A Sampling of Clips for 
April 02 - 04, 2005

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'Moon-Walk' Chamber May Speed Orthopedic Rehab
Forbes, April 4-A positive air pressure chamber that provides buoyancy equal to that of "walking on the moon" may enable patients with hip or other lower-extremity orthopedic surgeries to begin rehabilitation soon after their operation, UCSD researchers report. More

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Born to Run
Forbes, April 4-If you can't finish the marathon or can't even start one, try looking at your family tree. Researchers led by Richard Howlett, a faculty member in the department of medicine at UCSD, say animal studies suggest your tendency toward the playing field or the couch could be in your genes. More

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Innovations Report, April 4

Antioxidant Levels May be Linked to Autism
ABC News, April 3-Could oxidative stress, a suspected contributor to many disease processes like heart disease and cancer, also play a role in autism? University of Arkansas researchers think it may. (Refers to research by Lindsay Oberman, a doctoral student at UCSD, and other UCSD researchers.) More

The Border War
Newsweek, April 4-Immigration was supposed to be one of the top issues on the agenda when the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico gathered for a summit in the city of Waco, Texas, last week. Yet while President Bush vowed to redouble efforts to secure congressional approval of a guest-worker program he unveiled more than a year ago, he hedged his bets about its passage. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

Resolute Woman in a Wicked World
San Francisco Chronicle, Book Review, April 3-UCSD professor Kathryn Shevelow's engrossing new biography, "Charlotte," is the first full-length chronicle of Charlotte Charke, the daring actress who courageously defied the 18th century conventions and even wrote several dramas of her own. More

Mourning Has Rules in China
International Herald Tribune, April 5-Chinese Catholics crowded a Beijing cathedral on Monday to mourn the death of Pope John Paul II. The memorial Mass was attended by about 300, some of whom cried or said the rosary amid clouds of incense and solemn hymn-singing. (Quote by Richard Madsen, a sociologist at UCSD.) More

Adult Stem Cells Found in Mouse Hair Follicles
Kentucky Herald, April 4-Adult stem cells have been found in fat. They've been found in bone marrow, blood, heart tissue and brain matter. Now they've been located in mouse hair follicles. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

Statins, Other Cholesterol Depletors, may
Disrupt Hypertension Development: UCSD Study
Innovation Report, April 4-Cholesterol-lowering agents, such as the widely-prescribed statin drugs, and cholesterol-blocking agents may prove to be "novel therapeutic agents to modify cellular calcium that contributes to the development of pulmonary hypertension," according Hemal H. Patel who lead a multidisciplinary team of researchers at UCSD. More

Name Game
Voice of San Diego, April 4-The newest undergraduate college at the University of California, San Diego is likely to be named after Richard Atkinson, UCSD's former chancellor and an ex-president of the entire UC system, it was reported last week. More

A Change in the Weather Renews West Nile Fight
North County Times, April 3-With the rainy season ending and temperatures warming up, county environmental health officials are preparing to begin a third straight year of fighting to keep West Nile virus at bay ---- and hoping to be as successful as the first two years. (Quote by Joseph Vinetz, an associate professor in UCSD's school of medicine.) More

Air Wave
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 3-Whether breezy lip-sync or full-blown stage show, air band competition is hot among the high school set. This year a couple students from UCSD's Preuss School were surprised to find out that they placed high enough in a local competition to go to the San Diego Airbands Championship. More