#  Media Mentions 2012 

 



### **December 2012**

**12/11/12** HSCI Principal Faculty member Jeffrey Karp comments on porcupine quill design for the National Geographic blog, [Not Exactly Rocket Science](http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/11/why-porcupine-quills-slide-in-with-ease-but-come-out-with-difficulty-2/).

### **November 2012**

**11/30/12** The [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/the-rise-of-stem-cell-tourism/) covers HSCI panel on stem cell tourism.

### **October 2012**

**10/10/12** [WGBH](http://wgbhnews.org/post/winning-biggest-science-prize-them-all) interviews HSCI Principal Faculty member Kevin Eggan about the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

**10/8/12** [PBS NewsHour](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec12/nobel_10-08.html) talks with HSCI Co-founder David Scadden about the men and the science behind the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

### **August 2012**

 **8/31/12** HSCI Affiliated Faculty member Biju Parekkadanis is profiled by the [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/tapping-the-body-to-fight-disease/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09.04.12%20(1)).

### **June 2012**

**6/26/12** TIME magazine journalist Alice Park debuts her book [The Stem Cell Hope,](http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594630781,00.html) which includes several chapters on the history of HSCI.  
   
 **6/26/12** [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2012/06/26/harvard-stem-cell-researcher-targets-als-and-the-watershed-of-neurological-disease/) profiles HSCI Principal Faculty member Kevin Eggan and his use of stem cells to target ALS.

### **April 2012**

**4/5/12** HSCI Principal Faculty member Jayaraj Rajagopal uses iPS cell lines from patients with cystic fibrosis to produce lung epithelium tissue:  
 *Featured*: [Asian News International](http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/04/06/260-Drug-to-control-cystic-fibrosis-comes-closer-to-reality-.html), [EmaxHealth](http://www.emaxhealth.com/1275/cystic-fibrosis-stem-cells-open-door-promising-treatment), [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/04/big-advance-against-cystic-fibrosis/), [MedPageToday](http://www.medpagetoday.com/LabNotes/LabNotes/32070)