A Sampling of Clips for January 28^th, 2010

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Rapid Growth Has Its Perils, Toyota Learns
The New York Times, Jan. 28 -- Toyota managed to win bragging rights as the world’s biggest car company. But that focus on rapid growth appears to have come at a cost to its reputation for quality, creating an opportunity for others to potentially take back market share they lost to Toyota. (Quotes Ulrike Schaede, professor of Japanese business at UCSD) More

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Explaining a Global Climate Panel's Key Missteps
TIME Magazine, Jan. 28 -- When it was awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may well have been one of the most respected organizations in the world. (Quotes Richard Somerville, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Meds Linked to Low Breast Milk Flow
Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan. 27 -- Widely prescribed antidepressants may delay women's ability to lactate after giving birth, Cincinnati researchers say. Researchers from UC, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and UCSD studied the effects of SSRIs in human and animal cells in the lab, in genetically modified mice and in postpartum women. More

New Cancer Treatment
KUSI, Jan. 27 -- Certain abdominal cancers, like colon cancer, are among the hardest to treat. That's why doctors are turning to a relatively new, and very effective, treatment known as a "chemo bath." Dr. Andrew Lowy is a surgical oncologist at UCSD, and he joined us in-studio with the details on this new treatment. More

UCSD Doc on Trauma Team for Olympics
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 28 -- A doctor at UCSD has made a team headed to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Dr. Jay Doucet won’t be wielding a snowboard or skis, but rather a scalpel, if necessary. Doucet’s team is a medical trauma team, and Olympics competitors had better hope they don’t meet him. More

Leader: UCSD Standing Intact
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 28 – UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox addressed budget cuts and how the campus has coped with them at meetings with The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board this week, as well as at a student town hall meeting last night. More

Genes for Left-Right Orientation Found
UPI, Jan. 27 -- U.S. and Japanese scientists report discovering genes allowing an embryo to locate its left and right sides, and to determine the placement of organs. "Having clear knowledge of embryonic development and how certain developmental processes can go awry is imperative for understanding the causes of the various types of human birth defects," said Dr. Anthony Wynshaw-Boris of UCSD, one of the study's senior authors. More

Star of San Diego: Ernest Silva
KUSI, Jan. 21 -- Mike Castellucci was at UCSD visiting with artist Ernest Silva, one of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine's "Stars of San Diego." More

Ten Southern California Hospitals Fined For Code Violations
KTLA, Jan. 27 -- Ten hospitals in Southern California have been fined for alleged code violations that endangered patient safety. (Mentions UCSD Medical Center) More

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Bonuses While Care Deteriorates
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Jan. 28 -- As a registered nurse specializing in surgical intensive care at the UCSD Medical Center, it is not just the $3.1 million in Wall Street-style bonuses for the 38 hospital executives in the University of California hospital system that I find so outrageous. More

Cal Western, UCSD Form Joint Committee to Explore New Law School
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 27 -- Officials from UCSD and California Western School of Law have formed a joint committee to explore the establishment of a new, public law school. More

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Google Chief Economist to Kick Off Series
La Jolla Light, Jan. 27 -- For the 20th year, UCSD is gearing up for its annual Economics Roundtable series, which kicks off on Feb. 19 with the chief economist from Google. More

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