A Sampling of Clips for Aug. 3, 2010

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Stem Cell-Engineered Windpipe for Cancer Patients
ABC World News, Aug. 2 -- Doctors in Italy announced they have used patients' own stem cells to grow trachea tissue that led to seemingly successful transplanted windpipes in two patients diagnosed with trachea cancer. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, director of UC San Diego’s stem cell program) More

Cutting Soot Emissions May Slow Climate Change in the Arctic
Scientific American, Aug. 2 -- A new study confirms that black carbon -- more commonly known as soot -- is a significant player in global warming. (Quotes V. Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More 

For Voters This Year, Economy Overshadows Iraq, Afghan Wars
Kansas City Star, Aug. 2 -- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have drifted far off this year's political radar, and are likely to stay there. Even the recent barrage of headline-dominating news about the two wars hasn't vaulted the issue, which dominated American political debate in the last decade, into the forefront of 2010 voter concerns. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

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Inventor Donated Millions
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 2 -- Donald P. Shiley, the heart-valve inventor and philanthropist whose donations benefitted the region’s arts community, scientific research facilities and universities for decades, died Saturday. He was 90. The Shileys have given nearly $15 million to UC San Diego for a variety of projects. More

Corals in Crisis
The Scientist, Aug. 3 -- The world’s coral reefs are rapidly disappearing due to cascades of interacting stresses ranging from global warming, pollution, overfishing and ocean acidification to catastrophic events like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Mentions research by Jessica Carilli from Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Strength in Numbers
The Scientist, Aug. 3 -- Leonid Kruglyak did his graduate work in physics, but when he dove into biology, he jumped with both feet. (Quotes Bruce Hamilton of UC San Diego) More

Zoe Lofgren to Take Center Stage in House Ethics Trials
San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 2 -- San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a respected but relatively low-profile member of the House for the past 15 years, is about to enter the limelight -- in perhaps the most uncomfortable manner she could. Tapped last year by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as chairwoman of the ethics committee, the Democrat and former Santa Clara County supervisor will soon preside over the trial of her longtime colleague, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who stands accused of 13 ethics violations. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Advances Reported in Less Invasive Surgery
UPI, Aug. 2 -- U.S. surgeons are finding ways to make already less invasive surgery even less invasive, resulting in a more rapid recovery and reduced pain. Surgeons at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have reduced already minimally-invasive surgery for cancer patients requiring only six small incisions to a single small incision. More

Book Explores Fixes for California’s Broken Government
KPBS, Aug. 3 -- Every government, every society goes through cycles of bad economic times. What the authors of CALIFORNIA CRACKUP say we need to be concerned about is the fact that our form of state government is making it impossible to fix these problems. UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser discusses the book. More

Wastewater Permit Means Big Savings for City
10News, Aug. 2 -- Mayor Jerry Sanders is calling billions of gallons of sewage flowing into the Pacific Ocean a victory for all San Diegans. The sewage, which has already undergone primary treatment, is dumped 4.5 miles offshore where it drops off a shelf beneath the sea, creating an almost ideal situation. (Mentions UC San Diego) More 

Quite a Mouth on that Mayor
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 2 -- Back in 2008, the mayor got national attention for issuing a command to an opponent that included a piquant four-letter word. He then used a barnyard epithet to refer to what his opponent was slinging around. (Quotes UC San Diego political science professor Thad Kousser) More

Cross Your Fingers: August Weather MAY Improve
Del Mar Times, Aug. 2 -- Winter or summer, the San Diego region often boasts the same forecast: 75 degrees, sunny and mild. This year, however, locals and tourists are talking about a difference. June's murkiness has entered July, and the coastal weather has gone back and forth between unbearably hot and unusually chilly. "We've certainly gone from a May gray to a June gloom, and now I suppose we are in a sad July," said Nigella Hillgarth, executive director at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography since 2002. More

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