SCBE In The News

January 2012:

Reuters, 01/10/12
--Insight: New DNA reader to bring promise
This piece discusses how a new genome-sequencing machine could bring genetics to medical clinics. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics; Stephen Quake, the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; and Tom Quertermous, the William G. Irwin Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine and chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine, are featured here.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/us-dna-reader-idUSTRE8090B820120110

Nature News, 01/11/12
--Stem cell research: Never say die
This piece explores whether the biotechnology company Advanced Cell Technology can make embryonic stem-cell therapies a reality despite its many ups and downs. Christopher Scott, director of Stanford’s Program on Stem Cells and Society and a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment here.
http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cell-research-never-say-die-1.9759

Stabroaknews.com, 01/12/12
--New DNA reader to bring promise, perils of genetics to clinics
This Reuters piece discusses how a new genome-sequencing machine could bring genetics to medical clinics. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics; Stephen Quake, the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering; and Tom Quertermous, the William G. Irwin Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine and chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine, are featured here.
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/01/12/new-dna-reader-to-bring-promise-perils-of-genetics-to-clinics/

USA Today, 01/16/12
--'Team Amelia' backs transplant for special needs child
David Magnus, the Thomas A. Raffin Professor and director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment in this article about a 3-year-old girl with a rare genetic disorder called Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, who was denied a kidney transplant.
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/special-needs/story/2012-01-16/Team-Amelia-backs-transplant-for-special-needs-child/52603482/1

Time.com, 01/31/12
--Gingrich wants scrutiny of IVS clinics: Why that's not the worst idea
This piece discusses how Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is calling for deeper scrutiny of in vitro fertilization clinics. Christopher Scott, director of Stanford’s Program on Stem Cells and Society and a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is quoted.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/31/gingrich-wants-scrutiny-of-ivf-clinics-why-thats-not-the-worst-idea/?iid=hl-main-lede