SUMC in the News (10/15/07)
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Blood test takes step towards predicting Alzheimer's risk, Stanford researchers find
Stanford scientists have developed a test that is about 90 percent accurate in distinguishing the blood of people with Alzheimer’s from the blood of those without the disease.
Print media coverage
New York Times, 10/15/07
Progress cited in Alzheimer's diagnosis
This article discusses Stanford researchers' development of a blood test that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Tony Wyss-Coray, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is referenced in this article, which also appears in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.). A San Francisco Chronicle story on the study appears in the Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) and Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kan.), and a San Jose Mercury News piece appears in the Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) and Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Articles also appear in the Oakland Tribune, Independent (U.K.) and Telegraph (U.K), and on ABCNews.com and BBC.com; other news organizations that reported on the study include the Associated Press, Bloomberg, HealthDay News, Reuters and United Press International. The study and its media coverage were also mentioned on the popular website Slashdot.
Stanford Daily, 10/15/07
Inequality center launches
This article discusses Stanford's recently launched Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, which opened this fall as part of the Stanford Challenge. Around 90 Stanford faculty, including members from the School of Medicine, are affiliated with the center.
Associated Press, 10/14/07
New FDA drug center raises ethical questions
A new FDA research facility will be paid for by drug companies; consumer advocates worry that the set-up will increase the agency’s vulnerability to industry clout. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 10/13/07
Nobel laureate pushes science, self to the edge
Mario Capecchi, who won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine, presented a lecture at the University of Pittsburgh's Science2007, an annual celebration of science and technology. This article mentions that Roger Kornberg, the Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke at last year's event.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/12/07
Rumsfeld debate heats up
Some Stanford faculty members plan to protest the controversial appointment of Donald Rumsfeld as a "distinguished visiting fellow" at the Hoover Institution. David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor in Medicine, provides comment in this article.
Broadcast media coverage
CBS Early Show, 10/15/07
This segment discussed the Alzheimer's blood test and mentioned Stanford researchers. Similar segments aired locally on KGO-TV, KNTV-TV and KTVU-TV and on TV stations in Boston; New York; Raleigh, N.C. and Reno. The research was also mentioned on Squawk Box (CNBC) and on last night's NBC Nightly News.
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