I was shocked last week when I learned that Judge Royce Lamberth had enjoined federal support for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. This case …
Month: August 2010
"Something old and something new" for Stanford medical students
The new school year has begun for students across the country, including those entering Stanford's medical school. In the latest edition of his Dean's Newsletter, …
Francis Collins profiled in New Yorker
The New Yorker magazine has a fantastic profile of National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, in their upcoming Sept. 6 issue. The …
Stem cell ruling throws Stanford researcher's project into limbo
The work of researchers across the country has been thrown into limbo because of a recent injunction that suspended federal funding for human embryonic stem …
Real-time MRI of moving organs and joints
Researchers at the Max Planck Society say they have discovered how to use MRI to acquire moving images of organs and joints in real time. …
NIH intramural human embryonic stem cell research halted
In response to a judge's order last week, the National Institutes of Health today ordered an immediate halt to all human embryonic stem cell research …
Working at the White House: a tremendous honor that’s tremendously bad for your health
When my friend Paul Costello left the Carter Administration, he wrote a funny New York Times article suggesting a special course for departing staffers: There …
Tickets for Dalai Lama’s talk at Stanford now available
The Dalai Lama will return to Stanford for a third visit this October. Tickets for the two-day event went on sale this morning and can …
Many cancer survivors forgo medical care because they can't afford it
Earlier this summer, a study (link to .pdf) in the journal CANCER showed that more than two million cancer survivors skipped out on medical services …
Image of the week: adjusting surgical couch, 1854
The above image shows an 1854 patent specification for an adjusting surgical couch, by Edmund Adolphus Kirby. The specification is part of the Wellcome Library's …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Aug. 23
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Ancient crocodile mummies scanned at Stanford: A pair of Greco-Roman crocodile mummies belonging to the Phoebe …
Companies add nap rooms to perk up workers, boost productivity
A friend of mine used to regularly schedule a fake hour-long meeting and, instead, crawl under his desk, pull in his chair and take a …
Study shows federal school lunch program doesn’t make the grade
As students head back to school, new concerns are being raised about the nutrition standards for the federal government's National School Lunch Program. In a …
Key Parkinson's-disease-associated molecule's function identified
Parkinson's disease afflicts one in 100 people over age 60 and one in 25 over age 80, making it the developed world's second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder …
A legal perspective on the human embryonic stem cell ruling
Much has been written about the implications of Monday's opinion by District Court Judge Royce Lamberth blocking federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. …
NPR series examines challenges associated with primary care
The country's shortage of primary care physicians, an issue that has gotten quite a bit of coverage over the last few years, is the topic …