SCBE
In The News
April 2006
04/27/06
David Magnus and Mildred Cho are quoted in "Bioethics: Dial 'E' for ethics". Joachim Hallmayer, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is also quoted.
04/27/06
Hank Greely comments on genetic testing in Newsweek 5/01/06. For a faxed copy of the article, contact SCBE at 723- 6911.
04/26/06
Judy Illes recently authored a study on the marketing practices of the body-scan industry. She is quoted in Men's Health.
04/23/06
David Magnus was quoted in a KTVU-TV segment on synthetic biology and how technology could allow access to pathogens in the future. Similar segments aired on KMPH-TV (Fresno), KION-TV (Monterey) and WTTG-TV (Washington, D.C.)
04/21/06
David Magnus discussed Friday's stem cell ruling during a KTVU-TV segment.
04/18/06
Falling behind on stem cell research: Christopher Scott and Jennifer McCormick wrote an editorial for the Boston Globe that discusses how stem cell researchers in other countries are out-publishing U.S. scientists.
04/14/06
Fighting disease or playing God? Hank Greely discusses ethics in genetic research in an article in the Toronto Star.
04/13/06
In an article in Health Day, David Magnus discusses a new study on scientific misconduct.
04/13/06
Hank Greely provides comment in this article on genetic testing in the UConn Daily Campus.
04/12/06
The legal lock on stem cells: two patents that cover key research areas are setting back science
In a piece in the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Taymor discusses two powerful patents that cover all human embryonic stem cells and the method by which they're made.
04/09/06
David Magnus provides comment in this article in the Orange Country Register on problems at UCI Medical Center. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1094593.php
04/09/06
During a segment on Your Total Health, David Magnus discussed how some egg freezing advertising can be misleading.
04/07/06
U.S. trails other countries in publishing embryonic stem cell studies, Stanford researcher finds
A new Stanford study by Jennifer McCormick, a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, has found that stem cell researchers in other countries are out-publishing U.S. scientists.
http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2006/april/stemcell.html
04/07/06
Baltimore Sun
This article discusses how Johns Hopkins Medicine is allowing the use of its name in advertising skin-care products. Mildred Cho, associate professor of pediatrics and associate director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.hopkins06apr06,0,7156387.story?coll=bal-news-nation