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"Alzheimer's is going to ruin the health-care system." —Tony Wyss-Coray, MD, associate professor of neurology, on how the aging of the U.S. population could vastly increase the costs of providing care, though he believes the development of new treatments could prevent such a crisis. The annual Alzheimer's Association conference was held last week at Stanford. San Francisco Chronicle, May 15.
"Descartes said, 'I think, therefore I am.' Now we're watching that process as it unfolds." —Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, director of the neuroimaging and pain lab, discussing the mind-body connection and how chronic pain sufferers may be able to use fMRIs to reduce pain levels by viewing their own live brain images. New York Times Magazine, May 14.
"You can't slice us up at will." —Hank Greely, JD, chair of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics steering committee, in his explanation of the advantages of doing research on chimeras instead of humans. San Francisco Business Times, May 12.