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"It's not 'manly' to seek help." —Lorrin Koran, MD, emeritus professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on why the results of a recent Stanford study—that nearly as many men as women experience compulsive buying disorder—have not been mirrored by the numbers consulting doctors for help. Forbes.com, Oct. 1
"There is a naive assumption on the part of all of us that we're immune to influence." —Dean Philip Pizzo, MD, on the new medical center policy banning gifts and free drug samples from pharmaceutical and other biomedical companies to medical center staff. Newsweek, Oct. 5.
"You can't ignore the rest of the tumor." —Philip Beachy, PhD, professor of developmental biology, on how potential therapies for cancer stem cells may need to be supplemented by other approaches. San Francisco Business Times, Oct. 13.
"A little bit less arrogance would go a long way."—Ben Barres, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology, of developmental biology and of neurology and neurological sciences, on how leading academics have espoused the idea of innate gender differences in scientific aptitude despite a lack of evidence to support that view. ABC's 20/20, Sept. 30.
"Usually we're toiling away in obscurity." —David Bushnell, PhD, a research associate in the lab of Roger Kornberg, PhD, the Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine, shortly after the announcement of Kornberg's winning the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. NPR's Science Friday, Oct. 6.
"The biggest benefit of the prize is that it provides an opportunity to have a voice beyond one's own lab." "—Andrew Fire, PhD, professor of pathology and of genetics and 2006 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, on how the award carries with it an obligation to speak out on issues that affect science. Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2
"It is appalling beyond words." —Roger Kornberg, PhD, the 2006 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, condemning British professors' boycott of Israeli academics because of Israel's treatment of Palestinians. International Herald Tribune, Oct. 15.