SUMC in the News (10/17/07)

Press release

Stanford researchers seek volunteers for malaria vaccine study
Researchers in the Stanford-Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Vaccine Program, are testing an experimental malaria vaccine. They are looking for healthy adults to enroll in a study to test the vaccine's safety.

Print media coverage

Oakland Tribune, 10/17/07
Stanford research determines fish suffer insomnia
A Stanford study shows that zebrafish can have a genetic mutation linked to sleep problems. This article, which originally appeared in the Palo Alto Daily News, quotes Emmanuel Mignot, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and senior research associate Philippe Mourrain.

Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, Ore.), 10/17/07
Hepatitis C: A challenge to physicians
Aijaz Ahmed, assistant professor of medicine, is featured in this article on hepatitis C. Ahmed recently gave a talk at the Rogue Valley Medical Center in Oregon.

Stanford Daily, 10/17/07
Willpower not enough to break bad habits
The fall issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores why people don't do what’s good for them. This article discusses the issue of willpower and quotes Cynthia Castro, a research associate at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.

San Francisco Chronicle, 10/16/07
Hearst Foundation award grants in state
The Hearst Foundations, two private philanthropic groups, awarded grants of more than $3.25 million to nine non-profit organizations in California. The grants include $1 million to Stanford to establish a center for neuroregeneration.

Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/16/07
Put women's health first
This piece argues that a way to make babies healthier is to make women healthier - whether they're pregnant or not. Paul Wise, the Richard E. Behrman Professor in Child Health and Professor, recently spoke at a summit on infant mortality; he is quoted here.

WashingtonPost.com, 10/16/07
Angioplasty equals bypass surgery for heart patients: study
Patients with heart disease who undergo coronary angioplasty have an equivalent risk of death and heart attack as patients who undergo coronary bypass surgery, according to Stanford researchers. Mark Hlatky, professor of health research and policy and of cardiovascular medicine, is quoted in this HealthDay article.

ZDNet.com, 10/16/07
New Alzheimer's test is scary tech
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. Tony Wyss-Coray, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is quoted in this blog entry. A brief article also appears on BizJournals.com.

BizJournals.com, 10/10/07
Stanford, UCSC, Affymetrix get millions for genome research
The National Genome Research Institute last week announced a $14.6 million grant to Stanford for research in the human genome.

Broadcast media coverage

World News Now (ABC), 10/17/07
This segment discussed the Stanford study on insomniac sleep. Philippe Mourrain was interviewed for a segment on KPIX-TV, and the study was also mentioned on KCBS-AM and KGO-AM.

Talk of the Nation (NPR), 10/16/07
This segment discussed the Alzheimer's blood test and mentioned Stanford researchers.

KCBS-AM, 10/14/07
An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to researchers here. Amin Milki, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of Stanford's IVF program, discussed the study during this segment.