SUMC in the News (10/28/08)
Press releases
Stanford researchers discover pervasive network driving protein production and placement in cells
Researchers here have uncovered an extensive, but until now barely noticed, network of regulatory interactions that influence what proteins are made inside a cell.
Costlier new diabetes drugs don't necessarily produce better outcomes, Stanford researchers say
The annual cost of prescription diabetes drugs nearly doubled to $12.5 billion between 2001 and 2007, according to a study by Stanford researchers.
Print media coverage
Wall Street Journal, 10/28/08
Drug costs soar for diabetes patients (No online version available)
This article discusses the Stanford study on the costs of diabetes drugs. An Associated Press article on the study appears on CNN.com and in the New York Times, Newsday (New York), San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News; a HealthDay News piece appears on Forbes.com and WashingtonPost.com. Randall Stafford, associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and senior author of the study, provides comment in articles from Agence France Presse and WebMD.com.
Contra Costa Times, 10/28/08
Stanford breaks ground on largest U.S. stem cell center
The School of Medicine broke ground yesterday on the Lokey Stem Cell Research Building, which will become the nation's largest stem cell research facility. This article on the event quotes Philip Pizzo, medical school dean, and references Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering; Renee Reijo Pera, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education; and Irving Weissman, the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation for Cancer Research, who were all part of a symposium held before the groundbreaking. An Associated Press article on the groundbreaking also appears in the Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News. Philip Pizzo, Irving Weissman, Renee Reijo Pera, and Chris Shay, project manager for the new building, are quoted in an article prepared by the Stanford Daily.
San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/28/08
The age-old question
This article discusses how gender plays a part in how we age. David Kahn, clinical assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, is quoted.
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/27/08
So why isn't Obama white?
This piece on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is written by Abraham Verghese, professor of medicine and senior associate chair for the new program in the theory and practice of medicine.
Internet/New media coverage
WebMD.com, 10/27/08
Coping with chronic illness: What goes wrong
This article discusses how many patients often make mistakes when it comes to self-managing chronic conditions. Kate Lorig, professor of immunology and rheumatology, provides comment.
Broadcast media coverage
KPIX-TV, 10/27/08
The medical school broke ground on a new stem cell research facility yesterday. Similar segments aired on KGO-TV and KNTV-TV.
KGO-TV, 10/27/08
During this segment, Clifford Chin, associate professor of pediatrics, discussed the childhood obesity epidemic.
KNTV-TV, 10/27/08
This segment discussed the study on diabetes drugs. Similar segments aired on television stations across the country, including ones in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Portland.
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