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"This increased competition for scarce resources isn't going to lead to better science." —Dean Philip Pizzo, MD, on how the future of medical research is being jeopardized by decreasing NIH budgets. San Jose Mercury News, April 4 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14258581.htm?source=syn
"Hopkins says they're not endorsing the product, but they are; I don't care what they say." —Mildred Cho, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and associate director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, on Johns Hopkins Medicine allowing the use of its name in advertising skin care products. Baltimore Sun, April 6 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.hopkins06apr06,0,7156387.story?coll=bal-news-nation
"It's not going to be like the sci-fi thing. We're just going to make baby steps toward this." —Kwabena Boahen, PhD, associate professor of bioengineering, on his research. He's leading a group that is trying to mimic the functions of the brain's complex neural system using silicon chips. San Francisco Chronicle, April 3 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/03/BUGOTI0US51.DTL&;hw=stanford&sn=002&sc=283
"If we got these drugs off the market, we could prevent 4,000 deaths a year." —Shelley Salpeter, MD, clinical professor of medicine, on the risks of the asthma drug Advair. Some patients are finding that it's making their asthma worse. Forbes.com, April 6. http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2006/04/05/cz_rl_advair_magp80.html
"There is no choice…because if we wait, we won't have anything and we won't know anything. So it's important to do this research now." —Cornelia Dekker, MD, on the importance of testing bird flu vaccines at Stanford. KGO-TV, April 3.