Category: Affiliate News 2010

11/1/10 - Anti-obesity program for low-income kids show promise, study finds

Combating childhood obesity can help prevent problems later in life, such as diabetes and chronic disease. Results of a study led by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Thomas Robinson MD are important signs of progress in efforts to design health-promotion and disease-prevention campaigns. Read the full article at Inside Stanford Medicine

10/25/10 - Aging boomer population brings new issues, roundtable says

NBC News’ Tom Brokaw moderated a Stanford Roundtable on aging, longevity and the boomers. Panelists were Center Director Laura Carstensen, President John Hennessey, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, AARP CEO Barry Rand, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Professor Robert Sapolsky. Read the full article at Stanford Daily

10/20/10 - Pioneers in Science

Center faculty affiliate Helen Blau PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, and neurobiology professor Carla Shatz PhD – two of the first women hired on the tenure tract for basic science faculty at Stanford – discuss the courses their paths have taken and reflect on the rewards and challenges of their lives as women scientists.… Read more 10/20/10 - Pioneers in Science

9/17/10 - $12.7 million grant for study of childhood obesity treatment

Researchers led by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Thomas Robinson MD, MPH have been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to design a pediatric weight-control program. Combatting childhood obesity can help prevent problems later in life, such as diabetes and chronic disease. Collaborators include three other affiliates: Jay Bhattacharya MD, PhD, William Haskell PhD… Read more 9/17/10 - $12.7 million grant for study of childhood obesity treatment

9/15/10 - Looking Ahead to the Spend-Down Years

Using virtual reality to enable people to see images of their “future selves” can affect their decisions about saving for retirement, according to studies by researchers at the Center on Longevity. Professor Jeremy Bailenson, a Center affiliate, Laura L. Carstensen, director of the Center, and former graduate student Hal Ersner-Hershfield, who is now a post-doctoral… Read more 9/15/10 - Looking Ahead to the Spend-Down Years

8/19/10 - New Priorities for Future Biomedical Innovations

Commentary by Center on Longevity affiliate Victor R. Fuchs PhD focuses on making biomedical innovation value-conscious and committed to improving older Americans’ quality of life. As Americans live longer and collect more entitlements, Fuchs writes, the United States needs to shift its focus to value-conscious biomedical innovation that aims to improve the quality of life.… Read more 8/19/10 - New Priorities for Future Biomedical Innovations

8/9/10 - Removing a barrier to regrowing organs

Depleting cancer-protective proteins allows mammalian cells to regenerate. Read the full article in ScienceNews

8/4/10 - Newts' ability to regenerate tissue replicated in mouse cells by scientists

Why can’t mammals just re-grow a limb? Research by Center on Longevity affiliate Helen Blau and colleagues may move us closer to future regenerative therapies in humans. Read the full article in Inside Stanford Medicine

Molecular mechanism triggering Parkinson's disease identified in study

Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Bingwei Lu is among a group of Stanford School of Medicine scientists who have identified a molecular pathway responsible for the death of key nerve cells whose loss causes Parkinson’s. The discovery could open the door to new therapeutic approaches. Read the full article in Inside Stanford Medicine

6/19/10 - ObamaCare and the Independent Vote

Public opinion about health reform is roughly stable, and opposition could be an important factor in the 2010 midterm elections, particularly among independents, according to research by Center on Longevity affiliates David Brady and Dan Kessler and Hoover Institution colleague Douglas Rivers. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal