SCBE In The News
May 2004
05/21/04
Stanford Daily
Students worry over departure of Human Biology lecturers
This article on the Human Biology Program mentions that developmental biology professors in the School of Medicine are being recruited to teach a major segment of the program's core classes.
05/16/04
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.V.)
Pope stance riles Catholic hospitals
Pope John Paul II recently pronounced that it is a moral obligation to feed patients who are in comas. David Magnus, co-director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment in this article. (For a faxed copy of this article, please contact our office: 723-6911.)
05/15/04
San Francisco Chronicle
Oral surgeons have their eyes on noses: Bill would let them do elective work
David Magnus, co-director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is quoted in this article on elective surgery.
05/14/04
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Family planning: More parents are selecting the gender of their children
David Magnus is quoted in this article on sex selection.
05/12/04
Dr. Maren Monsen's documentary film, Worlds Apart won a Silver Medal at the "Health and Science Communications Association" 30th Annual International Media Festival. HeSCA Media Festivals is internationally recognized as the pre-eminent media festival in health sciences, where the "best of the best" entries in print, film, video, still media, and interactive media compete for distinguished honors and visibility.
05/04/04
Marketplace (Minnesota Public Radio)
(Scroll down to "The Money Chase" to listen.)
Mildred Cho, senior research scholar in the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, was featured in this segment on university research and corporate influence. Cho provided comment on USC's recent $5 million grant from ChevronTexaco to create what looks like an on-campus research and development office for the oil company. (For a faxed copy of this transcript, please contact our office: 723-6911.)
05/04/04
San Jose Mercury News (registration required)
Some question value of brain scans
The marketing of brain scans is worrying doctors who say that the test is unproven, unethical and potentially dangerous. Judy Illes, senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment.
05/03/04
NECN-TV (Boston)
This segment, which originally aired on ABC World News Tonight, discussed the web marketing of a new film called Godsend. A website for the fictional Godsend Institute advertises reproductive cloning services, and some worry that people might think the institute is real. David Magnus, co-director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provided comment.
05/02/04
KGTV-TV (San Diego)
This segment discussed the web marketing of a new film called Godsend. A website for the fictional Godsend Institute advertises reproductive cloning services, and some worry that people might think the institute is real. David Magnus, co-director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provided comment in this segment from ABC World News Tonight.