SUMC in the News (12/11/08)
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Stanford researcher gets funding from state stem cell agency to develop new tools, techniques
Helen Blau, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor of Pharmacology, was awarded $949,608 by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine yesterday to help develop powerful new stem cell research tools and techniques.
First functional stem-cell niche model created by Stanford scientists
For the first time, scientists here have devised a way to recreate the lair for stem cells - a microenvironment called a niche - in an adult animal.
Print media coverage
New York Times, 12/11/08
About 1 in 9 kids use alternative medicine
A new study suggests that the use of alternative medicine is on the rise, especially among children. Wallace Sampson, emeritus adjunct clinical professor of medicine, provides comment in this Associated Press article, which also appears in the Los Angeles Times and the San Jose Mercury News. Sampson is also quoted in the Washington Post.
Broadcast media coverage
KRON-TV, 12/11/08
This segment mentioned Helen Blau's grant from CIRM.
KTVU-TV, 12/09/08
Retailers are concerned about lower retail sales and increases in returns. Lorrin Koran, emeritus professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, discussed compulsive shopping during this segment.
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