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"I spent my entire life training to do what I do and yet I find myself spending more and more time hustling for dollars." —Ben Barres, MD, professor of neurobiology, developmental biology and of neurology and neurological sciences, on why he joined the Myelin Repair Foundation, a nonprofit whose businesslike strategy brings medical scientists together. San Francisco Chronicle, April 30.
"You look beyond your four walls to developing influenza care facilities." —Eric A. Weiss, MD, assistant professor of surgery and chair of the hospital's disaster preparedness committee, commenting on Stanford's emergency plan in case of a bird flu pandemic. San Francisco Chronicle, May 4.
"Dr. McCormick attacked me with a rat." —A quote from medical studentJoshua Spanogle's novel, Isolation Ward, which was the subject of a feature story in the May 3 Palo Alto Weekly. The book is about Dr. Nathaniel McCormick, a 30-something investigator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, who investigates a mysterious illness infecting mentally challenged residents of group homes.