SUMC in the News (09/16/08)
Print media coverage
The Standard (Hong Kong), 09/16/08
Scan scare
Geoffrey Rubin, professor of radiology, is quoted in this Los Angeles Times piece on CT scans.
New York Times, 09/15/08
India's novel use of brain scans in court is debated
India has become the first country to convict someone of a crime relying on evidence from a brain scan. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment in this article.
Associated Press, 09/14/08
Battling influence of pharmaceutical industry
This article, which appears in the Ventura County Star (Ventura County, Calif.) and on the San Francisco Chronicle's website, discusses concerns over the influence of pharmaceutical companies on medicine. It mentions that Stanford is no longer accepting support from
Broadcast media coverage
NextWorld: Future Superhuman (Science Channel), 09/15/08
During this program, Howard Chang discussed his research on aging of the skin. Chang is an assistant professor of dermatology.
Talk of the Nation (NPR), 09/13/08
New research by Stanford geneticists indicates that lager, which accounts for the majority of commercial beer production worldwide, owes its existence to an unlikely pairing between two species of yeast. Gavin Sherlock, assistant professor of genetics, discussed his work during the show.
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