Stanford Report, April 19, 2006

Media monitor

"Don't expect anything before five years, but be angry if you don't see anything in 15 years." —Irving Weissman, MD, the Virginia & DK Ludwig Professorof Pathology, on the potential of federal funds for research on cancer stem cells. Time, April 17.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184084,00.html

"I don't see anything here but a 'yuck' factor." —Hank Greely, JD, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, on faith groups and the basis of their opposition to biotechnology. Greely feels such groups base their opposition on emotion rather than scientific critique or deep analysis of the benefits of such research. Toronto Star, April 14.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&;call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1144965013116

"I just go straight to the beach. Like, I'm really there. I feel the sun and I feel the sand." —20-year-old Kristina Shepherd, on the use of hypnosis to help her deal with the negative effects of chemotherapy. She gets treated at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital by Richard Shaw, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Wesley Dunn, a child psychiatry fellow. San Francisco Chronicle, April 9.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/09/CMGH5HKA9K1.DTL

"If you're a young woman who is trying to decide about taking estrogen to prevent hot flashes and night sweats and other menopausal problems, the news is good." —Marcia Stefanick, PhD, professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, on the latest findings from the WHI study on breast cancer and estrogen. The study found taking estrogen alone does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. ABC World News Tonight, April 11.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april12/med-breast-041206.html