Fall 2004
Volume 21 Number 2
Jump to the Alumni section: Stanford MD
Cover story:
The science and politics of stem cell research
The great stem cell divide
By Michelle L. Brandt
Stem cells are so small that they can't be seen with the naked
eye, yet they tend to cause mass confusion and evoke the largest of responses.
A U.S. senator recently called the field of study "the most promising
research in health care, perhaps in the history of the world;" the
U.S. Conference of Bishops, meanwhile, has branded the work "morally
unacceptable." >> Read Story
Stem
cell primer: Everything you wanted to know about stem cells but
were afraid to ask
Taking
the initiative: Meet the man behind the California ballot measure
to fund stem cell research
The true seeds of cancer
By Amy Adams
Stanford researchers are at the epicenter of the hunt for the stem cells
that underlie cancers of the blood, breast, ovaries, lung, brain and bladder,
among others. >> Read Story
Teaching old cells new tricks
By Amy Adams
Everybody agrees that adult stem cells can treat diseases within their
own tissues. What they can't agree on is whether adult blood-forming
stem cells can repair other tissues such as the liver or heart muscle.
>> Read Story
More Stanford Medicine
Letter
from the dean
’Scope:
A quick look at the latest developments at Stanford University Medical
Center
Here's
looking at you: Researchers catch stem cells in the act
Alumni
profile: Ronald Levy, the antibody hero –
His research has led to therapies that help the body's immune
system kill cancer cells.
Michael
J. Fox: He's laughing at himself. But not at Parkinson's
– The actor knows as much about the state of brain
disease research as many neuroscientists.
Ron
Reagan: He supports stem cell research. Would his father have?
– The son of the late former president talks about
his advocacy efforts.
Ask
the bioethicist: Cell respect – What to do
when the use of embryos in the research makes you uncomfortable.
Alumnus
Tom Okarma: Stem cell harvest – A view of the
controversy from the eye of the storm.
Second
opinion: To be or not to be – Is a fertilized
egg equivalent to a person?
Short
take: Stem cells take the scenic route – If
they'd only get directions, they'd make it home sooner.
Medical
school recollection: Mechanically inclined –
Among Jim Chandler's memories as a med student: trial-run transplant
studies with young Norm Shumway.
The
backstory: Physician, heal thy society – Stanford
doctors take to talking politics.
Letter from SMAA President
Linda Hawes Clever, MD, '65
President, Stanford Medical Alumni Association
Navigating the life of a physician. >> Read Letter
Class Notes
Catch up on the latest news from alumni members.
>> Read Story
Alumni reunion
Alumni and guests got a taste of the medical school's future at
this year's reunion. >> Read Story
