SUMC in the News (11/20/07)
Print media coverage
New York Times, 11/20/07
Ministering to chaos abroad, echoing at home
In this piece, Larry Zaroff shares his experiences being in the Dominican Republic following a military coup. Zaroff is a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE).
San Jose Mercury News, 11/20/07
Bay Area professor aids in stem cell breakthrough announced
Scientists have turned ordinary human skin cells into what are effectively human embryonic stem cells - without using embryos or women's eggs. Christopher Scott, director of the Program on Stem Cells in Society in the SCBE, is quoted in this article on the development.
Start-up enables users to examine their own DNA
A start-up company will let people search for information about their personal genetic makeup. Hank Greely, with SCBE, provides comment in this article.
Palo Alto Daily News, 11/20/07
Children's hospital receives grant
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital will receive more than $1 million in cash and equipment grants from Hewlett-Packard and the HP Company Foundation. Christopher Dawes, president and CEO of Packard Children's, is quoted in this brief article. A piece also appears on BizJournals.com.
WomansDay.com, 11/20/07
No more sick days
Nayer Khazeni, a medical school fellow, is featured in this column on ways to avoid colds and other ailments during the winter.
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