SUMC in the News (10/17/08)
Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/17/08
Complex brain imaging is making waves in court
This article discusses how recent advances in neuroscience could impact our legal system. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/17/08
Comedian Brian Malow proves that science can indeed be a laughing matter
Medical student Jake Brenner is quoted in this article on a local man known as the Science Comedian.
New York Times, 10/17/08
Ties between doctors and stent makers queried
Two U.S. senators are looking into financial connections between device companies and heart doctors, including two at Columbia. This is part of a recent wave of inquiries into potential conflicts of interests between medical researchers and companies. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.
What does grace mean to you?
This piece discusses "Let Me Down Easy," a one-woman show from playwright Anna Deavere Smith that pays homage to the human body. It is not mentioned here, but Smith performed the show at Stanford in 2006.
Internet/New media coverage
CNN.com, 10/17/08
Synthetic biology inches toward the mainstream
This article discusses synthetic biology, which involves programming DNA to design and re-design organisms to do what we want them to do. Drew Endy, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-TV, 10/16/08
This segment discussed Proposition 3, a $980 million bond proposal to expand the state's children's hospitals. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital was mentioned.
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