SUMC in the News (10/09/08)
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Stanford scientists pinpoint key proteins in blood stem cell replication
A family of cancer-fighting molecules helps blood stem cells in mice decide when and how to divide, scientists have found.
Print media coverage
Los Angeles Times, 10/09/08
Scientists explore new source of stem cells
Researchers from Germany have grown muscle, nerve and other kinds of tissue using the testicular cells of adult men. Renee Reijo Pera, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education, provides comment in this article, which also appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio), Philadelphia Inquirer, San Jose Mercury News and St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.).
Stanford Daily, 10/09/08
Stanford alum donates to medical school
Lorry Lokey, the Business Wire founder and philanthropist, is giving $75 million to the medical school to help build what is expected to be the nation's largest center for stem cell research. Dean Philip Pizzo is quoted. The work of Irving Weissman, the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation for Cancer Research, is also mentioned in this article.
Internet/New media coverage
USNews.com, 10/08/08
New advances could battle cancer cell by cell
A new twist on a well-known cell sorting technique may allow physicians to diagnose rare leukemias in hours instead of weeks, according to a study by researchers here and UC-San Francisco. Garry Nolan, associate professor of microbiology and immunology and co-senior author of the study, is quoted in this article, which also appears on Forbes.com.
Broadcast media coverage
KCBS-AM, 10/08/08
Scientists here have designed a noninvasive, prenatal genetic test for Down syndrome. The test was mentioned during a segment.
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