The News Review:

- New Stem Cell Technique Improves Genetic Alteration
- Inside Medicine: Alternative medical therapies deserve to be studied…
- Anesthesiology department chair UCI search put to rest

New Stem Cell Technique Improves Genetic Alteration
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 9, 2008
Examples include Huntington’s disease sickle cell anemia cystic fibrosis and hemophilia. UCI is at the forefront of stem cell research. The Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center promotes basic and clinical research training in the field of stem cell biology. More than 60 UCI scientists use stem cells in their studies. These scientists study spinal cord injuries brain injuries and central nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s. They also study muscular dystrophy diabetes cancer and other disorders. UCI is raising money for a new building that would house its stem cell researchers the core laboratory training facilities and collaborative research space.

Inside Medicine: Alternative medical therapies deserve to be studied…
Sacramento Bee – Mar 9, 2008
For many conditions acupuncture is very effective and is far safer than typical pain medicines. Despite a growing body of research these treatments remain “alternative” and are available only outside of mainstream medicine. We have hospital departments of anesthesiology whose experts use all sorts of complicated dangerous and expensive procedures to treat pain but no one in the departments know acupuncture? Unlike most alternative therapy acupuncture has been subject to more clinical research than many orthodox medical treatments but it still is rarely used. Medical schools don’t include the content or the skills in their curriculum so the next generation of doctors will probably be no wiser than the preceding one. Worse yet people don’t talk to their doctors about their experiences with alternative therapy – perhaps because they think the doctor won’t be supportive. Patients are often embarrassed to let their doctor know what they have tried or they worry they might be scolded.

Anesthesiology department chair UCI search put to rest
Daily Pilot – Mar 9, 2008
Zeev Kain an anesthesiologist from Yale University UCI officials announced Wednesday. Kain’s selection comes after a national search. Besides acting as professor and chairman for the department he will also be chief anesthesiologist for UCI Medical Center and associate dean for clinical research in the university’s School of Medicine. Kain leads 40 faculty members 24 resident physicians and 15 nurses. Collectively they cover the Medical Center’s surgery obstetrics pediatrics radiology emergency and trauma clinics among others. Kain gained prominence with his research into how children are treated before during and after surgeries. Now fewer children find themselves alone and stressed when they have to go into the operating room officials said.