SUMC in the News (12/02/08)
Press releases
Stanford scientists' discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS
The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates.
Powerful online tool for protein analysis provided pro bono by Stanford geneticist
Scientists around the world may benefit from a powerful new database, available for free online, that will help them to home in on the parts of proteins most necessary for their function.
Print media coverage
New York Times, 12/02/08
Cases/ A scare forever etched
In this piece, Larry Zaroff tells the story of a patient he treated as a young fellow in thoracic surgery. Zaroff is a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
Philippine Star, 12/02/08
Silent night? Not if your spouse snores!
Rafael Pelayo, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment in this article on habitual snorers.
United Press International, 12/01/08
Study: Cell movements are totally modular
A Stanford study describing how cells within blood vessel walls move en masse overturns an assumption common in the age of genomics. Tobias Meyer, professor of chemical and systems biology, and Philip Vitorino, graduate student and lead author of the study, are mentioned in this brief article.
Contra Costa Times, 12/01/08
Virus ancestor to HIV older than believed
This article discusses how researchers here have discovered that HIV-like viruses can be dated back 14 million years using the remains of lemurs. Robert Gifford, former postdoctoral researcher in infectious diseases and geographical medicine and lead author, is quoted in this story, which also appears in the Alameda Times Star, Fremont Argus, Palo Alto Daily News and San Jose Mercury News. The Irish Examiner also prepared a brief article.
Broadcast media coverage
KTVU-TV, 12/01/08
This segment discussed the Stanford study on lemurs and HIV. Similar segments also aired on KGO-TV and KRXI-TV (Reno).
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