, provides comment in this HealthDay News article.
Santa Barbara News Press, 12/14/07
Lab-grown human organs dream unfulfilled
This article, which originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, discusses how many tissue engineering companies are struggling for funding. Geoffrey Gurtner, associate professor of surgery, is quoted.
Palo Alto Online News, 12/13/07
Stanford stem cell researchers get $10.7 million
Four Stanford researchers have been awarded $10.7 million from the state's stem cell agency. The researchers include Anne Brunet, assistant professor of genetics; Howard Chang, assistant professor of dermatology; Karl Deisseroth, assistant professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences; and Joanna Wysocka, assistant professor of chemical and systems biology and of developmental biology. Michael Longaker, the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor and deputy director of Stanford's stem cell institute, is quoted in this article. The grants are also mentioned in the San Francisco Business Times.
FOXNews.com, 12/12/07
Shopping addiction: When casual shopping becomes a compulsion
This article on compulsive shopping mentions a Stanford study on the subject.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-TV, 12/14/07
The School of Medicine received $10.7 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in awards designed to help jump-start the careers of young scientists in the field of stem cell research. The award was also mentioned on KNTV-TV and KTVU-TV.
KTVU-TV, 12/13/07
This segment mentioned the recent Stanford study on the "great-grandparent" of human blood cells. Similar segments also aired on TV stations in Chicago; Detroit; Nashville, Tenn.; Portland; and Toledo, Ohio.
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